Silicon Power A55 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Silicon Power A55 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Silicon Power
23 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
100 Overall Score

Scores

Gaming
Silicon Power
14
Samsung
100
Console
Silicon Power
7
Samsung
100
Workstation
Silicon Power
18
Samsung
100
Laptop
Silicon Power
24
Samsung
86
Budget
Silicon Power
64
Samsung
83
Portable
Silicon Power
5
Samsung
27

Specifications

Silicon Power A55Samsung 9100 PRO
Drive
Capacity
256
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
14,800
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
13,400
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,600,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Controller—In-House Controller
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,500,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Silicon Power A55 256GB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong affordability (78th percentile)
  • Below average speed (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average capacity (17th percentile)17th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Below average affordability (5th percentile)5th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 12 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation