Silicon Power A55

Silicon Power A55

Silicon Power
26 Overall Score
vs
Samsung SSD

Samsung SSD

Samsung
84 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Silicon Power
23
Samsung
90
Budget
Silicon Power
24
Samsung
85
Gaming
Silicon Power
15
Samsung
81
Console
Silicon Power
7
Samsung
78
Workstation
Silicon Power
21
Samsung
77
Portable
Silicon Power
5
Samsung
21

Specifications

Silicon Power A55Samsung SSD
Drive
Capacity
128
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
7,150
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,300
Random Read (IOPS)No data
850,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,350,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Controller—Samsung in-house Controller
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
600
MTBF (hours)No data
1,500,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Silicon Power A55

  • Strong social proof (71st percentile)
  • Below average capacity (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average speed (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)

Samsung SSD

  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong endurance (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Strong speed (84th percentile)84th %ile

Pricing

Silicon Power A55 is CA$230 cheaper (3.9x less).

Silicon Power A550.329score per dollar
vs
Samsung SSD0.271score per dollar

Silicon Power A55 offers 1.2x better value for money

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung SSD

Scores 84 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Samsung SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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