Silicon Power A55 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Silicon Power A55 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Silicon Power
23 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 2TB SSD NVMe

SanDisk 2TB SSD NVMe

SanDisk
93 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Silicon Power
24
SanDisk
95
Budget
Silicon Power
64
SanDisk
95
Gaming
Silicon Power
14
SanDisk
86
Console
Silicon Power
7
SanDisk
84
Workstation
Silicon Power
18
SanDisk
81
Portable
Silicon Power
5
SanDisk
24

Specifications

Silicon Power A55SanDisk 2TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
256
2,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
7,250
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,900
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,000,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Controller—WD Black SN7100
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
1,200
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
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)

SanDisk 2TB SSD NVMe

  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong speed (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile

Pricing

Silicon Power A55 256GB SATA III 2.5" is CA$296 cheaper (3.6x less).

Silicon Power A55 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 2TB SSD

Scores 93 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 18 specs.

SanDisk 2TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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