Silicon Power Ace A55 4TB SATA III 2.5"

Silicon Power Ace A55 4TB SATA III 2.5"

Silicon Power
46 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
36
Samsung
100
Console
Silicon Power
19
Samsung
100
Workstation
Silicon Power
38
Samsung
100
Laptop
Silicon Power
47
Samsung
86
Budget
Silicon Power
61
Samsung
83
Portable
Silicon Power
13
Samsung
27

Specifications

Silicon Power Ace A55Samsung 9100 PRO
Drive
Capacity
4,000
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)35★
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Silicon Power Ace A55 4TB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong social proof (77th percentile)
  • Below average speed (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average affordability (23rd 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

Pricing

Silicon Power Ace A55 4TB SATA III 2.5" is $499 cheaper (2.4x less).

Silicon Power Ace A55 4TB SATA III 2.5"

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

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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