New On sale 47%
Silicon Power A55
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
22 Overall Score
Price $49
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average social proof (7th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average random (21st percentile)
- Below average endurance (33rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 530 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 1 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Silicon Power A55 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite | MSI SPATIUM M560 | XPG SPECTRIX S65G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 10,300 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | - | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | false | - | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 320 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Power A55 | 37.7 | 21 | 53.1 | 17.2 | 33.1 | 6.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.2 | 95.9 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 83 | 96.6 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 90.8 | 95.5 | 53.1 | 25.8 | 88 | 54.1 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 82 | 60.3 | 53.1 | 54.6 | 94.4 | 96.6 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 94.9 | 60.3 | 35.6 | 54.6 | 94.4 | 56.1 |
| XPG SPECTRIX S65G Compare | 74.6 | 79.5 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 76.4 | 36.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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