Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SATA SSD

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the SATA SSD Ace A55 with 1TB (SP001TBSS3A55S25) from the brand Silicon Power.

Performance score 
755
Price/GB
0.17 $
Read
500 MB/s
 Write
450 MB/s
Connector
2.5"
Interface
SATA 6 Gbps
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image Ace A55
Manufacturer Silicon Power  
Model number SP001TBSS3A55S25
Capacity 1024 GB (954 GiB)
pSLC cache 19 GB approx.
Read speed 500 MB/s
Write speed 450 MB/s
Interface SATA 6 Gbps
Connector 2.5"
Memory module (NAND) TLC
TBW (Total Bytes Written) 500 terabyte
Warranty 3 Years
Controller Phison PS3111-S11

  Current price
~ 178 $
(= 0.17 $ / GB)
Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
92 %
Write speed
97 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.

We put the Silicon Power SATA SSD through a detailed test. You can find the test result / test report here:


AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 1 GB file. A total score of 755 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SATA SSD
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
476.04 MB/s
428.22 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
44.35 MB/s
73.20 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
202.44 MB/s
178.01 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0.043 ms
0.141 ms
Score
294
294
Total score 
755

Copy performance test

A common everyday scenario is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

  • ISO (folder with two large files)
  • Program (folder with many small files)
  • Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using the Windows copy command (cache remains enabled). The real-world test from 13 April 2023 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SATA SSD
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
841.21 MB/s
1.28 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
1,159.07 MB/s
1.21 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
933.08 MB/s
1.48 s

Compression performance test

Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.

AS SSD TEST: Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SATA SSD

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer specs: 500 MB/s and 450 MB/s) the Silicon Power SATA SSD is measured.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SATA SSD
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
505.01
470.23
SEQ1M
Q1T1
510.29
464.33
RND4K
Q32T16
198.60
194.29
RND4K
Q1T1
29.77
84.01

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
481.60
448.40
SEQ1M
Q1T1
486.60
442.80
RND4K
Q32T16
48,486.60
47,432.90
RND4K
Q1T1
7,268.30
20,509.80

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
16,572.30
17,773.80
SEQ1M
Q1T1
2,054.22
2,256.93
RND4K
Q32T16
10,542.90
10,776.90
RND4K
Q1T1
137.46
48.58

HD Tune Pro long-term test

A long-term test was performed to fully utilize the storage. You can see at what point the cache (if present) becomes full and write performance drops. A test file of 50 GB was written to the medium. After approx. 19 GB, the cache was full and performance was throttled.
The test file could at least be read with an average read speed of 480 MB/s and written at 148 MB/s.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SATA SSD

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 1 GB file to the Silicon Power SATA SSD. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The measured access time and burst rate are also shown.

HD Tune TEST: Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SATA SSD

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the Silicon Power SATA SSD multiple times. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster writing and reading usually becomes.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SATA SSD

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the Silicon Power SATA SSD here. The transfer data is displayed. The more consistent the line, the better. Unfortunately, the tool no longer works correctly from around 4,000 MB/s and no line is displayed (and sometimes incorrect min/max data is shown).

SSD-Z TEST: Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SATA SSD


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