Silicon Power S56 240GB Solid State Drive Review

Final Thoughts

Pricing

At the time of writing, the Silicon Power S56 doesn’t seem to have arrived at the shops yet. I’ve reached out to SP for an MSRP instead, and I will update with that as soon as I get it.

Overview

The Silicon Power S56 is an entry-level drive, so we can expect it to be quite cheap. It is still a drive that performs well for its sector, and it would be a great replacement for your current mechanical hard drive. Capacity options up to 1TB also make this drive a great options for your game library.

Today I tested the 240GB capacity of this drive, and as we know, there might be better performance figures at higher capacities. The drive that I tested today still performed well and got some nice scores. The placement in the comparison charts varies a lot depending on test and runtime variables, and it shines most with compressible data and random access. The around 80K IOPS at both reading and writing is something that can make a big difference, and it is something that I noticed during the conditioning process. It finished a lot faster than expected for a drive of this calibre.

I quite like the design of the drive, and it is a fresher look than we’ve seen in the past from the previous S-series drives. While it only is a label, it will look better through your transparent case parts.

Pros

• Good random performance
• Best with compressible data
• Up to 1TB capacity options
• Error Correction Code

Cons

• Continuous sequential write operations on HDD level

“The Silicon Power S56 would be a great HDD replacement. Your full Steam Library on one SSD is just one of many usage scenarios.”

Thank you Silicon Power for providing us with this sample.