Introducing: Silicon Power E20 SSD - system acceleration made easy

Our test configuration included the following elements:

• Motherboard:
  • GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P (BIOS: F13)
• Processor:
  • Intel Core i7 920 2,66 GHz @ 3,6 GHz (200 × 18)
• Processor cooler:
  • Scythe Ninja 2 Rev B
• Memory:
  • Kingston HyperX T1 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24 2 × 2 GB 1,65 V
• Mass storage:
  • Kingston SSD Now V Series 64 GB SATA2 (SNV425-S2 / 64)
  • Silicon Power E20 128GB
  • Samsung 320 GB SATA2 (HD322HJ)
• Video cards:
  • ATI Radeon HD 6850 (AMD reference card)
• Power supply: Xigmatek NRP-HC1501 1500 W
• Software environment:
  • Windows 7 RTM 64 bit Ultimate ENG + updates
  • Intel INF 9.1.1.1019
  • AMD Catalyst 11.4 WHQL × 64
  • Realtek HD Audio 2.58 Driver
• Display: ASUS 24T1 TV Monitor

Test configuration settings:

Core i7 920 @ 3600 MHz + Kingston HyperX T1 1600 MHz CL8 + GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P

test Results

AIDA64 Disk benchmark:

Read Test Suite

Measuring baud rate with HD Tach:

Quick Bench Long Bench

HD Tune Pro measurements:

Benchmark Read / Write

Random Acces Read / Write

Extra tests Read / Write

File benchmark 1 MB and 64 MB

File benchmark 512 MB

Opinion

As you can see in the tests, the 128 GB Silicon Power E20 works very well in terms of reading, sometimes it can approach the factory maximized value, it is a bit more difficult to write, we didn't come across numbers close to the maximum factory value here. The Silicon Power E20 offers a good average speed compared to SSDs and has a huge pace advantage over a hard drive. The 128GB size is also enough for a system drive, choose a smaller one only if you don’t want to install many and large applications as well as a wagon game on the SSD. We don’t have to worry about the security of our data, the E20 is resistant to physical influences and we have tried to extend its lifespan as much as possible (of course there is no completely secure data storage method, so always back up your most important files).

The price is around 60 HUF, which is not small considering that we get a 000 GB storage, but if we look around the SDD market, we will probably see that for this amount we could only buy a model with a smaller capacity or a slower one, thus, the 128GB edition of the Silicon Power E20 needs a relatively good price compared to the competition. We liked the Silicon Power E128, we hope to see our big brother, the Velox V20 series, soon.

Silicon Power E20 SSD family

Bluechip gross end-user prices:

• 32 GB: 16.540 FT
• 64 GB: 26.860 Ft
• 128 GB: 62.830 Ft

A Silicon Power E20 128 GB SSD a Bluchip Kft.We got a presentation from, thank you!

Gábor Pintér (gabi123)

Thanks to the following sponsors for our permanent test components in this article:

• GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P - GIGABYTE Representation in Hungary
• Kingston HyperX T1 DDR3 1600 MHz 2 x 2 GB Kit - Kingston Representation in Hungary
• Kingston SSD Now V Series 64 GB SATA2 (SNV425-S2 / 64) - Kingston Representation in Hungary
• Xigmatek NRP-HC1501 - PC Gear
• ASUS 24T1E TV Monitor - ASUS Representation in Hungary