Package and its Contents
The XD80 SSD arrived in a retail package with a blister-type, transparent window so that we can see the product.
We will find the most important specifications on the package, like the drive’s interface, capacity, or warranty. The drive is covered by a five-year warranty that makes us happy as it’s above the average, and only high series storage products have such a long warranty. As we remember, the UD70 SSD also had a five-year warranty, so it’s getting a standard for Silicon Power products.
The XD80 is designed in a popular M.2 2280 format and works on the PCIe Gen 3 x4 bus. The declared maximum bandwidth is up to 3400MB/s. That’s about the maximum that PCIe 3.0 x4 socket can handle. In our tests, we could reach 3458MB/s, and it was repeatable, so I assume that this is the limit for our SSD, tested in a popular laptop.
Our tests were performed on the TUF A15 laptop from ASUS, which is slightly slower in storage tests than top desktop motherboards from the latest series. It doesn’t change the fact that we could achieve great scores on the XD80 SSD. On the next page, you can see our results.
