Silicon Power UD70 500Gb NVMe review

Posted on November 07, 2022 by Raymond Chen

Silicon Power's UD70 internal SSD works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 expansion standard. More details about this NVMe SSD on our page.

Silicon Power's 500Gb UD70 NVMe SSD works on Phison PS5012-E12S-32 controller. This NVMe has Dynamic-Random Access Memory SLC Caching DRAM Buffer for mapping data, located on the drive. The UD70 comes equipped with Micron 3D QLC flash memory. NVMe SSD also available in 1 Tb and 2 Tb capacities.

Performance and benchmarks

This NVMe works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 computer expansion bus standard with write speeds equals to 3000 Mbps, and read speeds 3400 MB/s.

Endurance and warranty

Manufacturer provide 5 years warranty. As well it has 1.8 million hours MTBF.

Specs

Category	Value
Capacity	500 Gb
Interface	M.2 3.0 x 4
Controller	Phison PS5012-E12S-32
Memory type	Micron 3D QLC
DRAM	SLC Caching DRAM Buffer
Read speed (Mb/s)	3400
Write speed (Mb/s)	3000
Read IOPS	n/a
Write IOPS	n/a
Endurance (TBW)	n/a
MTBF (million hours)	1.8
Warranty (years)	5

Conclusion

UD70 (500Gb) produced by Silicon Power may work on previous bus standard that is twice slower than PCIe 4.0. The maximum write speed is 3000 Mbps, that is average value for this interface. Overall, Silicon Power UD70 500Gb has more cons and our editor highly do not advise to buy it.

+ Pros

Good writing speed

- Cons

PCIe 3.0
Capacity

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FAQ

The Silicon Power UD70 has SLC Caching DRAM Buffer. DRAM makes storage work faster, but more expensive.

The UD70 500Gb due to the low density of memory chips able to work without further heat sinks. Some motherboards already has thermal pads above or below the storage for better productivity during times of high loads.

The Silicon Power UD70 has write speed 3000 Mbps, read speed 3400 Mb per second. Storage works on Phison PS5012-E12S-32 controller and M.2 3.0 x 4 high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard. The NAND memory type is Micron 3D QLC.