Silicon Power is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of flash memory and storage devices. As of 2018, the fastest SD card offered by Silicon Power is the Superior Pro UHS-I card with read speed of 90MB/s and write speed of 80MB/s. The card is UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) rated to sustain a minimum 30MB/s continuous write speed for 4K video recording. Superior Pro cards are offered in 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256 GB capacities. The 128GB Superior Pro SDXC model SP128GBSDXCU3V10 with UPC 886576012223 is covered in this review.
The Silicon Power Superior Pro was tested for performance in USB 3.1 and 3.0 card readers. In benchmark tests the card had a highest sequential read speed of 97.9 MB/s, which is more than the advertised 90MB/s read speed. The sequential write speed measured up to 67.4 MB/s, well below the 80MB/s write speed claim.
Card: Silicon Power Superior Pro 128GB
Benchmark: CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64
Program settings: 1000 MB, 5 passes, random test data
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.40GHz
RAM: 32GB DDR3 1600
Silicon Power Superior Pro 128GB Card Reader Benchmarks | Seq. Read 1000MB MB/s | Seq. Write 1000MB MB/s | Rand. Read 512KB MB/s | Rand. Write 512KB MB/s | Rand. Read 4KB MB/s QD1 | Rand. Read 4KB IOPS QD1 | Rand. Write 4KB MB/s QD1 | Rand. Write 4KB IOPS QD1 | Rand. Read 4KB MB/s QD32 | Rand. Read 4KB IOPS QD32 | Rand. Write 4KB MB/s QD32 | Rand. Write 4KB IOPS QD32 |
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SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Reader/Writer | 97.897 | 60.713 | 85.392 | 12.819 | 3.988 | 973.5 | 0.824 | 201.2 | 5.245 | 1280.6 | 0.781 | 190.8 |
Sony S1 High Speed UHS-II Reader/Writer | 97.879 | 63.930 | 85.738 | 7.863 | 3.884 | 948.3 | 0.823 | 200.9 | 5.156 | 1258.7 | 0.774 | 188.9 |
Delkin Black Rugged Card Reader | 97.733 | 66.861 | 85.053 | 13.154 | 3.841 | 937.8 | 0.818 | 199.6 | 5.077 | 1239.6 | 0.776 | 189.5 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II USB-C Reader SDDR-409 | 97.596 | 67.087 | 84.521 | 32.259 | 3.233 | 789.2 | 0.784 | 191.4 | 4.176 | 1019.6 | 0.777 | 189.7 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II USB-C Reader | 97.596 | 62.300 | 83.886 | 7.953 | 3.911 | 954.9 | 0.808 | 197.2 | 5.080 | 1240.2 | 0.764 | 186.6 |
Lexar LRWM04U-7000 UHS-II Reader | 96.768 | 66.027 | 88.730 | 24.113 | 5.251 | 1281.9 | 0.696 | 170.0 | 7.077 | 1727.8 | 0.874 | 213.5 |
Hama USB 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 96.750 | 66.023 | 87.942 | 28.072 | 5.116 | 1249.0 | 0.864 | 210.9 | 6.994 | 1707.5 | 0.873 | 213.2 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR2 UHS-II | 96.732 | 66.665 | 87.927 | 24.083 | 5.122 | 1250.4 | 0.709 | 173.0 | 7.007 | 1710.7 | 0.890 | 217.3 |
Hama USB Type-C 3.1 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 96.661 | 65.113 | 86.774 | 26.550 | 5.674 | 1385.3 | 0.703 | 171.6 | 7.415 | 1810.2 | 0.877 | 214.2 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer | 95.334 | 67.372 | 87.884 | 12.431 | 5.129 | 1252.1 | 0.705 | 172.1 | 7.047 | 1720.5 | 0.895 | 218.5 |
Kingston FCR-HS4 Card Reader | 95.264 | 66.644 | 87.927 | 37.274 | 5.119 | 1249.8 | 0.702 | 171.4 | 7.035 | 1717.4 | 0.883 | 215.6 |
ProMaster Professional Dual Card Reader SD UHS-II | 95.256 | 67.053 | 88.072 | 37.787 | 5.157 | 1259.0 | 0.702 | 171.4 | 7.048 | 1720.6 | 0.883 | 215.6 |
DriverGenius USB 3.1(G1) / 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 95.247 | 65.178 | 86.947 | 24.345 | 4.864 | 1187.5 | 0.814 | 198.7 | 6.640 | 1621.0 | 0.838 | 204.5 |
Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II | 95.187 | 51.320 | 88.305 | 12.754 | 5.114 | 1248.5 | 0.613 | 149.7 | 6.964 | 1700.1 | 0.688 | 168.0 |
SanDisk ImageMate Pro Multi-Card Reader/Writer | 94.894 | 60.215 | 83.069 | 13.587 | 3.862 | 942.9 | 0.816 | 199.1 | 5.078 | 1239.7 | 0.779 | 190.2 |
Delkin Multi-Card CFast SD UHS-II microSD Reader | 94.817 | 65.368 | 88.130 | 24.496 | 5.073 | 1238.5 | 0.699 | 170.8 | 6.952 | 1697.3 | 0.871 | 212.7 |
Delkin Dual Slot SD UHS-II and CF Card Reader | 94.782 | 66.412 | 88.319 | 26.417 | 5.217 | 1273.6 | 0.702 | 171.4 | 7.010 | 1711.4 | 0.886 | 216.4 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black | 94.774 | 61.284 | 89.010 | 15.491 | 4.857 | 1185.8 | 0.621 | 151.7 | 6.332 | 1545.9 | 0.734 | 179.3 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot UHS-II Card Reader | 94.757 | 66.298 | 87.985 | 30.888 | 5.255 | 1282.9 | 0.683 | 166.7 | 7.128 | 1740.2 | 0.854 | 208.4 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF9 | 94.722 | 66.399 | 88.627 | 38.588 | 5.239 | 1279.2 | 0.707 | 172.6 | 7.108 | 1735.3 | 0.882 | 215.4 |
Verbatim USB-C Pocket Card Reader | 94.714 | 66.797 | 85.605 | 26.887 | 5.260 | 1284.2 | 0.655 | 160.0 | 7.055 | 1722.4 | 0.818 | 199.7 |
Delkin Travel Reader | 94.551 | 59.463 | 85.293 | 24.011 | 5.325 | 1300.2 | 0.789 | 192.7 | 7.030 | 1716.4 | 0.857 | 209.2 |
Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black | 94.279 | 54.762 | 86.932 | 12.582 | 4.116 | 1004.8 | 0.570 | 139.1 | 5.098 | 1244.7 | 0.649 | 158.5 |
Delkin Universal Memory Card Reader | 93.967 | 67.298 | 87.496 | 23.855 | 4.875 | 1190.3 | 0.717 | 175.1 | 6.500 | 1587.0 | 0.803 | 195.9 |
Sony MRW-E90 XQD 2.0 / SD UHS-II Card Reader | 92.345 | 59.693 | 83.844 | 24.265 | 4.780 | 1167.1 | 0.670 | 163.6 | 6.649 | 1623.4 | 0.837 | 204.2 |
The Silicon Power Superior Pro will be included in upcoming camera tests. The results will be added to the table below when available.
Silicon Power Superior Pro 128GB Tested in Camera | Write Speed (MB/s) |
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Nikon Coolpix P1000 | 31.3 |
Cameras tested with this card: Nikon Coolpix P1000
The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.
Silicon Power Superior Pro 128GB SD — Internal Card Information | |
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Serial number (PSN) | 1502611011 |
Product Name (PNM) | SPCC |
Product Revision | 0.2 |
Manufacturer ID (MID) | 0x000031 |
OEM ID (OID) | SP |
Manufacture Date (MDT) | 12/2015 |
Total capacity | 129,787,494,400 bytes |
The internal card register shows this Silicon Power Superior Pro card was produced in December 2015. The OEM ID "SP" indicates that Silicon Power is the manufacturer of this card.