- Obtained from: Amazon
- Price paid: $13.99
- Advertised capacity: 128GB
- Logical capacity: 124,383,133,696 bytes
- Physical capacity: 124,383,133,696 bytes
- Fake/skimpy flash: Skimpy (2.83% skimp)
- Protected area: 134,217,728 bytes
- Adjusted skimp: 2.72%
- Speed class markings: U3, V30, A1
- CID data:
- Manufacturer ID:
0x9f - OEM ID:
0x5449(ASCII:TI) - Product name:
0x5350434320(ASCII:SPCC) - Product revision:
0x10
- Manufacturer ID:
| Sample # | 1 | 2 | 3 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serial number | 0x85540984 | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | N/A |
| Manufacture date | Jun 2024 | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | N/A |
| Sequential read speed (MB/sec) | 91.41 | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | 91.41 |
| Sequential write speed (MB/sec) | 33.19 | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | 33.19 |
| Random read speed (IOPS/sec) | 2,597.13 | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | 2,597.13 |
| Random write speed (IOPS/sec) | 278.89 | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | 278.89 |
| Read/write cycles to first error | Not yet determined | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | Not yet determined |
| Read/write cycles to 0.1% failure threshold | Not yet determined | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | Not yet determined |
| Read/write cycles to complete failure | Not yet determined | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | Not yet determined |
| Total days to complete failure | Not yet determined | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | Not yet determined |
| Card reader used | JJC CR-UTC4AC | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | N/A |
| Package front |  | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | N/A |
| Package back |  | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | N/A |
| Card front |  | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | N/A |
| Card back |  | Not yet tested | Not yet tested | N/A |
Discussion
After the somewhat disappointing endurance test results on the SP Elites, I wanted to see if the issue was more to do with 3D NAND in general, or if it was more to do with SP as a brand — so I picked up some (what turned out to be) SP Superior’s and SP Superior Pro’s.
Offhand, the CID information would seem to indicate that these are just a minor variant of the SP Superior’s — although it’s odd that the product revision went down for this version instead of up. The size is exactly the same, and the performance between the two is pretty similar — only a few MB/sec difference in sequential I/O speeds. Random read speeds are pretty good — putting it over the 80th percentile (as of this writing) — but the other scores are nothing to write home about. But…all of this is just based on one sample. Perhaps the other two samples will fare better.
Endurance tests for sample #1 are still in progress. It has not yet reached the 2,000 read/write cycle mark; it is expected to get there sometime in January 2025.
Samples #2 and #3 are still in the package, waiting to be tested.
November 4, 2024