Gigabyte UD PRO 256GB SSD Review

Shopping for a SSD can be difficult if you are trying to balance performance and price.  Of course when you factor in that drives wear out over time and that small changes in the drive can impact performance, at least on paper you can be left with a difficult decision to make.  In this review I went over a new Solid State Drive from Gigabyte called the UD PRO 256GB SSD.  This is one of the first SSDs released by Gigabyte and is pretty good for the price.  As the benchmarks showed overall performance is lower than expected, I attribute this to inconsistencies in the ATTO Benchmark results where results smaller chunks would would change with each benchmark run.  This didn’t impact the 64MB scores or the Crystal Disk Mark results but can be seen in Sandra and both real world benchmarks. 

Despite this the drive was didn’t feel any slower than a standard SSD and given the price I wouldn’t expect that many people would mind.

Speaking of speed, the sample in this review was the 256GB variant and according to the detailed specs the UD PRO 512GB actually offered better performance.  This is likely due to having more than one chip on the board allowing the controller to send data to two chips at once.  (built in RAID).  This is a common thing among SSDs so keep that in mind when buying any SSD drive.

Overall this drive offers some decent performance for the price and is designed for the mainstream market where bleeding edge performance is not a primary factor.  Of course if you are looking for that kind of performance you’ll want to keep an eye out for the Aorus branded M.2 SSDs due out later this year.  Those will be configured for gaming and should offer the speed and consistency most gamers, and overclockers, are looking for.

For more information be sure to check out the new UD PRO series SSDs on the Gigabyte website.

Great Performance
SATA 6 Compliant
3D TLC NAND
More Storage Less Cost

No NVMe Version.. Yet, Look for the Aorus version soon!