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Best Bench: 96% 139GB free
Worst Bench: 54% 14GB free (System drive)

Poor: 54% Great: 96%

SPEED RANK: 487^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 85% 214GB free
Worst Bench: 51% 160GB free (System drive)

Poor: 51% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 677^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		80 %	Faster effective speed. +15%		69.6 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	465 MB/s	Faster read speed. +12%	415 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	283 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +49%	190 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	24.5 MB/s		26.1 MB/s	Slightly faster random read. +7%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	73.3 MB/s	+3%	71.3 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	251 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +67%	150 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	33.2 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +48%	22.5 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	231 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +33%	174 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	513 MB/s	Slightly faster peak read speed. +6%	485 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	301 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +19%	254 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	29 MB/s		30.2 MB/s	+4%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	108 MB/s	+5%	103 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	296 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +68%	176 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	41.3 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +57%	26.3 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	295 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +19%	248 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %		0.02 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	9.8 %	Hugely better value. +118%	4.5 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	53 %	+2%	52 %
Price Price (score)	$110	Much cheaper. +56%	$251


Age Newest	116 Months	More recent. +16%	138 Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	291 MB/s		369 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +27%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	288 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue write. +32%	219 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	987 Pts		1,022 Pts	+4%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	193 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +225%	59.3 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	255 MB/s		318 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +25%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	246 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +53%	161 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	161 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +193%	54.9 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			256GB			250GB

The 256GB Transcend SSD370 sports a Silicon Motion (SM2246EN) controller coupled with Micron 20nm synchronous MLC NAND. With peak sequential read/write speeds of 520/290 MBps and peak 4k read/write speeds of 29/116 the SSD370 has an effective speed which is amongst the bottom 25% of ~250GB drives. The effective speed is weighed down by a relatively weak sequential write speed of just 290 MBps. The performance highlight for the SSD370 is its ability to deal with mixed 4k IO which is arguably one of the best real world indicators. At current prices the SSD370 can't compete as there are both cheaper and faster alternatives on the market but prices are almost certain to drop at which time the SSD370 will fare far better in terms of value. ^{[Oct '14 SSDrivePro]}

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The Samsung 840 is the budget version of the 840 Pro, the main difference between the hardware on the two drives is the type of flash memory used. The cheaper 840 uses TLC NAND which is cheaper than the MLC found in the Pro version of this drive. The performance hit as a result of the cheaper TLC memory is approximately 30%. The 840 delvers both average real world speeds (435 MB/s) and average enterprise speeds (AS-SSD Total Score 920). The relative weak spots in this drives performance profile are its write ability, where it scores just 254 MB/s in the sequential write test. The upside to the lost performance over the Pro version is a significant reduction in price which leaves this drive an average value for money proposition at its current price of £135. There are, however, better value drives to be had elsewhere including Samsungs own newly released EVO which effectively supersedes the 840. ^{[Aug '13 SSDrivePro]}

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