Average Bench: 50.7% (886th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: JetDrive Transcend
Poor: 28%Average: 50.7% Great: 61%

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Average average bench

The Jetdrive Transcend 121GB averaged 49.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 73.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.1MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Jetdrive Transcend 121GB is 33%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Jetdrive Transcend 121GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 106MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 93.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Min Avg Max
306 Read 363 423
36.5 Write 227 335
60.5 Mixed 238 318
30.6 SusWrite 182 298
56.3% 253 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.5 4K Read 18.1 28
3.2 4K Write 26.8 43.7
6.6 4K Mixed 18 29.8
64.7% 21 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.3 DQ Read 106 163
15.4 DQ Write 93.1 160
13.6 DQ Mixed 73.5 131
62.3% 91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,664,152 SSDs tested

Typical Transcend 121GB Builds (Compare 185 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Apple iMac18,2

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $110

Popular Transcend 121GB systems:

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