Transcend TS256GSSD370

SSD370 256GB

SSD370 256GB
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average Score -26%Read 3%, Write -41%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite -35%Peak Score -31%Read 2%, Write -60%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed -31%, SusWrite -41%Value & Sentiment User Rating -6%, Market Share -∞%, Price -29%, Value -69%Nice To Haves -30%DQ Read -25%, DQ Write -24%, DQ Mixed -53%, ADQ Read -27%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -45%, Age -23%, AS-SSD Total -24%

Average Bench: 80% (487^th of 1072)

Based on 5,249 user benchmarks. Models: TS256GSSD370, TS256GSS D370

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]}

Poor: 54%Average: 80% Great: 96%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Transcend SSD370 256GB averaged just 19.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Transcend SSD370 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 161MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend SSD370 256GB is 41.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Transcend SSD370 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 231MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 251MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,249 samples)

Rank 48780%

Min	Avg	Max
353	Read 465	513
240	Write 283	301
11	Mixed 251	296
112	SusWrite 231	295
68.4% 307 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.9	4K Read 24.5	29
10.6	4K Write 73.3	108
13.8	4K Mixed 33.2	41.3
119% 43.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
142	DQ Read 255	291
95.9	DQ Write 246	288
34.3	DQ Mixed 161	193
146% 221 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 8 days ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1114H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 294 300 302 301 301 MB/s

87.4% Excellent

Write 297

Mixed 284

SusWrite 297

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 33.6

122% 44.4 MB/s

DQ Read 278

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 178

162% 246 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N0815B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 299 297 299 302 298 MB/s

83.6% Excellent

Write 303

Mixed 286

SusWrite 297

76% 342 MB/s

4K Read 21.6

4K Write 72.3

4K Mixed 30.2

110% 41.4 MB/s

DQ Read 278

DQ Write 281

DQ Mixed 190

167% 250 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1114H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 172 172 178 171 130 MB/s

80.9% Excellent

Write 295

Mixed 283

SusWrite 173

69% 311 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 73.9

4K Mixed 34.9

124% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 273

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 180

162% 244 MB/s

JPN-User, 10 days ago.

105GB free

Firmware: N0815B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 302 303 253 302 302 MB/s

71.5% Very good

Write 305

Mixed 287

SusWrite 294

77% 346 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 27.9

4K Mixed 24.9

85% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 209

DQ Write 116

DQ Mixed 152

116% 159 MB/s

GBR-User, 12 days ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20140516

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 187 200 174 173 175 MB/s

65.6% Good

Write 249

Mixed 235

SusWrite 185

56% 252 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 61.7

4K Mixed 33.1

108% 38.9 MB/s

DQ Read 168

DQ Write 134

DQ Mixed 127

102% 143 MB/s

ZAF-User, 20 days ago.

56GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1114B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 262 242 186 226 200 MB/s

60.6% Good

Write 292

Mixed 285

SusWrite 231

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 34.2

82% 20.3 MB/s

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-B1061

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	145x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	72x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	44x

SSD
SSD370 256GBTranscend $110Bench 80%, 5,249 samples	23x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	79x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 16,202 samples	50x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,134 samples	23x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $490

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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2246EN. NAND: Micron 20nm Synchronous MLC

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9 years ago.

Note Transcend have Disabled DIPM on this device so it will never go into its lower power states, so not recommended for laptops as it be constantly pulling power when it should be partly sleeping when idle (unless they bring a firmware update out that has DIPM enabled), apart from that its a good SSD (should be around the BX100 speeds)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Transcend TS256GSSD370

SSD370 256GB

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SSD370 256GB

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