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TS500GSSD220Q 500GB

TS500GSSD220Q 500GB
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Effective Speed -32%Effective Speed -32%Average Score -26%Read -10%, Write -12%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -79%, SusWrite -11%Peak Score -13%Read 0%, Write -10%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite 16%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -41%DQ Read -67%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -53%, ADQ Read -151%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed -143%, Age 118%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 74.5% (585^th of 1072)

Based on 443 user benchmarks. Model: TS500GSSD220Q

Poor: 44%Average: 74.5% Great: 99%

Popular builds with this SSD

Good average bench

The Transcend TS500GSSD220Q 500GB averaged 25.5% 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 107MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 279MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend TS500GSSD220Q 500GB is 55.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Transcend TS500GSSD220Q 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 130MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 267MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 443 samples)

Rank 58574.5%

Min	Avg	Max
281	Read 414	509
165	Write 363	441
147	Mixed 325	384
72.3	SusWrite 267	448
76.8% 342 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.52	4K Read 23.8	31.6
25.2	4K Write 74.3	115
2.94	4K Mixed 25.2	39.7
108% 41.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.4	DQ Read 130	220
66.7	DQ Write 279	348
2.8	DQ Mixed 107	216
109% 172 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

IRQ-User, 9 days ago.

466GB free

Firmware: SBFRKBA3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 466 460 463 465 471 MB/s

97.3% Outstanding

Write 249

Mixed 324

SusWrite 464

81% 358 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 79.2

4K Mixed 36.9

130% 47.8 MB/s

DQ Read 219

DQ Write 357

DQ Mixed 174

164% 250 MB/s

GBR-User, 12 days ago.

408GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VD0R0230

SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 363 376 430 434 435 MB/s

96.5% Outstanding

Write 430

Mixed 363

SusWrite 390

91% 404 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 38.4

148% 56.4 MB/s

DQ Read 134

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 201

160% 217 MB/s

DEU-User, 20 days ago.

400GB free

Firmware: T0910A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 439 443 443 444 446 MB/s

94.6% Outstanding

Write 433

Mixed 373

SusWrite 443

99% 439 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 89.5

4K Mixed 26.8

125% 48.3 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 41.1

83% 161 MB/s

PAK-User, 15 days ago.

317GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VD0R0230

SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 404 409 412 413 413 MB/s

86.1% Excellent

Write 400

Mixed 346

SusWrite 410

89% 393 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 68

4K Mixed 32.3

116% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 131

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 205

154% 199 MB/s

PAK-User, 1 day ago.

289GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VD0R0230

SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 413 413 410 411 412 MB/s

85.6% Excellent

Write 398

Mixed 349

SusWrite 410

89% 393 MB/s

4K Read 25.4

4K Write 64.3

4K Mixed 31.5

113% 40.4 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 261

DQ Mixed 198

152% 203 MB/s

MYS-User, 25 days ago.

298GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0910A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 140 18 211 19 19 MB/s

69.2% Good

Write 364

Mixed 341

SusWrite 117

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 21.3

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 22.4

116% 49.1 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 41.2

78% 150 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 day ago.

307GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0910A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 228 48 181 19 19 MB/s

64% Good

Write 362

Mixed 346

SusWrite 116

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 75.8

4K Mixed 24.1

106% 41 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 205

DQ Mixed 0.4

44% 103 MB/s

PAK-User, 16 days ago.

354GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VD0R0230

SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 124 120 118 122 MB/s

45.6% Average

Write 276

Mixed 217

SusWrite 121

53% 236 MB/s

4K Read 20

4K Write 30

4K Mixed 21.7

74% 23.9 MB/s

DQ Read 23.5

DQ Write 65.5

DQ Mixed 32

28% 40.3 MB/s

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Typical TS500GSSD220Q 500GB Builds (Compare 729 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PH

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	102x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	74x
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	60x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	119x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	67x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	37x

SSD
TS500GSSD220Q 500GBTranscendBench 74%, 443 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	15x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	11x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $209

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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TS500GSSD220Q 500GB

Average Bench: 74.5% (585^th of 1072)

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