Transcend TS240GSSD220S

SSD220 240GB

SSD220 240GB
BENCHMARKS (2,120)
MKT (0.1%)
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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Effective Speed -45%Effective Speed -45%Average User Bench -49%Read -6%, Write -34%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -61%, SusWrite -171%Peak Lab Bench -12%Read -1%, Write -11%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment -346%User Rating -62%, Market Share -1,522%, Price 207%, Value -8%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -19%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -34%, ADQ Read -58%, ADQ Write -13%, ADQ Mixed -115%, Age 49%, AS-SSD Total -13%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 71.8% (460^th of 959)

Based on 2,120 user benchmarks. Model: TS240GSSD220S

Poor: 48%Average: 71.8% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The Transcend SSD220 240GB averaged 28.2% 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 131MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 78.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend SSD220 240GB is 44.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Transcend SSD220 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 120MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 313MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,120 samples)

Rank 46071.8%

Min	Avg	Max
305	Read 439	507
50.7	Write 313	439
145	Mixed 328	407
44.7	SusWrite 120	402
66.9% 300 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.6	4K Read 25.8	33.3
29.3	4K Write 78.6	116
14.1	4K Mixed 29.6	48.3
119% 44.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
42.5	DQ Read 216	321
63.6	DQ Write 272	339
19.9	DQ Mixed 131	250
130% 207 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 10 hrs ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0624AA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 54 54 54 53 53 MB/s

87.8% Excellent

Write 380

Mixed 360

SusWrite 87.9

70% 315 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 47.6

164% 60.3 MB/s

DQ Read 322

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 250

208% 298 MB/s

LKA-User, 10 hrs ago.

223GB free

Firmware: SBFR71.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 48 65 46 46 46 MB/s

75.1% Very good

Write 356

Mixed 315

SusWrite 72.3

67% 299 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 94.9

4K Mixed 29.6

133% 51.4 MB/s

DQ Read 233

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 168

158% 243 MB/s

FRA-User, 27 mins ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFR71.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 15 88 40 5.4 14 MB/s

69.6% Good

Write 113

Mixed 325

SusWrite 38.5

48% 220 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 30

133% 52.5 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 267

DQ Mixed 22.1

80% 174 MB/s

BGR-User, 5 hrs ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P1025F8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 204 66 62 79 70 MB/s

69.4% Good

Write 370

Mixed 361

SusWrite 103

71% 318 MB/s

4K Read 9.4

4K Write 79.7

4K Mixed 35.2

102% 41.4 MB/s

DQ Read 252

DQ Write 335

DQ Mixed 252

202% 280 MB/s

BGR-User, 5 hrs ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P1025F8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 111 65 63 67 51 MB/s

55.9% Above average

Write 414

Mixed 369

SusWrite 88.4

74% 330 MB/s

4K Read 14.8

4K Write 52.9

4K Mixed 24.6

82% 30.8 MB/s

DQ Read 250

DQ Write 63.6

DQ Mixed 75.2

76% 130 MB/s

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Typical SSD220 240GB Builds (Compare 24,092 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 23%

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CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $350Bench 63%, 55,598 samples	1,219x
Core i7-3770Intel $400Bench 69%, 74,415 samples	1,136x
Core i5-2400Intel $54Bench 60%, 42,913 samples	911x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 39%, 214,556 samples	989x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 46,720 samples	936x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 16%, 2,245 samples	719x

SSD
SSD220 240GBTranscend $58Bench 72%, 2,120 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 21%, 174,260 samples	1,187x
4x2GBUnknownBench 26%, 71,944 samples	787x
1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 56,095 samples	393x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $563

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Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $98
Intel Core i7-7700K $355	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $157	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

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SSD220 240GB

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SSD220 240GB

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