Transcend TS240GSSD220S

SSD220 240GB

SSD220 240GB
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MKT (0.1%)
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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Effective Speed -43%Effective Speed -43%Average User Bench -45%Read -4%, Write -26%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -61%, SusWrite -154%Peak Lab Bench -12%Read -1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment -305%User Rating -61%, Market Share -1,394%, Price 227%, Value 10%Nice To Haves -28%DQ Read -20%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -33%, ADQ Read -56%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -112%, Age 23%, AS-SSD Total -14%

Average Bench: 72.8% (541^st of 1011)

Based on 4,454 user benchmarks. Model: TS240GSSD220S

Poor: 46%Average: 72.8% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The Transcend SSD220 240GB averaged 27.2% 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 128MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 78.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend SSD220 240GB is 49.7%. 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 125MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 332MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,454 samples)

Rank 54172.8%

Min	Avg	Max
335	Read 450	508
56	Write 332	448
141	Mixed 332	405
44.2	SusWrite 125	390
69% 309 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.1	4K Read 26.4	34
22.1	4K Write 78.9	115
12.2	4K Mixed 29.9	49.7
120% 45.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
41.5	DQ Read 213	321
50	DQ Write 273	340
16.3	DQ Mixed 128	252
129% 205 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

RUS-User, 6 hrs ago.

61GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P1025F8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 206 64 142 445 303 MB/s

86.1% Excellent

Write 443

Mixed 388

SusWrite 264

89% 397 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 57

4K Mixed 35.7

118% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 250

DQ Write 350

DQ Mixed 256

206% 286 MB/s

FIN-User, 8 hrs ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFR71.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 109 8.7 95 8.9 53 MB/s

72.9% Very good

Write 122

Mixed 320

SusWrite 61.3

52% 238 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 30.7

129% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 224

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 170

157% 239 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

130GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0510A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 136 67 36 61 8.9 MB/s

71.5% Very good

Write 357

Mixed 356

SusWrite 112

69% 310 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 99.1

4K Mixed 25.5

124% 50.1 MB/s

DQ Read 199

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 42.3

90% 179 MB/s

CHN-User, 5 hrs ago.

182GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0327B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 98 68 32 50 35 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 387

Mixed 339

SusWrite 107

73% 328 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 17.6

116% 50.3 MB/s

DQ Read 131

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 28.6

78% 159 MB/s

FRA-User, 6 hrs ago.

31GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0330AA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 167 55 53 51 52 MB/s

62.9% Good

Write 301

Mixed 297

SusWrite 79.7

58% 259 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 61

4K Mixed 28.4

96% 35.9 MB/s

DQ Read 305

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 247

203% 289 MB/s

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 22%

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CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $235Bench 55%, 83,052 samples	2,382x
Core i7-3770Intel $230Bench 61%, 141,125 samples	2,370x
Core i5-2400Intel $87Bench 49%, 76,454 samples	1,716x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 401,466 samples	2,003x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 72,148 samples	1,803x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 56%, 706,813 samples	1,380x

SSD
SSD220 240GBTranscend $40Bench 73%, 4,454 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 252,486 samples	2,090x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 105,117 samples	1,456x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 90,027 samples	664x

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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $431

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Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $57
Intel Core i5-9600K $240	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
Intel Core i7-9700K $350	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $199

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $78	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $83	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

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SSD220 240GB

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SSD220 240GB

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