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Transcend TS240GSSD220S

SSD220 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 70.9% (565th of 1005)

Based on 4,416 user benchmarks.  Model: TS240GSSD220S
Poor: 46%Average: 70.9% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The Transcend SSD220 240GB averaged 29.0% 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 120MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 77.7MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend SSD220 240GB is 47.3%. 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 124MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 312MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,416 samples)
Rank 56570.9%
Min Avg Max
312 Read 442 507
51.9 Write 312 446
84.3 Mixed 320 406
43.1 SusWrite 124 390
66.7% 299 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.1 4K Read 25.8 33.3
22.9 4K Write 77.7 115
10.1 4K Mixed 28.4 48.6
117% 44 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31 DQ Read 207 321
37.3 DQ Write 267 343
16.3 DQ Mixed 120 250
123% 198 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1025F8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 447 450 448 450 446 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 484
Write 452
Mixed 407
SusWrite 436
100% 445 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 50.7
175% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 258
207% 287 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: P0624AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 80 55 54 54 54 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 467
Write 423
Mixed 381
SusWrite 85.1
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 66.9
4K Mixed 37
124% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 326
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 250
211% 307 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,869,528 SSDs tested.

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Typical SSD220 240GB Builds (Compare 39,853 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 54%
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Workstation 23%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $310Bench 63%, 78,837 samples2,062x
Core i7-3770Intel  $306Bench 70%, 110,364 samples2,052x
Core i5-2400Intel  $115Bench 60%, 64,519 samples1,529x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 38%, 380,806 samples1,770x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 73,789 samples1,575x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples1,217x
SSD
SSD220 240GBTranscend  $41Bench 71%, 4,416 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 21%, 239,260 samples1,870x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 108,056 samples1,314x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 76,397 samples579x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $501

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