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Transcend TS256GMTS600

MTS600 M.2 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 79.9% (488th of 1072)

Based on 210 user benchmarks.  Model: TS256GMTS600
Poor: 56%Average: 79.9% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The Transcend MTS600 M.2 256GB averaged 20.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Transcend MTS600 M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 108MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 79.1MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend MTS600 M.2 256GB is 41.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Transcend MTS600 M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 242MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 295MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 210 samples)
Rank 48879.9%
Min Avg Max
391 Read 479 521
258 Write 295 340
88.4 Mixed 305 377
109 SusWrite 242 345
73.7% 330 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.3 4K Read 24.1 29.9
27.1 4K Write 79.1 120
11.7 4K Mixed 29.3 41.8
116% 44.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.1 DQ Read 196 284
73.7 DQ Write 220 291
14 DQ Mixed 108 190
109% 175 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O0918B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 301 223 260 275 235 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 495
Write 305
Mixed 294
SusWrite 265
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 77.3
4K Mixed 36
126% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 178
162% 247 MB/s
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1225CE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 315 306 296 263 266 MB/s
85.6% Excellent
Read 455
Write 374
Mixed 119
SusWrite 286
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 60.2
4K Mixed 36.2
118% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 281
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 196
174% 259 MB/s
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O0918B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 274 290 212 168 292 MB/s
76.1% Very good
Read 449
Write 282
Mixed 263
SusWrite 247
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 57.5
4K Mixed 31.1
106% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 169
142% 207 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N0815B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 223 147 148 129 133 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 431
Write 278
Mixed 33.5
SusWrite 174
50% 229 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 49.1
4K Mixed 26.6
90% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 9.6
63% 145 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation 52%
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Motherboard: Asus H170 PRO GAMING - $130

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples451x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples365x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples328x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples230x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples213x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples185x
SSD
MTS600 M.2 256GBTranscend  $311Bench 80%, 210 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples123x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples91x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples85x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $878

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