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TS128GSSD420K 128GB

TS128GSSD420K 128GB
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Effective Speed -27%Effective Speed -27%Average Score -46%Read 2%, Write -108%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -57%, 4K Mixed -27%, SusWrite -85%Peak Score -54%Read 1%, Write -134%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -64%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite -93%Value & Sentiment -918%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,822%Nice To Haves -46%DQ Read -32%, DQ Write -74%, DQ Mixed -85%, ADQ Read -24%, ADQ Write -55%, ADQ Mixed -67%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total -43%

Average Bench: 77.5% (529^th of 1072)

Based on 490 user benchmarks. Model: TS128GSSD420K

Poor: 58%Average: 77.5% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The Transcend TS128GSSD420K 128GB averaged 22.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Transcend TS128GSSD420K 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 156MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.5MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend TS128GSSD420K 128GB is 32.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Transcend TS128GSSD420K 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 160MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 195MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 490 samples)

Rank 52977.5%

Min	Avg	Max
377	Read 467	510
147	Write 195	207
149	Mixed 229	258
91.2	SusWrite 160	201
58.1% 263 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.4	4K Read 28.8	33.9
29.7	4K Write 70.1	96.5
19.4	4K Mixed 35.5	44.3
126% 44.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
219	DQ Read 264	277
109	DQ Write 186	206
88.4	DQ Mixed 156	179
135% 202 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SWE-User, 14 days ago.

112GB free

Firmware: O1225G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 199 199 200 196 197 MB/s

78.5% Very good

Write 200

Mixed 249

SusWrite 196

62% 280 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 63.2

4K Mixed 34.8

119% 41.6 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 178

149% 218 MB/s

SWE-User, 8 days ago.

30GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1225G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 130 109 109 108 111 MB/s

74.1% Very good

Write 188

Mixed 191

SusWrite 125

54% 248 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 44.6

4K Mixed 37

116% 37 MB/s

DQ Read 276

DQ Write 202

DQ Mixed 113

119% 197 MB/s

DNK-User, 7 days ago.

19GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1225G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 122 110 112 109 109 MB/s

69.8% Good

Write 199

Mixed 156

SusWrite 121

53% 244 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 62.1

4K Mixed 23.9

108% 38.6 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 171

142% 206 MB/s

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Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-7996

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	364x
Core i3-7100Intel $70Bench 57%, 79,299 samples	44x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	62x

SSD
TS128GSSD420K 128GBTranscendBench 77%, 490 samples	105x

RAM
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,134 samples	77x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 38%, 668 samples	69x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 39%, 475 samples	50x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $242

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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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TS128GSSD420K 128GB

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Average Bench: 77.5% (529th of 1072)

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