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TS128GMSA370 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 64.3% (749th of 1072)

Based on 512 user benchmarks.  Model: TS128GMSA370
Poor: 48%Average: 64.3% Great: 78%

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Above average average bench

The Transcend TS128GMSA370 128GB averaged 35.7% 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 93.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.3MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend TS128GMSA370 128GB is 30%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Transcend TS128GMSA370 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 131MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 150MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 512 samples)
Rank 74964.3%
Min Avg Max
367 Read 461 509
134 Write 150 183
87.8 Mixed 202 237
72.7 SusWrite 131 167
51.8% 236 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.1 4K Read 22.3 28
23.3 4K Write 58.9 90.3
12.4 4K Mixed 25.8 36.6
97.9% 35.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.5 DQ Read 199 267
58.2 DQ Write 136 168
12.1 DQ Mixed 93.6 154
89.9% 143 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1225CH1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 205 193 204 164 103 MB/s
78.4% Very good
Read 487
Write 214
Mixed 258
SusWrite 181
63% 285 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 60.4
4K Mixed 35
119% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 214
DQ Mixed 176
150% 222 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1225CH1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 191 114 107 108 108 MB/s
76.1% Very good
Read 482
Write 222
Mixed 264
SusWrite 138
61% 277 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 62
4K Mixed 35.2
120% 41.7 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 176
152% 225 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 142 152 152 151 MB/s
69.6% Good
Read 484
Write 153
Mixed 204
SusWrite 147
54% 247 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 56.6
4K Mixed 29.8
104% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 148
125% 184 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O0918B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 151 153 154 116 MB/s
56.8% Above average
Read 407
Write 153
Mixed 198
SusWrite 145
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 36.7
4K Mixed 22.4
73% 25.2 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 149
124% 181 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 148 148 147 146 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 411
Write 147
Mixed 183
SusWrite 147
49% 222 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 35.6
4K Mixed 23.2
78% 26 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 123
95% 129 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 146 147 148 147 145 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 372
Write 147
Mixed 177
SusWrite 144
46% 210 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 33.5
4K Mixed 22
72% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 121
DQ Mixed 122
94% 128 MB/s
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Typical TS128GMSA370 128GB Builds (Compare 24,254 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,022x
Core i7-2600Intel  $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,567x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples932x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
TS128GMSA370 128GBTranscendBench 64%, 512 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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