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TS256GMTS800 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 134% (173rd of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: TS256GMTS800
Poor: 126%Average: 134% Great: 138%

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Outstanding average bench

The Transcend TS256GMTS800 250GB averaged 34.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Transcend TS256GMTS800 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 61.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 46.6MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend TS256GMTS800 250GB is just 11.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Transcend TS256GMTS800 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 516MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 496MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 173134%
Min Avg Max
512 Read 516 519
490 Write 496 503
501 Mixed 505 509
113% 506 MB/s
Min Avg Max
43.9 4K Read 46.6 47.6
107 4K Write 129 137
57.4 4K Mixed 61.4 63.3
218% 79.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
355 DQ Read 373 391
305 DQ Write 334 349
130 DQ Mixed 134 141
161% 280 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 519
Write 499
Mixed 505
114% 508 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 62.8
223% 81.3 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 142
168% 292 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 519
Write 499
Mixed 505
114% 508 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 62.5
222% 80.9 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 141
167% 290 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 497
Mixed 507
113% 507 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 61.9
220% 80 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 134
163% 286 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,792,690 SSDs tested

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Typical TS256GMTS800 250GB Builds (Compare 1,781 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 63%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples601x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples574x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples160x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples155x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples146x
SSD
TS256GMTS800 250GBTranscendBench 134%, 7 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples43x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 124% - Outstanding Total price: $428

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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