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TS960GSSD220S 960GB

TS960GSSD220S 960GB
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Effective Speed -8%Effective Speed -8%Average Score -8%Read 1%, Write -13%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -23%, SusWrite 20%Peak Score -2%Read 0%, Write -4%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -17%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -36%, ADQ Read -36%, ADQ Write -27%, ADQ Mixed -89%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total -11%

Average Bench: 90.8% (314^th of 1072)

Based on 99 user benchmarks. Model: TS960GSSD220S

Poor: 58%Average: 90.8% Great: 117%

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

The Transcend TS960GSSD220S 960GB averaged just 9.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Transcend TS960GSSD220S 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 138MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 32.3MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend TS960GSSD220S 960GB is 58.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Transcend TS960GSSD220S 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 318MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 355MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 99 samples)

Rank 31490.8%

Min	Avg	Max
396	Read 460	507
186	Write 360	467
77.4	Mixed 318	385
49.2	SusWrite 355	436
83.8% 374 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20	4K Read 32.3	42.1
31.6	4K Write 73.3	112
1.1	4K Mixed 36.6	57.2
135% 47.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37.4	DQ Read 240	313
57.4	DQ Write 227	333
0.8	DQ Mixed 138	243
130% 202 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 6 months ago.

246GB free

Firmware: P0510G1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 465 453 467 434 132 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 450

Mixed 361

SusWrite 395

94% 418 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 57.5

197% 70.7 MB/s

DQ Read 314

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 241

203% 293 MB/s

TWN-User, 5 months ago.

509GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0510G1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 425 427 436 346 160 MB/s

95% Outstanding

Write 424

Mixed 364

SusWrite 371

92% 407 MB/s

4K Read 32.3

4K Write 55.6

4K Mixed 39.1

128% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 303

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 237

196% 280 MB/s

REU-User, 5 months ago.

663GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1022A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 430 433 439 440 445 MB/s

93.6% Outstanding

Write 424

Mixed 374

SusWrite 438

97% 429 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 95.1

4K Mixed 24.3

124% 49 MB/s

DQ Read 181

DQ Write 315

DQ Mixed 37.4

88% 178 MB/s

USA-User, 10 months ago.

817GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0510G1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 312 352 349 377 377 MB/s

86.4% Excellent

Write 393

Mixed 338

SusWrite 336

85% 376 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 52.5

4K Mixed 34

112% 37.7 MB/s

DQ Read 308

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 238

197% 281 MB/s

FRA-User, 10 months ago.

859GB free

Firmware: P0510G1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 426 434 445 408 97 MB/s

86.2% Excellent

Write 410

Mixed 338

SusWrite 367

85% 375 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 31.3

116% 43 MB/s

DQ Read 291

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 237

192% 272 MB/s

ZAF-User, 9 months ago.

524GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0510G1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 329 354 365 338 397 MB/s

71.4% Very good

Write 379

Mixed 320

SusWrite 348

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 56.8

4K Mixed 2.5

75% 28.9 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 118

139% 240 MB/s

ESP-User, 1 month ago.

101GB free

Firmware: S1127B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 52 2.9 50 58 MB/s

37.7% Below average

Write 320

Mixed 140

SusWrite 47.5

55% 248 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 8.5

4K Mixed 0.6

42% 11.1 MB/s

DQ Read 178

DQ Write 16.9

DQ Mixed 0.6

25% 65 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 months ago.

785GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1022A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 67 25 27 57 57 MB/s

31.9% Below average

Write 187

Mixed 34.6

SusWrite 46.7

33% 151 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 24.8

4K Mixed 0.7

43% 14.8 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 38.9

DQ Mixed 0.4

25% 63 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asrock X570M Pro4

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	155x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	117x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	111x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	54x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	50x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	49x

SSD
TS960GSSD220S 960GBTranscendBench 91%, 99 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	27x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $478

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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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TS960GSSD220S 960GB

Average Bench: 90.8% (314^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asrock X570M Pro4

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Average Bench: 90.8% (314th of 1072)

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