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TS120GMTS420S 120GB

TS120GMTS420S 120GB
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Effective Speed -60%Effective Speed -60%Average Score -59%Read -6%, Write -40%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -34%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -146%, SusWrite -123%Peak Score -22%Read -0%, Write -17%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -92%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -194%DQ Read -74%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -589%, ADQ Read -144%, ADQ Write -24%, ADQ Mixed -711%, Age 27%, AS-SSD Total -31%

Average Bench: 61.6% (782^nd of 1072)

Based on 931 user benchmarks. Model: TS120GMTS420S

Poor: 37%Average: 61.6% Great: 87%

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Above average average bench

The Transcend TS120GMTS420S 120GB averaged 38.3% 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 Random Read Speed 24.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 233MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend TS120GMTS420S 120GB is 50.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Transcend TS120GMTS420S 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 133MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 32.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 931 samples)

Rank 78261.6%

Min	Avg	Max
321	Read 433	506
24	Write 290	415
39.2	Mixed 284	392
37.6	SusWrite 133	361
63.5% 285 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11	4K Read 24.6	35.8
13.3	4K Write 65.5	113
1.58	4K Mixed 18.3	30.3
95.4% 36.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
71.2	DQ Read 134	211
49.6	DQ Write 233	333
1.13	DQ Mixed 32.1	48.1
67% 133 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BGR-User, 12 days ago.

107GB free

Firmware: U1001A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 427 424 428 426 425 MB/s

98.1% Outstanding

Write 420

Mixed 418

SusWrite 426

99% 439 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 95.3

4K Mixed 28.8

139% 52.7 MB/s

DQ Read 155

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 44.6

92% 181 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0111A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 339 368 348 377 375 MB/s

78.9% Very good

Write 381

Mixed 382

SusWrite 358

88% 390 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 55.1

4K Mixed 22.3

102% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 124

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 46.1

79% 149 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0509A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 58 55 48 56 56 MB/s

73.3% Very good

Write 338

Mixed 377

SusWrite 62

70% 315 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 81.7

4K Mixed 29.1

130% 47.8 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 47.5

93% 184 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

78GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 202 111 89 83 51 MB/s

57% Above average

Write 344

Mixed 308

SusWrite 141

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 51.2

4K Mixed 14.7

78% 29 MB/s

DQ Read 86.4

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 27.5

70% 139 MB/s

BGD-User, 3 months ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0510A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 102 40 48 21 40 MB/s

56.3% Above average

Write 359

Mixed 346

SusWrite 81.9

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 58.4

4K Mixed 17.6

84% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 261

DQ Mixed 39.6

77% 152 MB/s

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 4%

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System: HP EliteBook 840 G1

CPU
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples	163x
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples	70x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	319x
Radeon HD 8750MAMDBench 6%, 409 samples	4x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	3x

SSD
TS120GMTS420S 120GBTranscendBench 62%, 931 samples	1x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	20x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	15x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	13x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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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TS120GMTS420S 120GB

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Average Bench: 61.6% (782nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 61.6% (782^nd of 1072)