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TS256GMTE220S 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 213% (89th of 1072)

Based on 2,678 user benchmarks.  Model: TS256GMTE220S
Poor: 128%Average: 213% Great: 279%

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Outstanding average bench

The Transcend TS256GMTE220S 256GB averaged 113.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Transcend TS256GMTE220S 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 348MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,258MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend TS256GMTE220S 256GB is 151%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Transcend TS256GMTE220S 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 292MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 764MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,678 samples)
Rank 89213%
Min Avg Max
1,032 Read 2,258 2,766
337 Write 891 1,186
116 Mixed 764 1,254
167 SusWrite 292 584
230% 1,051 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.2 4K Read 55.1 71.3
46.3 4K Write 142 220
37.9 4K Mixed 73 98.7
252% 89.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
344 DQ Read 666 833
135 DQ Write 541 987
100 DQ Mixed 348 482
330% 518 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
145GB free
Firmware: 42B4S8JA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 263 263 264 265 265 MB/s
249% Outstanding
Read 2,034
Write 652
Mixed 941
SusWrite 298
215% 981 MB/s
4K Read 66.1
4K Write 248
4K Mixed 97.2
356% 137 MB/s
DQ Read 751
DQ Write 1,035
DQ Mixed 464
471% 750 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A7T36A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1001 447 452 255 255 254 MB/s
246% Outstanding
Read 2,258
Write 1,000
Mixed 1,090
SusWrite 444
264% 1,198 MB/s
4K Read 62.9
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 85.6
303% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 764
DQ Write 802
DQ Mixed 448
429% 671 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42B4S8JA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 268 263 261 263 263 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 2,460
Write 1,127
Mixed 1,147
SusWrite 281
276% 1,254 MB/s
4K Read 53.9
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 69.5
235% 81.7 MB/s
DQ Read 752
DQ Write 426
DQ Mixed 332
316% 503 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42B4S8JA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 165 157 147 217 152 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 2,402
Write 1,233
Mixed 1,263
SusWrite 195
280% 1,273 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 68
4K Mixed 50.3
164% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 417
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 362
272% 366 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0328C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 260 263 265 270 269 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 1,455
Write 697
Mixed 372
SusWrite 283
154% 702 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 68.2
4K Mixed 49.4
145% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 603
DQ Write 463
DQ Mixed 88.7
187% 385 MB/s
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Gaming 65%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $113Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,594x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $123Bench 73%, 179,588 samples421x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples367x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $205Bench 71%, 428,800 samples302x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $339Bench 90%, 645,160 samples259x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $300Bench 100%, 447,556 samples229x
SSD
TS256GMTE220S 256GBTranscendBench 213%, 2,678 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples305x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples216x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples171x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $360

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