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TS256GMTE220S 256GB

TS256GMTE220S 256GB
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Effective Speed +116% Effective Speed 116%Average Score +116% Read 394%, Write 120%, 4K Read 61%, 4K Write 62%, Mixed 113%, 4K Mixed 62%, SusWrite -2%Peak Score +150% Read 446%, Write 145%, 4K Read 66%, 4K Write 80%, Mixed 196%, 4K Mixed 69%, SusWrite 51%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +96% DQ Read 127%, DQ Write 176%, DQ Mixed 46%, ADQ Read 104%, ADQ Write 87%, ADQ Mixed 34%, Age 51%, AS-SSD Total 146%

Average Bench: 213% (89^th 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

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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

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

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BGD-User, 23 days ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 42B4S8JA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 272 266 266 264 273 MB/s

209% Outstanding

Write 667

Mixed 652

SusWrite 284

227% 1,046 MB/s

4K Read 57.2

4K Write 74.3

4K Mixed 60.8

204% 64.1 MB/s

DQ Read 434

DQ Write 712

DQ Mixed 344

325% 497 MB/s

CHL-User, 14 days ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 42B4S8JA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 216 211 210 211 220 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 1,154

Mixed 1,186

SusWrite 244

266% 1,205 MB/s

4K Read 38.7

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 53.2

182% 65.5 MB/s

DQ Read 752

DQ Write 678

DQ Mixed 469

419% 633 MB/s

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,678x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	426x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	376x

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GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	323x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	274x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	235x

SSD
TS256GMTE220S 256GBTranscendBench 213%, 2,678 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	221x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	176x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $355

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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
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TS256GMTE220S 256GB

Average Bench: 213% (89^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

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Average Bench: 213% (89th of 1072)

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