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TS960GMTS820S 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 68.5% (694th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: TS960GMTS820S
Poor: 36%Average: 68.5% Great: 96%

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Above average average bench

The Transcend TS960GMTS820S 960GB averaged 31.5% 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 Random Write Speed 68.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Transcend TS960GMTS820S 960GB is 59.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Transcend TS960GMTS820S 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 28.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 239MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 69468.5%
Min Avg Max
163 Read 442 517
40 Write 311 454
12.7 Mixed 273 422
11.9 SusWrite 239 460
70.6% 316 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.9 4K Read 24.6 35
8.1 4K Write 68.7 121
0.1 4K Mixed 16.8 28.3
95% 36.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
76.6 DQ Read 176 255
4.8 DQ Write 200 343
0.1 DQ Mixed 28.6 52.9
65.7% 135 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
198GB free
Firmware: S1127B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 417 422 163 71 58 MB/s
84.1% Excellent
Read 470
Write 403
Mixed 359
SusWrite 260
84% 373 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 98.2
4K Mixed 22.8
124% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 260
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 37.5
99% 207 MB/s
474GB free
Firmware: S0815A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 72 66 54 58 48 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 487
Write 370
Mixed 341
SusWrite 92.8
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 22.1
110% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 36.1
85% 171 MB/s
616GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1022A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 130 37 104 39 38 MB/s
58.3% Above average
Read 490
Write 426
Mixed 58.9
SusWrite 95.9
59% 268 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 90.4
4K Mixed 0.6
82% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 181
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 0.6
70% 166 MB/s
474GB free
Firmware: S0815A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 51 47 50 48 52 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 496
Write 365
Mixed 81.7
SusWrite 51
54% 248 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 28.5
4K Mixed 0.8
50% 17.2 MB/s
DQ Read 181
DQ Write 58.4
DQ Mixed 34.8
48% 91.3 MB/s
541GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0815A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 40 19 23 56 39 MB/s
33.5% Below average
Read 410
Write 122
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 40.4
33% 152 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 32.6
4K Mixed 0.5
44% 16.8 MB/s
DQ Read 91.8
DQ Write 34.4
DQ Mixed 0.4
17% 42.2 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,764,257 SSDs tested

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Typical TS960GMTS820S 960GB Builds (Compare 22,738 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 90%
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation 83%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) - $200

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples5,569x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples5,246x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples2,950x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,621x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,542x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,320x
SSD
TS960GMTS820S 960GBTranscendBench 68%, 50 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,081x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples989x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples695x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $839

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