New Price drop 22%
Transcend 128GB SSD SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 128GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
36 Overall Score
Price €70
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong affordability (88th percentile) 88th
Cons
- Below average capacity (7th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 128 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 520 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Transcend 128GB SSD | Crucial T500 PCIe Gen4 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 128GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcend 128GB SSD | 36.7 | 22.9 | 89.2 | 7.2 | 14.5 | 62 | 87.9 |
| Crucial T500 PCIe Gen4 Compare | 91.3 | 96.6 | 98.9 | 55.2 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 53 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 80.9 | 94 | 55.2 | 98.4 | 95.3 | 44.1 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95 | 97 | 85.3 | 55.2 | 87.2 | 95.3 | 44.1 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.3 | 90.4 | 77.8 | 78.3 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 55.3 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87 | 95.7 | 77.8 | 55.2 | 88 | 95.3 | 54.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall35.5
- Budget63.4
- Gaming24.9
- Laptop26.1
- Console12.8
- Portable9.3
- Workstation32.7
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