New Price drop 2%
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 £30
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 P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8 | PNY CS2241 M280CS2241-500-RB | Kingston NV3 SNV3S/500G | Team Group NV5000 TM8FGM500G0C101 | fanxiang S501 S501-512Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 128GB | 1TB | 500GB | 500GB | 500GB | 512GB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 6,600 MB/s | 4,700 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 4,500 MB/s | 2,150 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | - | SLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | true | false | false | false | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 1500 TBW | 160 TBW | 320 TBW | 320 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 P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8 Compare | 78.8 | 88.9 | 77.8 | 55.2 | 88.9 | 95.3 | 51.7 |
| PNY CS2241 M280CS2241-500-RB Compare | 64.7 | 61.8 | 52.4 | 26.8 | 98.4 | 87.2 | 75.3 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3S/500G Compare | 69.9 | 61.8 | 14.4 | 26.8 | 69.6 | 87.2 | 78.4 |
| Team Group NV5000 TM8FGM500G0C101 Compare | 64.3 | 61.8 | 87.1 | 26.8 | 81.5 | 3.6 | 77.7 |
| fanxiang S501 S501-512Go Compare | 49.5 | 61.8 | 77.8 | 34.8 | 69 | 62 | 82.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From £30
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Usage Scores
- Overall35.5
- Budget63.4
- Gaming24.9
- Laptop26.1
- Console12.8
- Portable9.3
- Workstation32.7
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