New Price drop 36%
Transcend 500GB SSD SATA III
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 530 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 720 TBW
52 Overall Score
Price £65
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong affordability (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average speed (22nd percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 530 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 480 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 55000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 75000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 720 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Transcend 500GB SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Lexar NM790 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 1TB | 2TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 530 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | false | true | false |
| Endurance | 720 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcend 500GB SSD | 22 | 40 | 78.5 | 26.9 | 95.9 | 61.8 | 77.7 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 91.3 | 96.6 | 98.9 | 55.4 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 52.7 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.4 | 90.5 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 55.4 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87 | 95.7 | 78.5 | 55.4 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 54.7 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 84 | 97 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 46.1 | 59.3 |
| Lexar NM790 Compare | 89.8 | 93.1 | 53.5 | 55.4 | 94 | 95.3 | 49 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall51.9
- Budget82.9
- Gaming31.3
- Laptop45.3
- Console14.8
- Portable10.8
- Workstation48.5
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