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Transcend 250GB SSD SATA III M.2
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND SLC
Endurance 90 TBW
44 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong social proof (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong endurance (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average speed (12th percentile)
- Below average capacity (13th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 330 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 40000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 75000 |
Hardware
| NAND | SLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 90 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Transcend 250GB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Crucial T710 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s |
| Nand Type | SLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 90 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcend 250GB SSD | 11.8 | 38.8 | 78.5 | 12.7 | 71.7 | 77.5 | 86.8 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 9.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.3 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.1 | 95.3 | 9.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98.1 | 80.7 | 45 | 3.1 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.6 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 77.5 | 10.7 |
Usage Scores
- Overall43.9
- Budget83.8
- Gaming26.6
- Laptop45.5
- Console12.6
- Portable9.1
- Workstation39.6
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