New Price drop 9%
Transcend SSD SATA III M.2 2280
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND SLC
Endurance 90 TBW
41 Overall Score
Price ¥12,893
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
- 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 2280 |
| 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 SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN | Crucial T700 CT2000T700SSD5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | SLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 90 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcend SSD | 11.7 | 38.8 | 53.5 | 12.7 | 71.8 | 77.4 | 86.8 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 95.3 | 23.2 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 89 | 96.4 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 4 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 94.1 | 95.3 | 9.3 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.8 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 9.6 |
| Crucial T700 CT2000T700SSD5 Compare | 96.7 | 97.7 | 97.4 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 77.4 | 21.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From ¥12,893
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Usage Scores
- Overall41.2
- Budget82.4
- Gaming24.4
- Laptop43
- Console11.3
- Portable8.4
- Workstation36.4
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