New
Transcend 250GB SSD M.2
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 90 TBW
41 Overall Score
Price $70
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 |
| 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 | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 90 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Transcend 250GB SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | 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 | 500 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 | false | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | 90 TBW | 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 250GB SSD | 11.8 | 38.8 | 53.5 | 12.8 | 72 | 77.4 | 86.8 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 91.4 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.6 | 83 | 95.4 | 56.2 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.2 | 94 | 55.6 | 98.8 | 95.4 | 43.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.2 | 97.1 | 85.8 | 55.6 | 87.3 | 95.4 | 43.6 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.6 | 90.6 | 78.7 | 78.6 | 83 | 95.4 | 55.1 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87.1 | 95.7 | 78.7 | 55.6 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 54.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall41.3
- Budget81.7
- Gaming24.4
- Laptop43.1
- Console11.4
- Portable8.4
- Workstation36.5
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