Transcend SSD225S 250GB 2.5" 3D TLC Solid State Drive, Up to 500 MB/s read speed, Up to 330 MB/s write speed, No DDR3 DRAM Cache

Overview:

Transcend's SATA III 6Gb/s SSD225S features superior durability and stability, delivering up to 560 MB/s of transfer speeds to upgrade your laptop and desktop! With up to 2TB of storage capacity and firmware optimization, you can save plenty of files without any worries.

Features:

The best choice for a computer upgrade
SSD225S is a 2.5" SATA SSD designed for both desktop and laptop computers. With one easy installment, you can enjoy fast application processing times, greatly enhancing your computer performance. With up to 2TB of storage capacity, you can save tons of photos, music files, and other media files.

Performance boost for everyday computing
Taking full advantage of the SATA III 6Gb/s interface and top-notch 3D NAND flash, the SSD225S strengthens its speeds with the SLC caching technology, delivering exceptional transfer speeds of up to 560MB/s read and 500MB/s write.

Guaranteed endurance and reliability
Transcend's SSD225S offers great Terabytes Written (TBW) values (up to 720 TB) indicating the total amount of data you can write into the drive over its lifetime.

RAID engine and LDPC coding
Detects and corrects transfer errors to prevent data corruption in TLC-based SSD products

Garbage Collection
Relocates existing data to release memory blocks

Wear-leveling
Distributes data evenly across memory cells to prolong SSD's lifespan

DevSleep
Intelligently shuts down SATA interface when not in use to prolong device's battery life

A better choice than HDD
Solid-state drives dominate the market for PC upgrades because they are faster and lighter than regular hard disk drives. SSDs feature less power use, are less noisy when in operation, and are more shock-resistant than traditional hard drives.

SSD Scope software
Transcend SSD Scope is advanced, user-friendly software that makes it easy to ensure your Transcend SSD remains healthy, and continues to run fast and error-free by determining the condition and optimizing the performance of your drive.

Guaranteed quality
Transcends solid state drives are built to the highest standards and are rigorously tested, offering outstanding quality, performance, and reliability.

Specifications:

Product Code	TS250GSSD225S
Appearance
Dimensions	100 mm x 69.85 mm x 6.8 mm (3.94" x 2.75" x 0.28")
Weight	45 g (1.59 oz)
Storage
Flash Type	3D NAND flash
Capacity	250GB / 500 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB
Operating Environment
Operating Temperature	0°C (32°F) ~ 70°C (158°F)
Operating Voltage	5V±5%
Performance
Sequential Read/Write (CrystalDiskMark) - by capacity 2.5" SSD	2 TB up to 560 / 500 MB/s
	1 TB up to 550 / 500 MB/s
	500 GB up to 530 / 480 MB/s
	250 GB up to 500 / 330 MB/s
4K Random Read/Write (IOmeter) - by capacity 2.5" SSD	2 TB up to 55,000 / / / 80,000 IOPS
	1 TB up to 55,000 / / / 72,000 IOPS
	500 GB up to 55,000 / / / 75,000 IOPS
	250 GB up to 40,000 / / / 75,000 IOPS
Terabytes Written (TBW) - by capacity 2.5" SSD	2 TB 720 TBW
	1 TB 360 TBW
	500 GB 180 TBW
	250 GB 90 TBW
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)	2,000,000 hour(s)
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD)	0.3 (3 yrs)
Note	Speed may vary due to host hardware, software, usage, and storage capacity.
	The workload used to rate DWPD may be different from your actual workload, which may vary due to host hardware, software, usage, and storage capacity.
	Terabytes Written (TBW) expresses the endurance under the highest capacity.
	For Mac users please visit our Apple Solutions here.
Certificate	CE / FCC / BSMI / KC / RCM / UKCA
Package
Package Contents	Full unit
System Requirement
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 7 or later
	Linux Kernel 2.6.31 or later
Technology
TRIM & NCQ Command	Yes
S.M.A.R.T.	Yes
DDR3 DRAM Cache	-
Advanced Garbage Collection	Yes
DevSleep Mode	Yes
RAID Engine	Yes
LDPC Coding	Yes