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Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
About This Product
The Transcend MTE255S is a 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD utilizing a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface. This drive offers competitive performance for general computing and gaming, suitable for users upgrading from SATA SSDs or older PCIe 3.0 drives. While it provides a significant speed increase over SATA, its performance may not match some premium PCIe 4.0 SSDs in sustained heavy workloads, but it is a strong contender in its price segment.
Verdict
“A solid PCIe 4.0 upgrade for mainstream users seeking improved load times and responsiveness.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
7,400 MB/s
Sequential Write
5,200 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
600 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.33 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
2.0M hours
Warranty
5 years
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NAND Type
3D NAND
DRAM Cache
No
Critical for Gen5 drives and laptops.
Max Temp
70°C
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