Unboxing Transcend 256GB SSD340

I wanted to upgrade the hardware of my desktop in order to boost up the booting speed. Considering the OS and most of the software, 256GB SSD would have been the best fit. I found Transcend SSD340 which matched all my requirements with the potential of high C/P.

According to the official website for the description of SSD340SATA III 6Gb/s interface SSD, it is using synchronous MLC Flash particles and is equipped with DDR3 DRAM cache, TRIM and NCQ support. Features like smart commands & functions, built in intelligence collection algorithm, the average erase technology and ECC correction. It has the maximum read speed of 520 MB/s and writing Speed is of 290 MB/s with a warranty of 3 years. The series also offers 64 GB and 128 GB capacities which is remarkable.

Contents of the Transcend SSD340 include 3.5 inch hard drive bays, screws, warranty and instruction manual.

Transcend has also included a bracket with SSD 340.

I tested the performance of Transcend SSD 340 using CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 Software

Then used the ATTO Disk Benchmark Software Testing

The Product specifications used for testing were:

CPU: i5-4670k
DRAM: DDR3 4G
MB: ASUS Z87-A
SSD: TS256GSSD340

I have found Transcend SSD 340 to be of a great value as the performance is high and there is increased functionality, making it a great deal.

In addition, Transcend SSD official website also offers special software downloads which can be used to read the SSD's health.

Firmware update function is there to display the latest version.

The actual boot time of Win 8 64bit is significantly higher than the original test of WD Scorpio Black 1TB HDD. After replacing the WD drive with the SSD, the boot time reduced from the original 38 seconds to 12 seconds. The time taken to copy large files of about 2GB went from 52 seconds to 14 seconds, and to copy one thousand photos the time was accelerated from 115 seconds to 21 seconds.