Great SSD for upgrading laptops with an M.2 slot. I've got this installed in a Lenovo X250 as a boot drive alongside another SSD which is the usual 2.5" form factor.
Transcend provides it's own SSD Scope software (download from their website) which is fairly comprehensive and will also clone your existing drive as well as carry out maintenance and benchmarks. As a bonus, you don't need to register to download it and it doesn't require any additional heavyweight Java libraries or .NET rubbish.
I used SSD Scope to clone my existing Samsung stock SSD to the 128GB Transcend M.2 which worked perfectly. All partitions of the Samsung, including the all-important Lenovo recovery / installation drive, were cloned across. Then I simply changed the boot order to start with the M.2 slot and it worked first time.
Speed is impressive too. SSD Scope returned the following benchmarks and these are with a Windows 7 64-bit professional build installed on the Transcend:
522.5 MB/s sequential read
264.2 MB/s random read
159.6 MB/s sequential write
159.4 MB/s random write
The read speeds are not far off the advertised 560 MB/s but the write speeds are bang on the money and almost meet the advertised 160 MB/s.
Not used the SSD extensively yet but so far it has met the expectation (it's noticeably quicker, especially during boot and shutdown, than the stock Samsung which has similar specs) and given there are not many 2240 form factor M.2 SS's available, this tiny little rocket is well worth considering.
| Brand | Transcend |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 5.99 x 0.36 x 2.21 cm; 9.07 Grams |
| Item model number | TS128GMTS600 |
| Manufacturer | KOMQI |
| Series | 128GB MTS600 M.2 SSD |
| Color | Green |
| Form Factor | 2.5 |
| Processor Count | 1 |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Hard Drive Size | 128 GB |
| Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA-600 |
| Power Source | No |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 9.07 g |
