Toshiba TR200 SSD Review: Affordable SATA Solid State Storage

Name: Toshiba TR200
Brand: Toshiba

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 07:52 AM EDT

Performance Summary: The performance of Toshiba's TR200 series SATA SSDs was a mixed bag. In our various ATTO, HD Tune, and CrystalDiskMark bendchmark runs, the drives offered competitive performance with some other recently-released, SATA SSDs, in both reads and writes. In the IOMeter, SANDRA, and PCMark Storage 2.0 tests, however, the TR200s typically trailed by measurable percentages.

Toshiba TR200 Series SATA Solid State Drives - Find Them At Amazon

The Toshiba TR200 series solid state drives featuring the company's 64-Layer 3-bit-per-cell TLC (triple-level cell) BiCS flash memory don't offer class-leading performance in any particular category, but they are not meant to. Toshiba has the OCZ VX500 series for consumers in need of top-end SATA performance, as well as a fresh line-up of NVMe-based offerings for PC enthusiasts or workstation professionals. Toshiba's TR200 series targets budget-conscious consumers seeking a strong value, and in this regard Toshiba has apparently hit the mark. Toshiba TR200 series pricing look like this:

At these MSRPs -- which equate to about $0.30 - $0.37 per GB -- the Toshiba TR200 series drives are some of the more affordable SSDs on the market. However, we suspect street prices will wiggle down a bit lower than MSRP, as availability ramps up over the coming weeks. If you're in the market for an affordable SSD to upgrade a system still chugging along on a slow, spinning HDD, the Toshiba TR200 series is worth a look, though faster drives are available for only a bit more.


Competitive Pricing Faster Than Any HDD	Lack Of DRAM Cache Faster SATA SSDs Available, For Slightly More Money

Tags: SSD, OCZ, Storage, Toshiba, SATA, bics, tr200

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com