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Corsair CSSD-F480GBGT-BK

Force GT 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 57.6% (827th of 1072)

Based on 252 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Force GT
Poor: 45%Average: 57.6% Great: 67%

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Average average bench

The Corsair Force GT 480GB averaged 42.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 83.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.7MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force GT 480GB is 22.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Force GT 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 18.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 87.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 252 samples)
Rank 82757.6%
Min Avg Max
314 Read 426 517
152 Write 241 312
200 Mixed 275 337
139 SusWrite 220 283
64.8% 291 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.4 4K Read 24.7 30.7
13.8 4K Write 18.7 22
9.89 4K Mixed 17.8 25.4
70.1% 20.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.5 DQ Read 178 232
18.4 DQ Write 87.4 109
10.1 DQ Mixed 83.8 141
75.2% 116 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
447GB free
Firmware: 5.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 274 266 261 264 260 MB/s
66.2% Good
Read 413
Write 239
Mixed 247
SusWrite 266
65% 291 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 20.3
4K Mixed 24.2
84% 24.2 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 130
106% 155 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 236 215 212 219 212 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 451
Write 298
Mixed 321
SusWrite 220
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 18.8
4K Mixed 24.9
88% 24.7 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 92.4
DQ Mixed 111
94% 142 MB/s
237GB free
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 250 254 266 257 265 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 375
Write 240
Mixed 252
SusWrite 259
63% 281 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 20.2
4K Mixed 23.5
80% 23.2 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 134
107% 153 MB/s
119GB free
Firmware: 5.03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 226 191 200 192 200 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 410
Write 214
Mixed 245
SusWrite 214
60% 271 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 19.4
4K Mixed 24.1
83% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 227
DQ Write 96.5
DQ Mixed 114
97% 146 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: 5.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 274 264 267 260 280 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 375
Write 240
Mixed 249
SusWrite 270
63% 284 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 18.9
4K Mixed 21.7
75% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 135
109% 157 MB/s
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 180 172 209 204 198 MB/s
55.1% Above average
Read 312
Write 259
Mixed 280
SusWrite 192
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 18.9
4K Mixed 22.4
77% 22.2 MB/s
DQ Read 227
DQ Write 91.7
DQ Mixed 134
106% 151 MB/s
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Typical Force GT 480GB Builds (Compare 1,774 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples434x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples383x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples296x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples104x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples100x
SSD
Force GT 480GBCorsair  $299Bench 58%, 252 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $1,031

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