Corsair

Force LE SSD 960GB

Force LE SSD 960GB
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Effective Speed -8%Effective Speed -8%Average Score -6%Read 3%, Write 8%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -25%, SusWrite 3%Peak Score -10%Read 1%, Write 2%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -31%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -14%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -56%, ADQ Read -2%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed -38%, Age -1%, AS-SSD Total -5%

Average Bench: 91.1% (312^th of 1072)

Based on 1,185 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Force LE SSD

Poor: 60%Average: 91.1% Great: 107%

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Excellent average bench

The Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB averaged just 8.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 188MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.1MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB is 47.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 306MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 362MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,185 samples)

Rank 31291.1%

Min	Avg	Max
353	Read 471	514
311	Write 437	496
286	Mixed 362	404
154	SusWrite 306	378
88.5% 394 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.2	4K Read 28.7	34.5
29.7	4K Write 78.4	109
20.9	4K Mixed 36.1	44.4
131% 47.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
156	DQ Read 319	357
82.5	DQ Write 279	344
86.6	DQ Mixed 188	212
171% 262 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 3 months ago.

416GB free

Firmware: SAFC12.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 471 474 205 324 323 MB/s

98.1% Outstanding

Write 489

Mixed 393

SusWrite 368

99% 439 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 76.2

4K Mixed 36.8

133% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 203

186% 284 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

396GB free

Firmware: SAFC12.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 454 454 318 255 314 MB/s

91.6% Outstanding

Write 466

Mixed 368

SusWrite 341

93% 414 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 61.9

4K Mixed 33.5

117% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 357

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 214

196% 301 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

135GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC12.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 285 242 308 237 315 MB/s

89.4% Excellent

Write 443

Mixed 346

SusWrite 272

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 68.3

4K Mixed 36.5

127% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 353

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 205

191% 295 MB/s

USA-User, 20 days ago.

73GB free

Firmware: SAFC12.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 212 212 215 216 219 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 442

Mixed 368

SusWrite 214

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 71

4K Mixed 36.7

129% 45.7 MB/s

DQ Read 222

DQ Write 181

DQ Mixed 162

132% 188 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

520GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC12.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 369 215 300 104 MB/s

68.7% Good

Write 388

Mixed 332

SusWrite 225

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 40.4

4K Mixed 25.8

88% 29.3 MB/s

DQ Read 278

DQ Write 224

DQ Mixed 180

154% 227 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 months ago.

198GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC12.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 331 237 170 287 99 MB/s

61.3% Good

Write 368

Mixed 344

SusWrite 234

79% 351 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 17.6

4K Mixed 19

69% 20 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 55

DQ Mixed 103

92% 146 MB/s

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Force LE SSD 960GBCorsairBench 91%, 1,185 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 785 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	6x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $623

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Corsair

Force LE SSD 960GB

Average Bench: 91.1% (312^th of 1072)

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Force LE SSD 960GB

Average Bench: 91.1% (312th of 1072)

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