Corsair CSSD-F120GBMP500

Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB

Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 12...
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Effective Speed +30% Effective Speed 30%Average Score +21% Read 109%, Write -0%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write 14%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite 13%Peak Score +63% Read 142%, Write 122%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 73%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite 70%Value & Sentiment User Rating -11%, Market Share -∞%, Price 39%, Value -48%Nice To Haves +57% DQ Read 78%, DQ Write 103%, DQ Mixed 76%, ADQ Read 59%, ADQ Write 25%, ADQ Mixed 29%, Age 8%, AS-SSD Total 80%

Average Bench: 128% (180^th of 1072)

Based on 11,475 user benchmarks. Models: Force MP500, NVMe Force MP500

Poor: 83%Average: 128% Great: 185%

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Outstanding average bench

The Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB averaged 28.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 335MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 954MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 334MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 385MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,475 samples)

Rank 180128%

Min	Avg	Max
594	Read 954	1,227
52.6	Write 404	1,075
152	Mixed 385	731
125	SusWrite 334	659
114% 519 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.1	4K Read 38.6	47.6
22.9	4K Write 100	149
18.6	4K Mixed 41.9	58.3
165% 60.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
441	DQ Read 520	655
113	DQ Write 361	726
157	DQ Mixed 335	583
279% 405 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 13 days ago.

63GB free

Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 682 676 623 176 117 469 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 683

Mixed 531

SusWrite 457

147% 660 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 201

4K Mixed 44.2

214% 93.1 MB/s

DQ Read 520

DQ Write 686

DQ Mixed 511

411% 572 MB/s

CAN-User, 10 days ago.

10GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 170 168 156 154 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 164

Mixed 285

SusWrite 164

87% 401 MB/s

4K Read 34.1

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 42.5

164% 62 MB/s

DQ Read 517

DQ Write 152

DQ Mixed 179

172% 283 MB/s

PRT-User, 13 days ago.

96GB free

Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 392 173 178 377 403 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 178

Mixed 285

SusWrite 323

91% 414 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 89.2

4K Mixed 37.3

139% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 511

DQ Write 154

DQ Mixed 178

172% 281 MB/s

POL-User, 14 days ago.

11GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 173 173 173 173 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 171

Mixed 278

SusWrite 173

78% 358 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 78.2

4K Mixed 37.6

136% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 523

DQ Write 163

DQ Mixed 233

201% 306 MB/s

DOM-User, 9 days ago.

58GB free

Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 294 361 361 364 330 MB/s

92.9% Outstanding

Write 193

Mixed 375

SusWrite 345

90% 409 MB/s

4K Read 20.4

4K Write 43.6

4K Mixed 24.9

86% 29.6 MB/s

DQ Read 459

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 291

237% 341 MB/s

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $92

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Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	976x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	417x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	388x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	491x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	303x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	277x

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Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBCorsair $69Bench 128%, 11,475 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	258x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $430

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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 CSSD-F120GBMP500

Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB

Average Bench: 128% (180^th of 1072)

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Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB

Average Bench: 128% (180th of 1072)

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