Corsair CSSD-F240GBLS

Force LS 240GB

Force LS 240GB
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$110

Effective Speed -42%Effective Speed -42%Average Score -45%Read -2%, Write -40%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write -31%, Mixed -53%, 4K Mixed -79%, SusWrite -57%Peak Score -26%Read 0%, Write -26%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite -18%Value & Sentiment -411%User Rating -8%, Market Share -1,500%, Price -28%, Value -109%Nice To Haves -61%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -85%, ADQ Read -55%, ADQ Write -44%, ADQ Mixed -244%, Age -33%, AS-SSD Total -11%

Average Bench: 67.9% (700^th of 1072)

Based on 4,081 user benchmarks. Models: Corsair Force LS SSD, Corsair Force LS

Poor: 38%Average: 67.9% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The Corsair Force LS 240GB averaged 32.1% 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 Random Write Speed 65.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 67.8MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force LS 240GB is 53.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Force LS 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 198MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 223MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,081 samples)

Rank 70067.9%

Min	Avg	Max
319	Read 445	504
83.6	Write 284	383
32.5	Mixed 223	314
37.3	SusWrite 198	352
63.9% 288 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.8	4K Read 20.6	28
15.3	4K Write 65.2	101
9.08	4K Mixed 23.3	36.2
95.6% 36.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
96.2	DQ Read 209	349
16.6	DQ Write 199	321
12.1	DQ Mixed 67.8	160
88.3% 159 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

CZE-User, 5 days ago.

42GB free

Firmware: SAFC01.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 269 299 152 298 215 MB/s

86.1% Excellent

Write 314

Mixed 173

SusWrite 236

67% 303 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 82.8

4K Mixed 32.2

123% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 343

DQ Write 311

DQ Mixed 59.7

118% 238 MB/s

GRC-User, 16 days ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC01.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 182 185 134 134 133 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 278

Mixed 28.4

SusWrite 174

52% 238 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 65.4

4K Mixed 30.9

110% 39.9 MB/s

DQ Read 341

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 58.8

117% 236 MB/s

NOR-User, 10 days ago.

77GB free

Firmware: S8FM07.9

SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 305 310 310 311 310 MB/s

76.4% Very good

Write 309

Mixed 211

SusWrite 308

74% 332 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 83.2

4K Mixed 20.6

102% 41.4 MB/s

DQ Read 125

DQ Write 206

DQ Mixed 59.6

75% 130 MB/s

MEX-User, 1 day ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC01.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 288 305 303 305 305 MB/s

73.7% Very good

Write 314

Mixed 262

SusWrite 298

72% 320 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 46.6

4K Mixed 22.5

83% 29.5 MB/s

DQ Read 300

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 150

157% 256 MB/s

USA-User, 19 days ago.

65GB free

Firmware: S8FM07.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 243 296 298 179 135 MB/s

63% Good

Write 171

Mixed 198

SusWrite 226

58% 264 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 68.5

4K Mixed 19.5

89% 35.5 MB/s

DQ Read 141

DQ Write 34.3

DQ Mixed 56.5

50% 77.3 MB/s

VNM-User, 7 days ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC01.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 128 126 126 112 MB/s

57.3% Above average

Write 110

Mixed 284

SusWrite 129

46% 204 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 41.8

4K Mixed 29.6

89% 30.1 MB/s

DQ Read 264

DQ Write 164

DQ Mixed 158

132% 195 MB/s

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Typical Force LS 240GB Builds (Compare 2,859 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,397x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	453x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	220x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
Force LS 240GBCorsair $110Bench 68%, 4,081 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	108x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	103x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $658

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Corsair CSSD-F240GBLS

Force LS 240GB

Average Bench: 67.9% (700^th of 1072)

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Force LS 240GB

Average Bench: 67.9% (700th of 1072)

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