Corsair CSSD-F480GBGS-BK

Force GS 480GB

Force GS 480GB
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Effective Speed -60%Effective Speed -60%Average Score -81%Read -12%, Write -65%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -304%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -88%, SusWrite -45%Peak Score -88%Read -6%, Write -55%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -363%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -96%, SusWrite -47%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -337%, Value -321%Nice To Haves -105%DQ Read -58%, DQ Write -191%, DQ Mixed -106%, ADQ Read -52%, ADQ Write -198%, ADQ Mixed -119%, Age -28%, AS-SSD Total -87%

Average Bench: 61.5% (783^rd of 1072)

Based on 593 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Force GS

Poor: 49%Average: 61.5% Great: 71%

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Above average average bench

The Corsair Force GS 480GB averaged 38.5% 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 119MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.3MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force GS 480GB is 22%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Force GS 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 21.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 97MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 593 samples)

Rank 78361.5%

Min	Avg	Max
306	Read 407	480
176	Write 246	312
205	Mixed 280	355
134	SusWrite 204	263
63.4% 284 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.5	4K Read 27.3	34
15.3	4K Write 21.7	26.4
16.4	4K Mixed 23.9	29.7
83.5% 24.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
162	DQ Read 214	233
67.5	DQ Write 97	123
57	DQ Mixed 119	161
97.8% 143 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

305GB free

Firmware: 5.05A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 279 270 280 276 286 MB/s

72% Very good

Write 255

Mixed 253

SusWrite 276

70% 314 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 24.4

4K Mixed 27

93% 27.2 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 100

DQ Mixed 126

104% 153 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

166GB free

Firmware: 5.81

SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 258 260 269 252 276 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 313

Mixed 352

SusWrite 264

77% 345 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 26

4K Mixed 29

95% 28 MB/s

DQ Read 134

DQ Write 115

DQ Mixed 146

104% 132 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

393GB free

Firmware: 5.07

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 258 267 280 274 264 MB/s

68.8% Good

Write 250

Mixed 283

SusWrite 272

68% 305 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 20.6

4K Mixed 27.4

91% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 215

DQ Write 105

DQ Mixed 118

99% 146 MB/s

DNK-User, 1 month ago.

358GB free

Firmware: 5.05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 236 226 219 224 221 MB/s

63.8% Good

Write 254

Mixed 293

SusWrite 226

70% 312 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 19

4K Mixed 22.2

78% 22.5 MB/s

DQ Read 227

DQ Write 82.1

DQ Mixed 109

92% 139 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 months ago.

417GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5.24

SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 193 191 192 212 202 MB/s

57.2% Above average

Write 277

Mixed 313

SusWrite 187

66% 293 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 19.7

4K Mixed 22.3

73% 21.5 MB/s

DQ Read 222

DQ Write 100

DQ Mixed 136

108% 153 MB/s

ARE-User, 3 months ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5.05A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 212 178 163 155 159 MB/s

51.8% Above average

Write 231

Mixed 331

SusWrite 166

61% 271 MB/s

4K Read 13

4K Write 22.2

4K Mixed 24.8

63% 20 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 75.2

DQ Mixed 129

102% 146 MB/s

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Typical Force GS 480GB Builds (Compare 1,560 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME - $589

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	527x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	272x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	180x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	115x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	112x

SSD
Force GS 480GBCorsair $419Bench 61%, 593 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	22x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples	21x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $1,488

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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-F480GBGS-BK

Force GS 480GB

Average Bench: 61.5% (783^rd of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME - $589

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Corsair CSSD-F480GBGS-BK

Force GS 480GB

Average Bench: 61.5% (783rd of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME - $589

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Average Bench: 61.5% (783^rd of 1072)