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Corsair CSSD-F240GB3-BK

Force 3 240GB

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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. Memory: Micron Asynchronous 25nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2011.

Average Bench: 52.2% (878th of 1072)

Based on 6,637 user benchmarks.  Models: Corsair Force 3 SSD, Corsair Force 3

The Corsair Force 3 is one of the slowest SSD's we have seen to date. Its real world speed rating of 305.7 MB/s puts it just above the bottom of the pack. Looking at its server orientated performance just makes matters worse, due to its now dated Sandforce controller which is known to deliver relatively poor incompressible transfer speeds, the Force 3 has the lowest AS-SSD total score (593) we have seen to date. This drive is out-dated and best avoided as a new purchase. Of course as with all the SSD's in the group test, it will still trounce any mechanical hard drive and is not a bad performer in absolute terms. [Feb '13 SSDrivePro]

Poor: 31%Average: 52.2% Great: 67%

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Average average bench

The Corsair Force 3 240GB averaged 47.7% 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 118MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 69.6MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force 3 240GB is 35.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Force 3 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 129MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 120MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,637 samples)
Rank 87852.2%
Min Avg Max
85.6 Read 129 177
115 Write 181 209
118 Mixed 158 177
79.8 SusWrite 120 148
33.3% 147 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.3 4K Read 22.1 28.8
21.6 4K Write 69.6 108
15.1 4K Mixed 27.7 37.1
106% 39.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.3 DQ Read 163 187
76.7 DQ Write 168 203
31 DQ Mixed 118 161
102% 149 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 104 124 132 132 128 MB/s
46% Average
Read 124
Write 208
Mixed 169
SusWrite 128
36% 157 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 42.5
4K Mixed 24.7
84% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 143
111% 153 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 108 120 113 120 123 MB/s
46% Average
Read 126
Write 176
Mixed 160
SusWrite 119
33% 145 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 31.1
4K Mixed 24.2
87% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 149
113% 154 MB/s
21GB free
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 131 115 133 123 122 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 140
Write 187
Mixed 141
SusWrite 127
34% 148 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 42.5
4K Mixed 18.5
70% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 148
122% 175 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: 5.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 37 37 42 36 35 MB/s
42.9% Average
Read 78.2
Write 137
Mixed 108
SusWrite 41.4
21% 91.2 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 79.5
4K Mixed 27
100% 40.6 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 58.6
66% 116 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 105 113 119 112 MB/s
41% Average
Read 108
Write 139
Mixed 160
SusWrite 112
29% 130 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 36.7
4K Mixed 19.5
72% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 152
120% 165 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,660,412 SSDs tested

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Typical Force 3 240GB Builds (Compare 636 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 15%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples196x
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples161x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples117x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples47x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples41x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples29x
SSD
Force 3 240GBCorsair  $232Bench 52%, 6,637 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples17x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 3,080 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 35% - Below average Total price: $586

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ANewHope
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Official site www.corsair.com/...

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. Memory: Micron Asynchronous 25nm MLC

Step Up To Solid-State Speed with Force Series 3...

Key Specs

  • Technology Asynchronous NAND
  • Max Sequential R/W (ATTO) 550/520 MB/s sequential read/write
  • Max Random 4k Write (IOMeter 08) 85k IOPS (4k aligned)
  • Warranty Three years
Added 11 years ago.
USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

5 years ago.

Has served me well since 2011

GBR-User
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5,780

Good

6 years ago.

The drive is excellant compared to todays drives. this test is clearly by samsung optimist.

NLD-User
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3,510

Good

8 years ago.

I'd like to let you know that the UserBenchmark software heavily underrates this SSD, as doing those (way to quick) tests results in sequential reads/writes of around 200 MB/s while testing with ATTO benchmark, this drive clearly scores always above 500 MB/s (read and write) speeds).

SSDrivePro
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Terrible

11 years ago.

Review  www.storagereview.com/...

Detailed review covering every aspect of the drives IO profile

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ANewHope
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Excellent

11 years ago.

Excellent price / performance ratio, i have been using them on multiple workstations and use them currently in my setup in RAID0

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