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CorsairCSSD-F240GB3-BK
$232
Group Average(9 Highest-Voted)
▲ 52730 ▼
 $232 

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

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Effective Speed 
+84%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 6,637 user samples
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Best Bench: 67% 73GB free
Worst Bench: 31% 48GB free (System drive)
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
SPEED RANK: 878th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		52.2 % 96.3 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+84%
Average Score 
+109%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		129 MB/s 453 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+251%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		181 MB/s 399 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+120%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		22.1 MB/s 32.1 MB/s Much faster random read.
+45%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		69.6 MB/s 85.6 MB/s Faster random write.
+23%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		158 MB/s 340 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+115%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		27.7 MB/s 41.8 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+51%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		120 MB/s 311 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+159%
Peak Score 
+103%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		177 MB/s 503 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+184%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		209 MB/s 483 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+131%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28.8 MB/s 40.1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+39%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		108 MB/s 120 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+11%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		177 MB/s 403 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+128%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		37.1 MB/s 54 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+45%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		148 MB/s 416 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+181%
Value & Sentiment 
+523%
Market Share
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User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 56.1 % Slightly more popular.
+8%
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.16 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,544%
Price
Price (score) 		$232 86.7 USD Hugely cheaper.
+167%
Value
Value For Money 		3.48 % 16.5 % Hugely better value.
+374%
Nice To Haves 
+83%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		187 MB/s 365 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+95%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		203 MB/s 357 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue write.
+76%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		161 MB/s 295 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+84%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		163 MB/s 324 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+99%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		168 MB/s 286 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+71%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		118 MB/s 233 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+98%
Age
Newest 		155 Months 94.4 Months Much more recent.
+64%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		698 Pts 1,228 Pts Much stronger server IO.
+76%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		240GB   —
Conclusion 
Average Bench 52.2%
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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]

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