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Best Bench: 67% 73GB free
Worst Bench: 31% 48GB free (System drive)

Poor: 31% Great: 67%

SPEED RANK: 880^th / 1074

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Best Bench: 87% 47GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 21GB free (System drive)

Poor: 57% Great: 87%

SPEED RANK: 595^th / 1074


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		52.2 %			74.1 %	Much faster effective speed. +42%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	129 MB/s	366 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +184%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	181 MB/s	192 MB/s	Slightly faster write speed. +6%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	22.1 MB/s	30.2 MB/s	Much faster random read. +37%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	69.6 MB/s	80.4 MB/s	Faster random write. +16%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	158 MB/s	229 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +45%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	27.7 MB/s	38.1 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +38%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	120 MB/s	142 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +18%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	177 MB/s	438 MB/s	Hugely faster peak read speed. +147%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	209 MB/s	225 MB/s	Slightly faster peak write speed. +8%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	28.8 MB/s	37.4 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +30%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	108 MB/s	111 MB/s	+3%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	177 MB/s	262 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +48%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	37.1 MB/s	48.1 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +30%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	148 MB/s	170 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +15%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %	0.02 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	3.48 %	5.52 %	Much better value. +59%
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %	53 %	+2%
Price Price (score)	$232	$100	Much cheaper. +57%


Age Newest	156 Months	145 Months	Slightly more recent. +7%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	187 MB/s	248 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +33%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	203 MB/s	216 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue write. +6%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	698 Pts	851 Pts	Stronger server IO. +22%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	161 MB/s	202 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +25%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	163 MB/s	203 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +25%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	168 MB/s	175 MB/s	+4%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	118 MB/s	161 MB/s	Much faster deep queue mixed IO. +36%


Capacity Capacity			240GB			120GB

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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The 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K is nearly two years old, several generations of SSD have passed since its original release. Better 120GB SSDs have more NAND modules than the old HyperX and are able to write faster than the peak 234 Mb/s achieved by the HyperX 3K. The HyperX 3K also has a Sandforce 2281 controller which is unable to write compressed data as well as its more recent competition. All that said the HyperX still has an effective speed of 367 MBps which is respectable and far faster than even the best mechanical drive. With peak 4K read/write speeds of 33/110 MB/s the HyperX 3K also has competent small file performance. To summarize as a current value proposition the HyperX 3K struggles, simply because the likes of Samsung and OCZ have innovated and moved forward in the two years since the HyperX 3K was released. ^{[Feb '14 SSDrivePro]}

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