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CorsairCSSD-F256GBLX
Group Average(9 Highest-Voted)
▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

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Effective Speed 
+563%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 2,404 user samples
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Best Bench: 99% 112GB free
Worst Bench: 58% 41GB free (System drive)
Poor: 58% Great: 99%
SPEED RANK: 461st / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		82.2 % 545 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+563%
Average Score 
+778%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		473 MB/s 4,190 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+786%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		275 MB/s 4,671 MB/s Insanely faster write speed.
+1,599%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		25.2 MB/s 87.8 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+248%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		76.7 MB/s 207 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+170%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		259 MB/s 3,235 MB/s Insanely faster mixed IO speed.
+1,149%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		34 MB/s 110 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+225%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		231 MB/s 3,164 MB/s Insanely faster sustained write speed.
+1,270%
Peak Score 
+1,035%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		515 MB/s 5,940 MB/s Insanely faster peak read speed.
+1,053%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		295 MB/s 6,437 MB/s Insanely faster peak write speed.
+2,082%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		30.1 MB/s 189 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+526%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		114 MB/s 378 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+232%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		299 MB/s 4,683 MB/s Insanely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+1,466%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		43.1 MB/s 218 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+405%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		290 MB/s 4,580 MB/s Insanely faster peak sustained write speed.
+1,479%
Value & Sentiment 
+1,900%
Market Share
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User Rating
UBM User Rating 		50 % 68.4 % Much more popular.
+37%
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.54 % Insanely higher market share.
+5,300%
Price
Price (score) 		$129 Much cheaper.
+57% 		202 USD
Value
Value For Money 		8.95 % 216 % Insanely better value.
+2,319%
Nice To Haves 
+644%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		301 MB/s 2,321 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+671%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		291 MB/s 1,899 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+552%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		198 MB/s 2,100 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+960%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		270 MB/s 1,711 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+534%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		246 MB/s 1,255 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+410%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		159 MB/s 1,484 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+833%
Age
Newest 		122+ Months 19.4 Months Hugely more recent.
+527%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,012 Pts 7,696 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+660%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		256GB   —
User Builds 
2,404
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