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Best Bench: 108% 112GB free
Worst Bench: 63% 42GB free

Poor: 63% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 312^th / 1072

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

Poor: 31% Great: 67%

SPEED RANK: 878^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		91.4 %	Much faster effective speed. +75%		52.2 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	461 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +257%	129 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	404 MB/s	Hugely faster write speed. +123%	181 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	38.9 MB/s	Much faster random read. +76%	22.1 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	87 MB/s	Faster random write. +25%	69.6 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	317 MB/s	Hugely faster mixed IO speed. +101%	158 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	45.8 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +65%	27.7 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	136 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +13%	120 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	506 MB/s	Hugely faster peak read speed. +186%	177 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	489 MB/s	Hugely faster peak write speed. +134%	209 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	46.3 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +61%	28.8 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	118 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +9%	108 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	392 MB/s	Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed. +121%	177 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	55.6 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +50%	37.1 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	179 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +21%	148 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.06 %	Hugely higher market share. +500%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	7.7 %	Hugely better value. +121%	3.48 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	54 %	+4%	52 %
Price Price (score)	$85	Much cheaper. +63%	$232


Age Newest	129 Months	More recent. +17%	155 Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	381 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue read. +104%	187 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	362 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue write. +78%	203 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,268 Pts	Hugely stronger server IO. +82%	698 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	179 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +11%	161 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	339 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue read. +108%	163 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	297 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +77%	168 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	160 MB/s	Much faster deep queue mixed IO. +36%	118 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			120GB			240GB

The 120GB Evo, like its 250GB sibling, features a second level Turbowrite cache (TWC). This 3GB block of high speed SLC memory allows the Evo to write data at 370 MB/s, nearly double its normal rate. When the TWC is full write speeds drop by around 50% but since consumers generally write less than 3GB in a typical write operation, the performance drop will rarely be noticed. On the other hand, in a server environment this sort of performance degradation would be unacceptable. Comparing the 120GB and 250GB Evos shows that they have similar performance profiles. The performance equivalence between the different capacities, coupled with the fact that their prices are almost linear, implies that both capacities represent roughly the same value for money. Within its TWC, the 120GB Evo is capable of chart topping burst IO rates and it sits squarely amongst the best performing 120GB drives. ^{[Aug '14 SSDrivePro]}

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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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