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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% (886th of 1080)

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

Average Bench

(Based on 6,637 samples)
Rank 88652.2%
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%
172GB free
Firmware: 5.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 249 249 238 224 138 MB/s
71% Very good
Read 186
Write 183
Mixed 177
SusWrite 221
43% 192 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 32.6
137% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 104
102% 161 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: 5.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 139 136 137 137 136 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 161
Write 210
Mixed 206
SusWrite 139
41% 179 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 84.8
4K Mixed 34.7
131% 48.9 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 86.3
92% 152 MB/s
175GB free
Firmware: 5.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 117 116 118 114 118 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 130
Write 202
Mixed 167
SusWrite 120
35% 155 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 31.9
138% 56.2 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 114
108% 167 MB/s
96GB free
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 104 132 132 131 133 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 128
Write 193
Mixed 164
SusWrite 127
35% 153 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 35.9
129% 49.4 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 155
124% 174 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 110 111 99 100 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 128
Write 200
Mixed 152
SusWrite 103
33% 146 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 86.4
4K Mixed 34.6
127% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 156
126% 176 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,535,925 SSDs tested

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Typical Force 3 240GB Builds (Compare 661 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples204x
FX-8350AMD  $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples164x
FX-8320AMD  $95Bench 59%, 106,454 samples122x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples49x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples42x
RX 570AMD  $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples31x
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 samples19x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 3,080 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 38% - Below average Total price: $629

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 Comments

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

6 years ago.

Has served me well since 2011

GBR-User
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5,900

Good

7 years ago.

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

NLD-User
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3,608

Good

9 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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