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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: 51.7% (825th of 1018)

Based on 3,944 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]

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Poor: 35%Average: 51.7% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The Corsair Force 3 240GB averaged 48.3% 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 110MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 70.2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force 3 240GB is 31.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Force 3 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 127MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 117MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,944 samples)
Rank 82551.7%
Min Avg Max
87.5 Read 127 174
126 Write 179 206
124 Mixed 156 175
82.8 SusWrite 117 139
32.8% 145 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.7 4K Read 21.9 28.8
25.8 4K Write 70.2 113
15.6 4K Mixed 27.7 36.5
106% 39.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.1 DQ Read 153 187
70.4 DQ Write 162 202
28.6 DQ Mixed 110 160
96.1% 142 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
175GB free
Firmware: 5.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 112 110 72 76 109 MB/s
56.7% Above average
Read 110
Write 183
Mixed 143
SusWrite 101
30% 134 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 27.9
128% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 133
111% 160 MB/s
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 108 105 110 110 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 100
Write 162
Mixed 114
SusWrite 107
27% 121 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 85.7
4K Mixed 23.5
111% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 122
102% 147 MB/s
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 107 115 105 117 111 MB/s
40% Average
Read 135
Write 168
Mixed 135
SusWrite 113
31% 138 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 42.8
4K Mixed 24.5
81% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 25.8
DQ Write 80.6
DQ Mixed 31.3
30% 45.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,695,876 SSDs tested.

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Typical Force 3 240GB Builds (Compare 17,138 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 48%
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Desktop
Desktop 56%
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Workstation
Workstation 31%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $185Bench 67%, 144,711 samples5,217x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $500Bench 67%, 102,907 samples2,752x
Core i7-3770Intel  $190Bench 64%, 149,171 samples2,687x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $395Bench 52%, 531,413 samples1,508x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 56%, 783,146 samples1,500x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $399Bench 78%, 788,859 samples975x
SSD
Force 3 240GBCorsair  $232Bench 52%, 3,944 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 54,073 samples922x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 49,015 samples704x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 55%, 18,810 samples487x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 33% - Below average Total price: $812

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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 7 years ago.
USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

17 months ago.

Has served me well since 2011

GBR-User
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4,010

Good

2 years ago.

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

NLD-User
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2,352

Good

4 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

7 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

7 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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