Corsair CSSD-F256GBLX

Force LX 256GB

Force LX 256GB
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average Score -28%Read 3%, Write -47%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -39%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite -28%Peak Score -32%Read 2%, Write -64%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -42%, 4K Mixed -35%, SusWrite -33%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -34%, Value -109%Nice To Haves -32%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -23%, DQ Mixed -67%, ADQ Read -21%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -64%, Age -23%, AS-SSD Total -23%

Average Bench: 82.2% (453^rd of 1072)

Based on 2,404 user benchmarks. Model: CORSAIR FORCE LX SSD

Poor: 58%Average: 82.2% Great: 99%

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Very good average bench

The Corsair Force LX 256GB averaged just 17.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Force LX 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 159MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force LX 256GB is 41.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Force LX 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 231MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 259MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,404 samples)

Rank 45382.2%

Min	Avg	Max
372	Read 473	515
223	Write 275	295
78	Mixed 259	299
121	SusWrite 231	290
68.8% 309 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.9	4K Read 25.2	30.1
18.9	4K Write 76.7	114
12.8	4K Mixed 34	43.1
122% 45.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
206	DQ Read 270	301
85.8	DQ Write 246	291
40	DQ Mixed 159	198
146% 225 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ZAF-User, 29 days ago.

163GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N0307A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 261 283 287 287 290 MB/s

91.4% Outstanding

Write 290

Mixed 291

SusWrite 280

76% 341 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 84.6

4K Mixed 37.8

134% 49.7 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 194

171% 256 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

188GB free

Firmware: N0307A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 287 286 286 285 285 MB/s

89.8% Excellent

Write 287

Mixed 298

SusWrite 286

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 74.9

4K Mixed 36.3

126% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 198

174% 261 MB/s

IDN-User, 24 days ago.

236GB free

Firmware: N0307A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 285 286 286 286 286 MB/s

88.4% Excellent

Write 288

Mixed 290

SusWrite 286

75% 336 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 86.2

4K Mixed 35.9

125% 48.1 MB/s

DQ Read 298

DQ Write 285

DQ Mixed 197

174% 260 MB/s

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

113GB free

Firmware: N0307A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 282 283 247 287 287 MB/s

86.9% Excellent

Write 282

Mixed 297

SusWrite 278

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 72.3

4K Mixed 35.4

122% 44.2 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 197

174% 261 MB/s

ZAF-User, 1 month ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N0530C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 170 102 102 77 80 MB/s

54.9% Above average

Write 276

Mixed 200

SusWrite 132

58% 263 MB/s

4K Read 21.6

4K Write 32.6

4K Mixed 7.2

59% 20.5 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 184

164% 247 MB/s

MEX-User, 10 days ago.

57GB free

Firmware: 4101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 273 270 258 269 273 MB/s

50% Average

Write 262

Mixed 227

SusWrite 269

59% 261 MB/s

4K Read 8.6

4K Write 33.6

4K Mixed 16.4

52% 19.5 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 129

DQ Mixed 123

94% 128 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 63%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Asus P8B75-M LX

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	179x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	158x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	104x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	80x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	69x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	57x

SSD
Force LX 256GBCorsair $129Bench 82%, 2,404 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	37x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	29x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x

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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $426

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Corsair CSSD-F256GBLX

Force LX 256GB

Average Bench: 82.2% (453^rd of 1072)

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