Corsair

Force GS 120GB

Force GS 120GB
BENCHMARKS (38)
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Effective Speed -36%Effective Speed -36%Average Score -47%Read -12%, Write -100%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -52%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -81%Peak Score -16%Read 2%, Write -31%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -33%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -51%DQ Read -20%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -34%, ADQ Read -91%, ADQ Write -62%, ADQ Mixed -168%, Age -20%, AS-SSD Total -13%

Average Bench: 72.3% (625^th of 1072)

Based on 38 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Force GS

Poor: 51%Average: 72.3% Great: 84%

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Good average bench

The Corsair Force GS 120GB averaged 27.6% 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 97.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.5MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force GS 120GB is 32.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Force GS 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 164MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 203MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)

Rank 62572.3%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 408	517
119	Write 203	371
153	Mixed 236	318
115	SusWrite 164	368
56.2% 253 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.1	4K Read 29.5	37.3
47.5	4K Write 81.3	113
10.1	4K Mixed 28.2	47.6
124% 46.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.2	DQ Read 171	305
62.1	DQ Write 178	349
10.9	DQ Mixed 97.2	247
94.4% 149 MB/s

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103GB free

Firmware: 5.07

SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 166 152 154 153 151 MB/s

83.5% Excellent

Write 221

Mixed 246

SusWrite 155

57% 258 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 89.1

4K Mixed 43.5

155% 55.7 MB/s

DQ Read 216

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 157

134% 196 MB/s

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) - $220

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,758x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,431x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,070x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	759x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	589x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	576x

SSD
Force GS 120GBCorsairBench 72%, 38 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	364x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	309x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	261x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $30	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

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Force GS 120GB

Average Bench: 72.3% (625^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 72.3% (625th of 1072)

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