Corsair

Force LE 480GB

Force LE 480GB
BENCHMARKS (12)
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Effective Speed -30%Effective Speed -30%Average Score -34%Read 7%, Write -17%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -106%, SusWrite -68%Peak Score -20%Read 6%, Write -9%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite -70%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -52%DQ Read -14%, DQ Write -15%, DQ Mixed -62%, ADQ Read -63%, ADQ Write -70%, ADQ Mixed -180%, Age 4%, AS-SSD Total -12%

Average Bench: 75.5% (566^th of 1072)

Based on 12 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Force LE

Poor: 64%Average: 75.5% Great: 88%

Good average bench

The Corsair Force LE 480GB averaged 24.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Force LE 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 92.9MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.9MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force LE 480GB is 24.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Force LE 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 176MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 200MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)

Rank 56675.5%

Min	Avg	Max
440	Read 489	535
234	Write 346	446
322	Mixed 339	363
120	SusWrite 176	228
75.4% 338 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.7	4K Read 28.9	35.6
32	4K Write 67.5	119
8.84	4K Mixed 21.9	45.7
108% 39.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.3	DQ Read 200	323
28.1	DQ Write 170	312
9.35	DQ Mixed 92.9	204
94.7% 154 MB/s

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USA-User, 3 years ago.

174GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 12.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 287 187 115 149 151 MB/s

88.4% Excellent

Write 446

Mixed 332

SusWrite 211

82% 367 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 36.3

137% 52 MB/s

DQ Read 322

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 198

181% 277 MB/s

FRA-User, 9 months ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC

SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 202 158 134 174 175 MB/s

84.2% Excellent

Write 310

Mixed 338

SusWrite 194

74% 333 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 68.8

4K Mixed 35.9

127% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 323

DQ Write 287

DQ Mixed 204

181% 271 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

401GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC

SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 374 144 173 174 177 MB/s

76.4% Very good

Write 381

Mixed 326

SusWrite 228

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 65.3

4K Mixed 33.1

120% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 183

DQ Write 164

DQ Mixed 174

130% 174 MB/s

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