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Force GS 60GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 61.7% (781st of 1072)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Force GS
Poor: 50%Average: 61.7% Great: 74%

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Above average average bench

The Corsair Force GS 60GB averaged 38.2% 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 Random Read Speed 28.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 79.8MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force GS 60GB is 23.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Force GS 60GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 103MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 78161.7%
Min Avg Max
313 Read 418 498
110 Write 123 147
138 Mixed 169 227
86.2 SusWrite 103 112
44.5% 203 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.6 4K Read 28.7 36.7
57.9 4K Write 79.8 106
12.6 4K Mixed 21.6 45.6
113% 43.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.1 DQ Read 84.3 123
73.2 DQ Write 113 129
13.1 DQ Mixed 46 118
49.5% 81.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 116 112 113 103 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 415
Write 133
Mixed 195
SusWrite 112
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 98.2
4K Mixed 40.8
160% 58.6 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 118
91% 123 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: 5.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 110 111 113 111 MB/s
74.2% Very good
Read 313
Write 134
Mixed 177
SusWrite 111
41% 184 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 45.6
158% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 107
86% 120 MB/s
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 92 85 82 82 77 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 336
Write 124
Mixed 163
SusWrite 86.2
39% 177 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 87.9
4K Mixed 41
150% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 113
88% 120 MB/s
3GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 355
Write 117
Mixed 156
46% 209 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 91.6
4K Mixed 13.2
99% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 88.3
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 35.1
44% 77.2 MB/s
2GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
51.7% Above average
Read 477
Write 113
Mixed 155
54% 248 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 59.2
4K Mixed 12.6
72% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 86.1
DQ Write 115
DQ Mixed 25.7
40% 75.7 MB/s
45GB free
Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 323
Write 111
Mixed 146
42% 193 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 57.1
4K Mixed 12.6
87% 32.2 MB/s
DQ Read 29.5
DQ Write 96.6
DQ Mixed 15.1
25% 47 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,659,056 SSDs tested

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Typical Force GS 60GB Builds (Compare 1,821 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples291x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples244x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples221x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples235x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples149x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples141x
SSD
Force GS 60GBCorsairBench 62%, 13 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $484

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