Corsair CSSD-F240GBGS-BK

Force GS 240GB

Force GS 240GB
BENCHMARKS (4,179)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $261

Effective Speed -25%Effective Speed -25%Average Score -33%Read -24%, Write -71%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed -16%, SusWrite -64%Peak Score -36%Read -15%, Write -78%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -37%, 4K Mixed -19%, SusWrite -79%Value & Sentiment -570%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,789%, Price -181%, Value -294%Nice To Haves -29%DQ Read -24%, DQ Write -37%, DQ Mixed -16%, ADQ Read -26%, ADQ Write -41%, ADQ Mixed -31%, Age -32%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 78.9% (504^th of 1072)

Based on 4,179 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Force GS

Poor: 60%Average: 78.9% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The Corsair Force GS 240GB averaged 21.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Force GS 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 199MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force GS 240GB is 33%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Force GS 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 181MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 237MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,179 samples)

Rank 50478.9%

Min	Avg	Max
294	Read 368	440
189	Write 237	273
209	Mixed 264	310
119	SusWrite 181	216
58.6% 263 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.7	4K Read 30.7	36.9
37.2	4K Write 80.2	111
25.8	4K Mixed 38.7	49.1
139% 49.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
190	DQ Read 258	295
127	DQ Write 205	261
119	DQ Mixed 199	286
158% 220 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 3 days ago.

89GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5.81

SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 184 147 161 136 157 MB/s

90.7% Outstanding

Write 179

Mixed 316

SusWrite 166

60% 270 MB/s

4K Read 37.3

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 43.9

170% 63.3 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 257

DQ Mixed 265

199% 265 MB/s

USA-User, 16 days ago.

109GB free

Firmware: 5.24

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 149 220 218 204 195 MB/s

85.5% Excellent

Write 261

Mixed 280

SusWrite 199

63% 284 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 82.2

4K Mixed 42.5

149% 52.8 MB/s

DQ Read 278

DQ Write 236

DQ Mixed 267

197% 260 MB/s

AUS-User, 18 days ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5.07

SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 134 121 123 125 102 MB/s

78.7% Very good

Write 214

Mixed 270

SusWrite 128

51% 230 MB/s

4K Read 33.2

4K Write 90

4K Mixed 43.7

154% 55.6 MB/s

DQ Read 290

DQ Write 196

DQ Mixed 171

147% 219 MB/s

BRA-User, 20 days ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5.20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 178 208 205 201 207 MB/s

74.2% Very good

Write 259

Mixed 285

SusWrite 202

62% 275 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 55.8

4K Mixed 35.3

116% 39.3 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 241

DQ Mixed 268

198% 263 MB/s

ZAF-User, 14 hrs ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5.24

SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 114 131 124 111 123 MB/s

72% Very good

Write 224

Mixed 263

SusWrite 125

56% 253 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 60.2

4K Mixed 34.3

123% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 265

DQ Write 209

DQ Mixed 236

177% 237 MB/s

CYP-User, 2 days ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5.24

SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 174 169 169 130 155 MB/s

70.6% Very good

Write 202

Mixed 233

SusWrite 160

51% 229 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 63.6

4K Mixed 36

126% 43.5 MB/s

DQ Read 219

DQ Write 175

DQ Mixed 202

150% 199 MB/s

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	388x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
Force GS 240GBCorsair $261Bench 79%, 4,179 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	20x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,048

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Corsair CSSD-F240GBGS-BK

Force GS 240GB

Average Bench: 78.9% (504^th of 1072)

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