Corsair CSSD-F120GBMP500

Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB

Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 12...
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Effective Speed -323%Effective Speed -323%Average Score -477%Read -334%, Write -1,042%, 4K Read -123%, 4K Write -105%, Mixed -727%, 4K Mixed -158%, SusWrite -851%Peak Score -390%Read -380%, Write -490%, 4K Read -302%, 4K Write -154%, Mixed -533%, 4K Mixed -276%, SusWrite -593%Value & Sentiment -1,682%User Rating -34%, Market Share -5,322%, Price 197%, Value -1,569%Nice To Haves -277%DQ Read -254%, DQ Write -161%, DQ Mixed -259%, ADQ Read -229%, ADQ Write -249%, ADQ Mixed -344%, Age -474%, AS-SSD Total -243%

Average Bench: 128% (188^th of 1080)

Based on 11,475 user benchmarks. Models: Force MP500, NVMe Force MP500

Poor: 83%Average: 128% Great: 185%

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Outstanding average bench

The Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB averaged 28.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 335MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 954MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 334MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 385MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,475 samples)

Rank 188128%

Min	Avg	Max
594	Read 954	1,227
52.6	Write 404	1,075
152	Mixed 385	731
125	SusWrite 334	659
114% 519 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.1	4K Read 38.6	47.6
22.9	4K Write 100	149
18.6	4K Mixed 41.9	58.3
165% 60.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
441	DQ Read 520	655
113	DQ Write 361	726
157	DQ Mixed 335	583
279% 405 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DNK-User, 6 days ago.

56GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 595 284 174 247 469 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 646

Mixed 429

SusWrite 394

134% 603 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 81.3

4K Mixed 39.8

139% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 520

DQ Write 607

DQ Mixed 504

396% 544 MB/s

USA-User, 12 days ago.

53GB free

Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 439 445 445 448 440 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 450

Mixed 388

SusWrite 411

117% 525 MB/s

4K Read 33

4K Write 81.5

4K Mixed 39.4

144% 51.3 MB/s

DQ Read 588

DQ Write 442

DQ Mixed 432

345% 487 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 310 200 185 403 296 MB/s

90.5% Outstanding

Write 138

Mixed 260

SusWrite 269

74% 339 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 63.5

4K Mixed 27.9

105% 38.3 MB/s

DQ Read 492

DQ Write 159

DQ Mixed 228

193% 293 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

41GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 358 213 124 124 125 MB/s

89.4% Excellent

Write 361

Mixed 342

SusWrite 217

94% 429 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 42.7

4K Mixed 29.9

97% 32.2 MB/s

DQ Read 455

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 159

158% 263 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $90

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Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	989x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $149Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	426x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	395x

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GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	496x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	284x

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Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBCorsair $69Bench 128%, 11,475 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	265x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	130x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
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Corsair CSSD-F120GBMP500

Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB

Average Bench: 128% (188^th of 1080)

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Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB

Average Bench: 128% (188th of 1080)

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