Corsair CSSD-F120GBMP500

Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB

Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 12...
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Effective Speed +30% Effective Speed 30%Average Score +21% Read 109%, Write -0%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write 14%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite 13%Peak Score +63% Read 142%, Write 122%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 73%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite 70%Value & Sentiment -272%User Rating -11%, Market Share -994%, Price 4%, Value -88%Nice To Haves +58% DQ Read 78%, DQ Write 103%, DQ Mixed 76%, ADQ Read 59%, ADQ Write 25%, ADQ Mixed 29%, Age 10%, AS-SSD Total 80%

Average Bench: 128% (179^th of 1071)

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 179128%

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

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

TUR-User, 2 days ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FM05.0 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 507 613 633 629 629 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 548

Mixed 538

SusWrite 560

146% 657 MB/s

4K Read 34.4

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 47.7

173% 65 MB/s

DQ Read 515

DQ Write 639

DQ Mixed 499

398% 551 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

11GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 447 597 603 504 197 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 165

Mixed 250

SusWrite 414

96% 439 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 94.4

4K Mixed 41.3

153% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 512

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 233

198% 300 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

66GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 629 632 662 633 670 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 647

Mixed 460

SusWrite 626

134% 597 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 60

4K Mixed 32.3

111% 39.1 MB/s

DQ Read 523

DQ Write 474

DQ Mixed 506

378% 501 MB/s

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $197Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	836x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $215Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	364x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $140Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	344x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	420x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	250x
RX 580AMD $179Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	245x

SSD
Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBCorsair $89Bench 128%, 11,475 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	216x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	108x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $549

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Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	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) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Corsair CSSD-F120GBMP500

Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB

Average Bench: 128% (179^th of 1071)

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Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB

Average Bench: 128% (179th of 1071)

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