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Effective Speed -1,294%Effective Speed -1,294%Average Score -1,890%Read -2,309%, Write -3,978%, 4K Read -406%, 4K Write -335%, Mixed -2,404%, 4K Mixed -532%, SusWrite -3,264%Peak Score -2,614%Read -2,989%, Write -5,171%, 4K Read -885%, 4K Write -578%, Mixed -3,283%, 4K Mixed -919%, SusWrite -4,473%Value & Sentiment -37%User Rating -37%Nice To Haves -2,072%DQ Read -1,713%, DQ Write -1,458%, DQ Mixed -4,065%, ADQ Read -2,876%, ADQ Write -1,003%, ADQ Mixed -3,451%, Age -388%, AS-SSD Total -1,626%

Average Bench: 39.1% (962^nd of 1080)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Model: AMD-RAID Corsair Force 3

Poor: 36%Average: 39.1% Great: 43%

Poor average bench

The Amd-raid Corsair Force 3 120GB averaged 60.8% 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 17.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 47.6MB/s

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Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Corsair Force 3 120GB is just 6.78%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Amd-raid Corsair Force 3 120GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 57.5MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 96239.1%

Min	Avg	Max
152	Read 174	192
98.7	Write 114	122
116	Mixed 129	138
87.7	SusWrite 93.8	100
28.6% 128 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.8	4K Read 17.6	19.5
37.4	4K Write 47.6	55.9
11.2	4K Mixed 17.5	21.5
74.3% 27.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37.1	DQ Read 57.5	128
107	DQ Write 114	122
26.1	DQ Mixed 41.8	50.4
44.3% 71.3 MB/s

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

GBR-User, 4 years ago.

82GB free

Firmware: 1.3.

SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 91 91 100 89 92 MB/s

42.1% Average

Write 118

Mixed 130

SusWrite 93.5

29% 128 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 55

4K Mixed 21.5

86% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 37.6

DQ Write 110

DQ Mixed 46.9

44% 64.7 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 years ago.

80GB free

Firmware: 1.3.

SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 94 93 93 90 MB/s

40.6% Average

Write 116

Mixed 136

SusWrite 91.5

28% 127 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 55

4K Mixed 21.5

82% 31.1 MB/s

DQ Read 37.2

DQ Write 114

DQ Mixed 40.7

41% 63.9 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

80GB free

Firmware: 5.05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 100 100 101 97 MB/s

37.6% Below average

Write 119

Mixed 137

SusWrite 100

29% 129 MB/s

4K Read 17.6

4K Write 40.3

4K Mixed 17.5

70% 25.1 MB/s

DQ Read 41.3

DQ Write 121

DQ Mixed 46.1

45% 69.4 MB/s

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