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Force LS SSD 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 84.5% (413th of 1072)

Based on 117 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Force LS SSD
Poor: 40%Average: 84.5% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Corsair Force LS SSD 960GB averaged just 15.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Force LS SSD 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 101MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 281MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force LS SSD 960GB is 65.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Corsair Force LS SSD 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 329MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 360MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 117 samples)
Rank 41384.5%
Min Avg Max
345 Read 468 528
129 Write 404 510
194 Mixed 360 498
80.5 SusWrite 329 465
87.6% 390 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 24.6 31
2 4K Write 74.2 111
3.79 4K Mixed 23.9 40.6
107% 40.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.3 DQ Read 271 351
70.7 DQ Write 281 371
10.5 DQ Mixed 101 202
124% 218 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
841GB free
Firmware: SAFC01.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 488 489 491 489 488 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 491
Mixed 316
SusWrite 489
101% 448 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 36.3
144% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 62.9
122% 245 MB/s
624GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFC01.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 454 424 435 480 490 MB/s
92.3% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 433
Mixed 302
SusWrite 399
90% 398 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 76.8
4K Mixed 32.5
120% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 16.5
84% 194 MB/s
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFC01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 175 186 143 159 168 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 504
Write 416
Mixed 371
SusWrite 182
82% 368 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 79.8
4K Mixed 36.7
132% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 370
DQ Mixed 208
195% 301 MB/s
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFC01.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 158 100 91 96 140 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 452
Write 133
Mixed 17.9
SusWrite 131
40% 183 MB/s
4K Read 16.3
4K Write 69.3
4K Mixed 32.2
103% 39.3 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 63.4
126% 253 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFC01.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 416 400 84 227 434 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 427
Write 432
Mixed 298
SusWrite 318
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 30.2
4K Mixed 19.9
67% 22.4 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 64.3
103% 198 MB/s
81GB free
Firmware: SAFC01.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 3.5 325 476 223 223 MB/s
59.9% Above average
Read 347
Write 445
Mixed 300
SusWrite 280
78% 343 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 50
4K Mixed 18.8
78% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 61
DQ Mixed 31.8
46% 89.3 MB/s
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Typical Force LS SSD 960GB Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998)

CPU
Xeon E3-1230 v5IntelBench 77%, 2,254 samples9x
Xeon E3-1245 v5IntelBench 76%, 2,081 samples5x
Xeon E3-1275 v5IntelBench 78%, 368 samples4x
GPU
Quadro P600NvidiaBench 16%, 3,885 samples3x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples3x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples2x
SSD
Force LS SSD 960GBCorsairBench 85%, 117 samples1x
RAM
9965669-001.A01G 9965669-006.A02G 16GBKingstonBench 73%, 5 samples4x
9965745-002.A00G 9965669-009.A00G 9965745-002.A00G 9965669-009.A00G 48GBKingstonBench 71%, 5 samples3x
Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 9,293 samples3x
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