Corsair

Force LS SSD 480GB

Force LS SSD 480GB
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Effective Speed -15%Effective Speed -15%Average Score -16%Read 1%, Write -2%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -73%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score -4%Read 3%, Write 3%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed 18%, 4K Mixed -38%, SusWrite 21%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -36%DQ Read -2%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -65%, ADQ Read -31%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -161%, Age -12%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Average Bench: 85.2% (401^st of 1072)

Based on 337 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Force LS SSD

Poor: 63%Average: 85.2% Great: 106%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Corsair Force LS SSD 480GB averaged just 14.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Force LS SSD 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 99.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 74.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force LS SSD 480GB is 42.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Force LS SSD 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 332MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 369MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 337 samples)

Rank 40185.2%

Min	Avg	Max
346	Read 461	523
163	Write 399	500
257	Mixed 369	498
161	SusWrite 332	468
87.6% 390 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.7	4K Read 25.5	33.9
35.4	4K Write 74.7	115
10.2	4K Mixed 26	42.2
112% 42.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.9	DQ Read 249	359
60.5	DQ Write 248	356
11.1	DQ Mixed 99.6	201
116% 199 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NOR-User, 5 months ago.

127GB free

Firmware: SAFC01.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 1.7 239 413 429 180 MB/s

94.6% Outstanding

Write 382

Mixed 307

SusWrite 264

81% 364 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 96.4

4K Mixed 35.9

139% 53.3 MB/s

DQ Read 340

DQ Write 372

DQ Mixed 64.8

129% 259 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 months ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 01.7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 363 207 238 298 303 MB/s

85.8% Excellent

Write 437

Mixed 334

SusWrite 261

83% 368 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 76.6

4K Mixed 35.4

124% 45.6 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 194

179% 272 MB/s

NOR-User, 3 months ago.

336GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC01.7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 268 115 232 358 127 MB/s

79% Very good

Write 323

Mixed 342

SusWrite 243

75% 336 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 62.9

4K Mixed 31.6

111% 39.6 MB/s

DQ Read 311

DQ Write 253

DQ Mixed 4.5

79% 189 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC01.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 0 206 372 0.4 217 MB/s

72% Very good

Write 375

Mixed 327

SusWrite 167

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 56

4K Mixed 28.7

102% 36.1 MB/s

DQ Read 323

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 195

175% 265 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC01.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 205 0 265 420 413 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 405

Mixed 273

SusWrite 269

76% 338 MB/s

4K Read 17.1

4K Write 26.6

4K Mixed 25.2

72% 23 MB/s

DQ Read 347

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 64.1

117% 233 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

254GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFC01.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 164 419 157 413 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 410

Mixed 328

SusWrite 310

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 30.2

4K Mixed 22.1

74% 23.9 MB/s

DQ Read 310

DQ Write 131

DQ Mixed 9.2

63% 150 MB/s

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Typical Force LS SSD 480GB Builds (Compare 584 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Asus N56VZ

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	323x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	225x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	28x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	376x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	206x
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	1x

SSD
Force LS SSD 480GBCorsairBench 85%, 337 samples	1x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	111x
HMT41GS6MFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 3,305 samples	100x
RMT3160ED58E9W1600 2x4GBRamaxelBench 53%, 6,794 samples	56x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Corsair

Force LS SSD 480GB

Average Bench: 85.2% (401^st of 1072)

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Average Bench: 85.2% (401st of 1072)

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Average Bench: 85.2% (401^st of 1072)