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Corsair CSSD-F128GBGS-BK

Force GS 128GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 74% (579th of 1058)

Based on 5,534 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Force GS
Poor: 57%Average: 74% Great: 87%

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Good average bench

The Corsair Force GS 128GB averaged 26.0% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 152MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.7MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force GS 128GB is 30.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Force GS 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 156MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 221MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,534 samples)
Rank 57974%
Min Avg Max
288 Read 342 422
135 Write 221 262
176 Mixed 235 275
104 SusWrite 156 191
53.2% 239 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.3 4K Read 30 37.4
39.7 4K Write 79.2 109
25.2 4K Mixed 37.7 47.4
136% 48.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
110 DQ Read 201 227
94.5 DQ Write 195 246
72.5 DQ Mixed 152 207
127% 183 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
119GB free
Firmware: 5.41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 178 176 202 153 187 MB/s
90.4% Outstanding
Read 393
Write 258
Mixed 274
SusWrite 179
62% 276 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 48.1
173% 62.2 MB/s
DQ Read 227
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 186
153% 217 MB/s
52GB free
Firmware: 5.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 173 169 177 169 161 MB/s
78.2% Very good
Read 362
Write 246
Mixed 262
SusWrite 174
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 73
4K Mixed 42
142% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 201
DQ Write 203
DQ Mixed 181
142% 195 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 158 151 145 149 156 MB/s
77.8% Very good
Read 321
Write 234
Mixed 250
SusWrite 152
54% 239 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 36
152% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 223
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 203
156% 211 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: 5.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 178 188 189 188 189 MB/s
63.9% Good
Read 418
Write 256
Mixed 254
SusWrite 189
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 36.6
4K Mixed 25.4
85% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 180
142% 196 MB/s
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Typical Force GS 128GB Builds (Compare 51,612 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 74%, 288,184 samples3,373x
Core i7-2600Intel  $150Bench 72%, 179,556 samples2,890x
Core i5-2400Intel  $20Bench 69%, 160,459 samples1,982x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 149,278 samples2,733x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 967,143 samples2,155x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,018 samples1,651x
SSD
Force GS 128GBCorsair  $150Bench 74%, 5,534 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 443,674 samples1,867x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 175,410 samples1,254x
1x4GBUnknownBench 27%, 153,244 samples752x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Average Total price: $447

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