Corsair CSSD-F128GBGS-BK

Force GS 128GB

Force GS 128GB
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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

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Effective Speed -41%Effective Speed -41%Average User Bench -52%Read -36%, Write -97%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -56%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -109%Peak Lab Bench -50%Read -26%, Write -91%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -54%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite -123%Value & Sentiment -1,393%User Rating -71%, Market Share -5,200%, Price -15%, Value -284%Nice To Haves -61%DQ Read -69%, DQ Write -50%, DQ Mixed -66%, ADQ Read -73%, ADQ Write -58%, ADQ Mixed -79%, Age -39%, AS-SSD Total -50%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 73.8% (503^rd of 1003)

Based on 2,921 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Force GS

Poor: 57%Average: 73.8% Great: 88%

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Good average bench

The Corsair Force GS 128GB averaged 26.1% 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 154MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force GS 128GB is 31.7%. 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 152MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 213MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,921 samples)

Rank 50373.8%

Min	Avg	Max
290	Read 344	406
135	Write 213	256
174	Mixed 233	272
106	SusWrite 152	188
52.4% 235 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	4K Read 29.7	37.7
42.5	4K Write 82	115
23.8	4K Mixed 37.7	47.7
137% 49.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
88.6	DQ Read 196	227
123	DQ Write 192	241
102	DQ Mixed 154	202
127% 181 MB/s

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118GB free

Firmware: 5.24

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 121 114 106 95 105 MB/s

74.5% Very good

Write 210

Mixed 270

SusWrite 112

54% 243 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 85.8

4K Mixed 39.7

138% 51.1 MB/s

DQ Read 226

DQ Write 203

DQ Mixed 197

152% 208 MB/s

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $400Bench 78%, 73,842 samples	4,536x
Core i7-4770KIntel $293Bench 78%, 95,358 samples	3,138x
Core i7-4790KIntel $365Bench 86%, 227,365 samples	625x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 63%, 447,964 samples	1,085x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 631,382 samples	1,077x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 48%, 81,893 samples	1,038x

SSD
Force GS 128GBCorsair $150Bench 74%, 2,921 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 47,076 samples	344x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 39,487 samples	310x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 26,203 samples	284x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,191

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $120	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $222	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $607	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Corsair CSSD-F128GBGS-BK

Force GS 128GB

Average Bench: 73.8% (503^rd of 1003)

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Corsair CSSD-F128GBGS-BK

Force GS 128GB

Average Bench: 73.8% (503rd of 1003)

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