Corsair

Performance3 SSD 64GB

Performance3 SSD 64GB
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Effective Speed -160%Effective Speed -160%Average Score -190%Read -40%, Write -325%, 4K Read -129%, 4K Write -172%, Mixed -151%, 4K Mixed -239%, SusWrite -275%Peak Score -193%Read -44%, Write -353%, 4K Read -132%, 4K Write -213%, Mixed -163%, 4K Mixed -178%, SusWrite -269%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -522%DQ Read -344%, DQ Write -812%, DQ Mixed -594%, ADQ Read -387%, ADQ Write -700%, ADQ Mixed -984%, Age -29%, AS-SSD Total -327%

Average Bench: 37.9% (964^th of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Performance3 SSD

Poor: 28%Average: 37.9% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The Corsair Performance3 SSD 64GB averaged 62.0% 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 Random Read Speed 15MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 326MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Performance3 SSD 64GB is just 15.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Performance3 SSD 64GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 36.1MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 79MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)

Rank 96437.9%

Min	Avg	Max
286	Read 326	353
8.53	Write 95.4	107
17.5	Mixed 143	161
25.3	SusWrite 79	105
35.3% 161 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.11	4K Read 15	18.5
2.37	4K Write 32.2	39.1
2.11	4K Mixed 13.3	21
56.8% 20.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.63	DQ Read 67	82.7
26.5	DQ Write 36.1	39.3
5.55	DQ Mixed 24	47.7
25.2% 42.4 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 10 months ago.

49GB free

Firmware: 1.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 102 97 103 MB/s

39.7% Below average

Write 102

Mixed 140

SusWrite 101

35% 157 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 36.1

4K Mixed 17

64% 22.7 MB/s

DQ Read 77.3

DQ Write 38.1

DQ Mixed 46.8

38% 54.1 MB/s

USA-User, 6 months ago.

20GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 12 8.4 9.5 8.1 MB/s

35% Below average

Write 88.6

Mixed 122

SusWrite 25.3

28% 130 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 31.8

4K Mixed 17.4

64% 21.9 MB/s

DQ Read 69.4

DQ Write 33.4

DQ Mixed 40.9

33% 47.9 MB/s

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 - $380

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	432x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	202x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	45x

SSD
Performance3 SSD 64GBCorsairBench 38%, 18 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	35x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	28x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	15x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $497

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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

Performance3 SSD 64GB

Average Bench: 37.9% (964^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 - $380

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Corsair

Performance3 SSD 64GB

Average Bench: 37.9% (964th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 37.9% (964^th of 1072)