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Force SSD 120GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 42.7% (931st of 1072)

Based on 351 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Force SSD
Poor: 31%Average: 42.7% Great: 55%

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Below average average bench

The Corsair Force SSD 120GB averaged 57.3% 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 20.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 57.1MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Force SSD 120GB is 24.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Force SSD 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 88.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 105MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 351 samples)
Rank 93142.7%
Min Avg Max
115 Read 162 200
77.3 Write 105 124
92.8 Mixed 120 138
64.9 SusWrite 88.2 103
26.6% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.9 4K Read 20.3 26.9
24.7 4K Write 57.1 86.4
8.2 4K Mixed 19.9 31.7
86.5% 32.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.7 DQ Read 103 145
45.3 DQ Write 99.4 121
7.93 DQ Mixed 61.8 116
57.3% 88.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
96GB free
Firmware: 5.03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 95 97 98 97 96 MB/s
52.7% Above average
Read 157
Write 109
Mixed 130
SusWrite 94.7
28% 123 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 30.5
113% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 84.5
76% 116 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 99 96 97 88 103 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 171
Write 124
Mixed 138
SusWrite 98
30% 133 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 64.5
4K Mixed 29.3
108% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 146
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 116
91% 125 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 89 95 94 92 94 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 164
Write 115
Mixed 132
SusWrite 94.3
28% 126 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 67.7
4K Mixed 28.1
109% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 111
89% 125 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 83 96 101 103 100 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 143
Write 105
Mixed 129
SusWrite 97
27% 119 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 66.9
4K Mixed 27.2
107% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 113
90% 125 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 83 88 71 63 79 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 162
Write 122
Mixed 131
SusWrite 76.6
28% 123 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 26.8
104% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 95.6
80% 117 MB/s
60GB free
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 136 129 117 127 113 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 190
Write 135
Mixed 140
SusWrite 120
33% 146 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 48.6
4K Mixed 23.9
90% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 119
94% 130 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 91 88 93 90 93 MB/s
44.6% Average
Read 141
Write 109
Mixed 117
SusWrite 88.8
26% 114 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 25.1
101% 37 MB/s
DQ Read 28.4
DQ Write 95.3
DQ Mixed 34.4
34% 52.7 MB/s
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 74 86 86 86 81 MB/s
33.6% Below average
Read 129
Write 99.1
Mixed 116
SusWrite 83.4
24% 107 MB/s
4K Read 13.3
4K Write 31
4K Mixed 17
58% 20.4 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 108
83% 114 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 59 62 78 68 67 MB/s
28% Poor
Read 93.2
Write 102
Mixed 104
SusWrite 66.9
21% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 30.4
4K Mixed 13.6
56% 19.5 MB/s
DQ Read 73.2
DQ Write 73.4
DQ Mixed 69.2
53% 71.9 MB/s
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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 72%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B460M AORUS ELITE

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples128x
Core i5-10400Intel  $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples47x
Core i7-10700FIntel  $180Bench 93%, 44,448 samples29x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples29x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples27x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples21x
SSD
Force SSD 120GBCorsairBench 43%, 351 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples17x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $497

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