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Accelerator SSD 45GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 34.8% (990th of 1072)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Accelerator SSD
Poor: 23%Average: 34.8% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The Corsair Accelerator SSD 45GB averaged 65.2% 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 19.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 19.4MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Accelerator SSD 45GB is just 18.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Accelerator SSD 45GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 44.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 46.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 99034.8%
Min Avg Max
102 Read 165 185
35.4 Write 46.3 55.5
51.9 Mixed 70.5 78.8
39.1 SusWrite 44.6 51.6
17.9% 81.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.5 4K Read 19.8 26.8
9.8 4K Write 38.4 49.8
7.27 4K Mixed 19.4 28.6
75.1% 25.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24 DQ Read 69.4 79.6
11.9 DQ Write 43.1 54.3
8.06 DQ Mixed 43.7 62.6
35.9% 52 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
37GB free
Firmware: 5.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 46 46 46 45 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 180
Write 47.4
Mixed 74.8
SusWrite 46
19% 87 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 46.8
4K Mixed 26.3
95% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 79.5
DQ Write 47
DQ Mixed 57.9
45% 61.5 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 44 45 46 44 MB/s
41.4% Average
Read 184
Write 47
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 44.6
19% 86.9 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 46
4K Mixed 25.1
93% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 79.1
DQ Write 46.3
DQ Mixed 59.5
45% 61.6 MB/s
37GB free
Firmware: 5.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 51 46 45 45 MB/s
39.8% Below average
Read 162
Write 48.4
Mixed 78.8
SusWrite 46.5
18% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 45.1
4K Mixed 24.8
89% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 79.1
DQ Write 50.5
DQ Mixed 55.8
44% 61.8 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 45 46 45 44 MB/s
38.8% Below average
Read 176
Write 47.1
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 44.8
19% 84.9 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 47.4
4K Mixed 23.1
85% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 79
DQ Write 46.3
DQ Mixed 58.5
45% 61.3 MB/s
37GB free
Firmware: 1.3.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 47 46 47 46 MB/s
36.3% Below average
Read 166
Write 47.5
Mixed 67.9
SusWrite 46.3
18% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 39.1
4K Mixed 22.8
77% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 79.5
DQ Write 48.2
DQ Mixed 61
46% 62.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,722,966 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 46%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Dell Vostro 2520

CPU
Core i3-2328MIntelBench 47%, 7,778 samples52x
Core i3-3110MIntel  $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples43x
Core i3-2348MIntelBench 49%, 5,289 samples16x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples85x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples71x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples12x
SSD
Accelerator SSD 45GBCorsairBench 35%, 27 samples1x
RAM
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples7x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples5x
HMT351S6CFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 26%, 3,180 samples4x
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