Show us your SSD performance

Dave76 said:

The AS SSD looks like it's slowing down a bit, the Everest looks good though.

Anything noticeable?

What drivers are you using?

I think these are to different types of tests Dave on the same SSD. I could be wrong, but they probably use different criteria to run the test. That's probably the difference. :)

I got the crap scared out of me yesterday. I tried to boot and saw the dreaded "no boot device found" or something like that. I promptly disconnected my SSD and connected it to a different SATA port and controller and it is working fine. I connected it back to the same one and it's working fine. I'm glad Patriot has a 10 year warranty......damn. It could be my SSD dying.....I don't know.

Read tw33k's previous scores:

First one, click here for the AS SSD screen shot.

Second, click here for the Crystal Disk screen shot

Third, click here for the AS SSD screen shot

Final, click here for the AS SSD and everest screen shots

nate42nd said:

Dave76 said:

The AS SSD looks like it's slowing down a bit, the Everest looks good though.

Anything noticeable?

What drivers are you using?

I think these are to different types of tests Dave on the same SSD. I could be wrong, but they probably use different criteria to run the test. That's probably the difference. :)

I got the crap scared out of me yesterday. I tried to boot and saw the dreaded "no boot device found" or something like that. I promptly disconnected my SSD and connected it to a different SATA port and controller and it is working fine. I connected it back to the same one and it's working fine. I'm glad Patriot has a 10 year warranty......damn. It could be my SSD dying.....I don't know.

Was just referring to the AS SSD marks from his previous posts, Looks like the AS SSD scores have fallen off a bit. Since the Everest scores were pretty much in line with his previous AS SSD scores I was wondering if he had noticed any performance decline.

He had mentioned he was using the msahci drivers, so should have trim working.

Have been reading up on the SSDs for a while, been planning to get one and am very curious about performance degradation.

Did finally order one, should be here in about a week. Yes, living on a tropical island has it's drawbacks.

As for the dreaded "no boot device found" , hope it keeps on going for you.
This is not the kind of thing I want to see now that I have one coming.

How's your SSD performance doing over time?

It would be nice if some of the previous posters would update their scores, so we all can see if there has been any performance decline and what they are doing about it.

P.S. Looks like your going Gold real soon, Congrats...

my SSD has got better overall score with the new Intel Driver since i bought it in Dec.
could just be the new AS SSD or that i don't do many benchmarks with it.

Left Old Dec Benchmark with msahci -- Right Today Benchmark with Intel Driver.

01101001 said:

What I found most interesting about this whole experience was that at the end of
the day there was little or no change in the test results. IF alignment is truly
critical for the performance of the SSD then why hadn't I seen even a modicum of
benefit? Ah, the mysteries!

I think that just showcases the neurotic nature that many of us computer enthusiast's suffer from. We often go to extreme lengths to ensure that something is configured exactly as we think it should be configured and quite often we don't really even properly test before and after to see if it really amounted to any perceivable difference. But if we heard that something works, and we read a post from somebody saying it works...sometimes we begin to adopt those theories as our own recommendations.

Dave76 said:

Read tw33k's previous scores:

First one, click here for the AS SSD screen shot.

Second, click here for the Crystal Disk screen shot

Third, click here for the AS SSD screen shot

Final, click here for the AS SSD and everest screen shots

nate42nd said:

Dave76 said:

The AS SSD looks like it's slowing down a bit, the Everest looks good though.

Anything noticeable?

What drivers are you using?

I think these are to different types of tests Dave on the same SSD. I could be wrong, but they probably use different criteria to run the test. That's probably the difference. :)

I got the crap scared out of me yesterday. I tried to boot and saw the dreaded "no boot device found" or something like that. I promptly disconnected my SSD and connected it to a different SATA port and controller and it is working fine. I connected it back to the same one and it's working fine. I'm glad Patriot has a 10 year warranty......damn. It could be my SSD dying.....I don't know.

Was just referring to the AS SSD marks from his previous posts, Looks like the AS SSD scores have fallen off a bit. Since the Everest scores were pretty much in line with his previous AS SSD scores I was wondering if he had noticed any performance decline.

He had mentioned he was using the msahci drivers, so should have trim working.

Have been reading up on the SSDs for a while, been planning to get one and am very curious about performance degradation.

Did finally order one, should be here in about a week. Yes, living on a tropical island has it's drawbacks.

As for the dreaded "no boot device found" , hope it keeps on going for you.
This is not the kind of thing I want to see now that I have one coming.

How's your SSD performance doing over time?

It would be nice if some of the previous posters would update their scores, so we all can see if there has been any performance decline and what they are doing about it.

P.S. Looks like your going Gold real soon, Congrats...

Thanks for clearing that up Dave,

My SSD is still working fine. I don't know why it failed temporarily (or if it was the SSD) but the old Torqx is running great! I don't know if it will make it the full 10 year warranty. I will use this thing for the fulll 10 years in one way or another to see how long it lasts. I will use it as a data drive some day when I get a new one.

Also, thanks for mentioning me going gold. I have been slacking off lately here in the forums. I should be a "goldmember" now! Ah well.....it will be good to be a goldmember. I will hit it this weekend maybe.

Have a great day!

Nate, Congrats on the new Gold badge

Glad to hear the ole Torqx is alive and kick'in.

pparks1 said:

I think that just showcases the neurotic nature that many of us computer enthusiast's suffer from. We often go to extreme lengths to ensure that something is configured exactly as we think it should be configured and quite often we don't really even properly test before and after to see if it really amounted to any perceivable difference. But if we heard that something works, and we read a post from somebody saying it works...sometimes we begin to adopt those theories as our own recommendations.

Good point, but it's hard not to mess with things.

If we can get it working just a little bit better

Dave76 said:

It would be nice if some of the previous posters would update their scores, so we all can see if there has been any performance decline and what they are doing about it.

Left: March 31, 2010. Bench was ran running Windows normally
Right: This morning (5-8-10). Bench was ran in Safe Mode.