Peculiar WEI result with Force 3 drive on Ivybridge system

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  1. Posts : 39
    W7 Pro, W7 Ult, W7 Enterprise
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       #11

    You guys might be interested in this analysis of SSD behavior. Specifically, the authors of this paper were interested in how fast garbage collection happens. It's a LOT faster than Britton and Essenbe might suspect. But don't take my word for it, read the paper. It's pretty interesting:

    http://www.jdfsl.org/subscriptions/JDFSL-V5N3-Bell.pdf
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  2. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #12

    The link takes you to empty web page.

    GC according to most mnufacturers if allowed to idle occasionally takes 30- 60 minutes.

    Extreme I suggest 2 hours if they have never done this or are unsure if they have ever done it.
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  3. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #13

    GeneralEclectic said:
    I'm going to TRY not to obsess about the incorrect WEI.
    That shouldn't take much effort. I run WEI once to make sure Aero is enabled and working properly, and then I ignore it form that point on. I honestly couldn't tell you any of the scores on any of my three systems. It's a largely useless scoring system that has no real purpose at this point. As long as the real benchmarks are showing good performance, don't worry about it. Go on enjoying the system.
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  4. Posts : 39
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       #14

    Hopalong X said:
    The link takes you to empty web page.
    No it doesn't. It takes you to a PDF download.
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  5. Posts : 39
    W7 Pro, W7 Ult, W7 Enterprise
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       #15

    DeaconFrost said:
    GeneralEclectic said:
    I'm going to TRY not to obsess about the incorrect WEI.
    That shouldn't take much effort. I run WEI once to make sure Aero is enabled and working properly, and then I ignore it form that point on. I honestly couldn't tell you any of the scores on any of my three systems. It's a largely useless scoring system that has no real purpose at this point. As long as the real benchmarks are showing good performance, don't worry about it. Go on enjoying the system.
    Haha.... Yeah, you're right of course. Ignoring it is what I do too, after confirming that it's about where I expect it to be.

    I have a feeling that, given the evidence so far, this is a minor bug in the disk assessment that has something to do with some aspect of this hardware/firmware/BIOS. There's no other high-probability explanation. That doesn't mean that I'm not going to wonder exactly where the problem is occurring due to the small probability that there is some minor latent problem that shows up under the conditions that the WEI disk evaluation uses.

    I predict that there will be an explanation of this one of these days.
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  6. Posts : 208
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #16

    The WEI is a silly attempt at quantifying hardware used on Windows systems. Only when we know exactly what the WEI tests for in an HDD or SSD (I tried to look a bit and couldn't find anything aside from vague statements), the number it assigns to it is pretty meaningless.

    If you want it to just SAY the max score you can always hack it (so I've read, I don't necessarily know if it works or not).

    There was a time long ago when I first built this sytem and moved from WinXP to Win7. I ran that test and, due to the weakest link being my HDD, scored a 5.7. I got passionate and angry, pacing about my chamber in a restless manner for quite a time, until I realized...then it was no more; I peeled back the Veil of Maya and freed myself from the confines of the Windows Experience Index.
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  7. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #17

    IIllytch321 said:
    so I've read, I don't necessarily know if it works or not).
    It does....my system can run a 9.9 in each category at will.
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  8. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #18

    GeneralEclectic said:
    Hopalong X said:
    The link takes you to empty web page.
    No it doesn't. It takes you to a PDF download.
    Yup, a 14 page article full of research. Where does it address the GC and TRIM speeds?
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