Solved Samsung SSD vs. Sandisk

[kbrady1979]

If you want the IaStor driver, go to Asus website and find the drivers for your board. You will want the IRST (Intel Rapid Storage ) Driver. It is Intel's Raid driver but contains the IaStor Intel AHCI driver. And no, just because you install the raid driver does not mean you need to run raid. Just leave your bios like it is.

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This....I do need to add something extra. On Asus' website, there will be quite a few Intel drivers that are similar and easy to mix up, make sure you read it carefully, you want INTEL RAPID STORAGE TECHNOLOGY. The version I am running is 11.1.0.1006, although, I think 11.2 is out now.

Also, you may need to physically go into Firefox options and uncheck default browser, and then check it again. See if that works.

 

[PSCO2007]

If you want the IaStor driver, go to Asus website and find the drivers for your board. You will want the IRST (Intel Rapid Storage ) Driver. It is Intel's Raid driver but contains the IaStor Intel AHCI driver. And no, just because you install the raid driver does not mean you need to run raid. Just leave your bios like it is.

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This....I do need to add something extra. On Asus' website, there will be quite a few Intel drivers that are similar and easy to mix up, make sure you read it carefully, you want INTEL RAPID STORAGE TECHNOLOGY. The version I am running is 11.1.0.1006, although, I think 11.2 is out now.

Also, you may need to physically go into Firefox options and uncheck default browser, and then check it again. See if that works.

Thanks agin.
I'll download your suggestion.

Also, after I did more updates, the links now work.
I just thought they would do it automatically, instead of me having to check for updates every 10 minutes.

This will be my last post to bother you.

Have a great rest of your weekend.

Paul

 

[kbrady1979]

Oh, you need to check for updates several times after a clean install. Just when you think you are up to date, check again. Suggestion: Leave IE9 update until you have all other important updates on, then put it on. It just works better that way.

You aren't bothering me at all, I'm just sitting here watching Boxing lol

Kelly

 

[PSCO2007]

Oh, you need to check for updates several times after a clean install. Just when you think you are up to date, check again. Suggestion: Leave IE9 update until you have all other important updates on, then put it on. It just works better that way.

You aren't bothering me at all, I'm just sitting here watching Boxing lol

Kelly

Hope your boxer wins!!

Paul

 

[PSCO2007]

Oh, you need to check for updates several times after a clean install. Just when you think you are up to date, check again. Suggestion: Leave IE9 update until you have all other important updates on, then put it on. It just works better that way.

You aren't bothering me at all, I'm just sitting here watching Boxing lol

Kelly

Hope your boxer wins!!

Paul

Hi Kelly,

I know I said I wouldn't bother you again - I Lied!

The externals did show up after I downloaded other updates.

I just ran a new Windows Experience.

I think the install of the image from the hdd was the total blame.

 

[kbrady1979]

I would probably keep the drive and if it does go tits up sometime in the future, it has a good warranty.

 

[PSCO2007]

I would probably keep the drive and if it does go tits up sometime in the future, it has a good warranty.

Okay,

Hope your boxer won!!!

Paul

 

[kbrady1979]

Lol, 1 round to go and it's in the bag!

Glad you seem to have gotten things straightened out Paul.

Kelly

 

[PSCO2007]

Lol, 1 round to go and it's in the bag!

Glad you seem to have gotten things straightened out Paul.

Kelly

All because of your help.
Thanks for asll you did - I truly appreciate it!

Paul

 

[PSCO2007]

Lol, 1 round to go and it's in the bag!

Glad you seem to have gotten things straightened out Paul.

Kelly

Hey Kelly,

I just got a new SSD - Samsung 840 evo 250 gb.

I did all the good stuff on Magician and ran the Benhmark and Crystal disc mark and they are WAY Different.

Could the Crystal disc be that wrong?

Thanks,

Paul

 

[kbrady1979]

The Samsung Magician benchmark measures Sequential numbers(535/528) in Megabytes per second and Random Read/Write in IOPS, or Input/Output Operations Per second. As far as I know your sequential numbers are higher in CDM because of the Rapid Mode feature of the drive. I'm assuming the Samsung Magician benchmark doesn't test using that feature.

Those are actually great numbers. Try running the AS SSD benchmark.

 

[Torah Lishmah]

I own Crucial, Samsung, Intel and OCZ SSDs, and in actual useage, there is very little difference.

I have found OCZ products to be extremely reliable, with support that is second to none, exceeding all my expectations. You simply can't go wrong with OCZ.

 

[PSCO2007]

The Samsung Magician benchmark measures Sequential numbers(535/528) in Megabytes per second and Random Read/Write in IOPS, or Input/Output Operations Per second. As far as I know your sequential numbers are higher in CDM because of the Rapid Mode feature of the drive. I'm assuming the Samsung Magician benchmark doesn't test using that feature.

Those are actually great numbers. Try running the AS SSD benchmark.

Here's the AS SSD :

Some of the nos. are similar to Crystal Disc - some are not.

I guess the EVO is okay - I just don't know which program to believe.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I wouldn't agonize over the differences.

That's a very strong score of 2183 in AS SSD, but you wouldn't likely notice the difference with a score of 400.

It's the Zuggriffszeit that counts and all SSDs are very high in that aspect when compared to HDDs.

 

[kbrady1979]

That's as fast as you are gonna get by way of SATA! Nice scores

 

[PSCO2007]

That's as fast as you are gonna get by way of SATA! Nice scores

Thanks for your time, Kelly.

Still don't understand what Crystal and Otto are saying, but the heck with it.!

Here's my start time - still not as fast as yours, but happy with it anyway.

Paul

 

[essenbe]

I believe you have Samsung's Rapid initiated. That is the difference in the numbers you see. Kelly can probably explain better, but rapid creates something similar to a ram disk. Some of the tests take readings from the ram disk and some actually read the SSD. There will be a wide discrepancy in the synthetic tests, but actual performance will be the same either way.

 

[PSCO2007]

Yes, I do have Rapid activated.

I'm not complaining about performance - just trying to understand the diffs between the program scores.

In any event, Kelly has explained it - I'm just too thick-headed to comprehend.!