Hello, i just installed an OCZ vertex 2 120GB SSD in my laptop and after the first clean install of windows my WEI score for data transfer was 7.8. I restored my comp because i couldn't use my windows upgrade key and now it is a 5.9. How can this be. I know for a fact it is the second best ssd currently on the market.
Was it restored from an image?
Did you run the WEI after the restoration? Maybe the 5.9 is being retained from the old HDD and embeded in the image.
Does the computer feel slower? Likely it doesn't and you will notice that after allowing the system to settle in and then run the WEI later you will see much better score.
Yeah they are unreal and very transformational. I noticed with mine that I was testing it in WEI and other benchmarks too often and my scores dropped.....turns out that the SSD's don't respond well to frequent testing and scores will fall. All the while the SSD still feels fast and actually it still is. Once you let some time go by without benchmarking the drive will test well with high numbers again. I found that after I just stopped testing and left well enough alone the drive scored higher than when first installed.....go figure, wei all like playing with things till they break !
Yeah its insane how fast it boots and the computer is ready to use as soon as you can see your desktop!!!Yeah they are unreal and very transformational. I noticed with mine that I was testing it in WEI and other benchmarks too often and my scores dropped.....turns out that the SSD's don't respond well to frequent testing and scores will fall. All the while the SSD still feels fast and actually it still is. Once you let some time go by without benchmarking the drive will test well with high numbers again. I found that after I just stopped testing and left well enough alone the drive scored higher than when first installed.....go figure, wei all like playing with things till they break !
I was having trouble with my computer several weeks ago, so I installed the OS to a spinner with the SSD disconnected, to rule out the SSD as the cause. I kept thinking I can't believe I used to live like this. It was like everything was running in slow motion.
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