Show us your SSD performance

Winsat formal

WD Caviar Black 7200RPM.
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 95.63 MB/s 6.5
> Disk Random 16.0 Read 1.50 MB/s 4.0

Intel 320
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 252.44 MB/s 7.5
> Disk Random 16.0 Read 182.82 MB/s 7.6

What I highlighted in red was the real shocker to me. 1.5 to 182 is 1200x.

That is what affects loading Windows. Random Reads. Jumping everywhere on the disk to load the apps.
That doesn't make it 1200 times faster loading Windows but it is a major gain.

Also I noticed yesteday evening after SSD was running I had 9 IE9 tabs open.

I only have more than three open when I'm searching though the tutorials for specific info.
You open one with a link then another then another, I looked at the tabs and had nine open.
No lag.
Click open. Click open.

I realize keeping the cache clean and internet speed varies but I have always had some delay on a new tab opening with the HDD.
Beyond six tabs was sometimes REALLY slow.

Sounds like you are happy with the purchase. I certainly was. I have 2 now and am fixing to buy another. Soon I'll put one in my new laptop. That is if I can find a laptop I like that I can affoard.

essenbe said:

Sounds like you are happy with the purchase. I certainly was. I have 2 now and am fixing to buy another. Soon I'll put one in my new laptop. That is if I can find a laptop I like that I can affoard.

Switching to an SSD on a laptop is the easiest. Just 3 or 4 screws. I put a 60GB Vertex2 and a 80GB Intel on the laptops the wife uses (she has little data and most of it is on sticks). On my own Vaio that I use for teaching at the computer club I put a 90GB Vertex2.

whs said:

essenbe said:

Sounds like you are happy with the purchase. I certainly was. I have 2 now and am fixing to buy another. Soon I'll put one in my new laptop. That is if I can find a laptop I like that I can affoard.

Switching to an SSD on a laptop is the easiest. Just 3 or 4 screws. I put a 60GB Vertex2 and a 80GB Intel on the laptops the wife uses (she has little data and most of it is on sticks). On my own Vaio that I use for teaching at the computer club I put a 90GB Vertex2.

Thanks WHS, I need all the help I can get. Doing that is my exact intention.

essenbe said:

Just keep us informed. It's a frequently discussed subject.

I had to go back and disable Superfetch again. I can't explain it, and I don't have any data to back me up, but things just feel more responsive and smoother with it disabled. With it enabled I'd notice a tick here and there that does not exist when Superfetch is disabled.

Fumz said:

essenbe said:

Just keep us informed. It's a frequently discussed subject.

I had to go back and disable Superfetch again. I can't explain it, and I don't have any data to back me up, but things just feel more responsive and smoother with it disabled. With it enabled I'd notice a tick here and there that does not exist when Superfetch is disabled.

That was similar to my experience.

Fumz said:

essenbe said:

Just keep us informed. It's a frequently discussed subject.

I had to go back and disable Superfetch again. I can't explain it, and I don't have any data to back me up, but things just feel more responsive and smoother with it disabled. With it enabled I'd notice a tick here and there that does not exist when Superfetch is disabled.

The usefulness of Superfetch will largely depend on the way you work. If you often go back to programs/processes/data that you had previously used, it will speed things up because it can fetch the reference from the RAM cache.

If, however, you never return to what was previously used and always call in new/different programs/data from the SSD, then the cached stuff will never be used and you pay the small Superfetch caching overhead for no gain.

Another parameter, of course, is the size of the RAM. With a small RAM (e.g. 2GB), there will not be enough space to cache a lot of history. But with 4GB and more, this should not be a problem.

Good or bad here is my only benchmark.

The access time looks excellent. The 4K read seems a bit low. I have only Atto data to compare. And that usually shows a bit differently.

Hmm, I would expect the 4K read to be around 20-21.


Then again, if you've been testing and benchmarking a lot (which I think we all do when we get a new SSD) it may be the cause.
Just run your Toolbox Optimizer, and let the drive be a day or 2 and it'll work itself back out.

To much benchmarking can hinder the performance temporarily. But nothing permanent or to be alarmed about.


Still, those look like good scores to me :)