align-1024 or align=4096 for SSD using Diskpart?


  1. Posts : 29
    windows7 64-bit
       #1

    align-1024 or align=4096 for SSD using Diskpart?





    Which is best for correct alignment for my Samsung 840 EVO SSD ?

    Create partition primary align=1024
    or
    Create partition primary align=4096

    I read Diskpart uses kiloBytes.
    And when they talk about 4k advanced format it means 4096 Bytes not kilobytes
    Am I right?

    So I'm a bit confused.Why do so many people say use "
    Create partition primary align=1024" and another great deal of people say "Create partition primary align=4096" which would be 4 megabytes for SSD's?
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  2. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #2

    Have a look at this,

    SSD Alignment

    As long as it's divisible by 4 you'll be alright.

    1024 is the most common I see here.
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  3. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #3

    1024

    Why use more than 1024 ? There`s no reason to.
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  4. Posts : 687
    Microsoft Windows 10 Professional / Windows 7 Professional
       #4

    Align to 4096 is a myth that some guy started in Overclock.net forums a while ago, pure BS in my opinion, but he retracted after too many other users started questioning him about.
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  5. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #5

    Exactly, why take more space from your ssd then you need, I don`t care how small the amount.
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  6. Posts : 29
    windows7 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    I thought alignment was for every block. Seems it is only for the first block I think. So yeah 4096 would be overkill. Funny though I thought all SSD's were 4k native. When I query my drive using nfsutil it says my Samung EvO is 512bytes physical AND logical.. Not 4k native. I;m confused. Or I might have the windows 4 k driver update not installed. How can I find out?
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  7. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #7

    Can you run the Diskpart commands and post a shot of command prompt ?
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  8. Posts : 29
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    Thread Starter
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