Show us your SSD performance 2

[DaGooN]

Picked up a Brand new intel 160GB G2 on the bay for £90. still on SATA2 X58.. (waiting on ivy bridge)

Left - my 2 year old 80GB OS - Right - new 160GB for stuff

 

[whs]

That was a good deal. They cost around $280 at Newegg

 

[derekimo]

This is my first SSD, Crucial M4 128GB just installed on my lappy, are these numbers any good?

 

[essenbe]

You know they're very good, Derek. Welcome to the SSD world. You'll love it. Congratulations.

 

[A Guy]

Congrats Derek, no stopping you now

A Guy

 

[whs]

Welcome to the SSD club Derek. Overall those are excellent numbers. Only the 4K reads are a bit odd. On my 64GB M4 I get 20.3 - and the 64GB is slower overall. You might want to double check that (e.g. with Atto) because 4K reads is what the system does mostely.

 

[Dave76]

This is my first SSD, Crucial M4 128GB just installed on my lappy, are these numbers any good?

No the numbers aren't good, they're great

Your lappy is one hot machine, enjoy.

 

[derekimo]

Thanks guys. I'm happy

@Wolfgang, here's the ATTO test. looks pretty close to advertised read/write speeds.

 

[whs]

Thanks guys. I'm happy

@Wolfgang, here's the ATTO test. looks pretty close to advertised read/write speeds.

Derek, The big block numbers look fine, but those are not really interesting for the OS. I am still puzzled by the 4K nums because this is what the system will use most of the time.

For comparison, here is my 64GB M4 which is supposed to be slower than the one you have. That was after I upgraded to FW 0309. Before it was a bit slower.

 

[mjf]

Here are the results for my Crucial M4 128GB (0309). The ATTO results look ok and similar to Derekimo. The AS-SSD results are good EXCEPT for the very disappointing 4K-64. After some fiddling, I can't increase the benchmark so I'm being to wonder how meaningful this specific result is.

 

[whs]

Michael, I don't think that is something to really worry about. It is just a bit odd that the 4K reads are a bit low. I just checked on some of my Vertex2. There it is even lower (in the 70's) and they perform perfectly well.

Derek, I think you need not worry. This SSD will still perform very well. The 4K nums just stood out as being a bit odd.

 

[1Bowtie]

Hey you guru's on SSD's would you mind taking a look at my thread below and give me some hints as to why my SSD is so slow. It's brand new with a clean install.

 

[whs]

Hey you guru's on SSD's would you mind taking a look at my thread below and give me some hints as to why my SSD is so slow. It's brand new with a clean install.

What thread??

 

[essenbe]

Hey you guru's on SSD's would you mind taking a look at my thread below and give me some hints as to why my SSD is so slow. It's brand new with a clean install.

What thread??

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/220491-new-intel-ssd-2.html#post1849838

 

[JerometheGiraff]

I plan on buying a SSD to replace my current OS drive, as I'm limited of HDD space and the timing is not good, due to something I'm working on and not much time left to finish to back up, install new hdd and restore hdd on new hdd. \

I've done a few readings on SSD drives, how are SATA III (6Gb/s), good for speed ? I'm hoping I see a increase over my SATA platter drive.

 

[whs]

Hey you guru's on SSD's would you mind taking a look at my thread below and give me some hints as to why my SSD is so slow. It's brand new with a clean install.

What thread??

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/220491-new-intel-ssd-2.html#post1849838

Thanks Steve.

 

[whs]

I plan on buying a SSD to replace my current OS drive, as I'm limited of HDD space and the timing is not good, due to something I'm working on and not much time left to finish to back up, install new hdd and restore hdd on new hdd. \

I've done a few readings on SSD drives, how are SATA III (6Gb/s), good for speed ? I'm hoping I see a increase over my SATA platter drive.

If you are talking Sata3 SSDs, they are currently the fastest. But you need a Sata3 port on your board. On a Sata2 port you cannot make full use of their capability. You might as well get a Sata2 SSD and save money in that case.

If you mean the new Sata3 HDDs - they are a gimmik. I would not spend money for one of those.

 

[mjf]

Hey you guru's on SSD's would you mind taking a look at my thread below and give me some hints as to why my SSD is so slow. It's brand new with a clean install.

I have sent a response via the original thread.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

Is there an easy way to tell what SATA ports I have without opening ? I plan on buying today, as I have a 60 gig in way.

 

[whs]

Is there an easy way to tell what SATA ports I have without opening ? I plan on buying today, as I have a 60 gig in way.

You should find it in the specs of your mobo. That should be available on the website of the PC manufacturer.