Show us your SSD performance 2

[ZaLiTH]

Is it worth it to get an 840 for a SATA2 system? It could always be moved to a newer system later, but with the way prices and advancements are going, there will be a new Top Dog then. If SATA2 will not benefit, then a lower priced/rated SSD would do just as well. A Guy

I only skimmed the doc Wrend linked to, but it seems Samsung's RAPID mode isn't really restricted by SATA speeds all that much. Perhaps at it's own startup (the data still needs to be fetched from the drive to begin with), but after that it look like it's all up to your RAM speed...

Definitely going to read through that document properly when I get a chance.

 

[whs]

Is it worth it to get an 840 for a SATA2 system? It could always be moved to a newer system later, but with the way prices and advancements are going, there will be a new Top Dog then. If SATA2 will not benefit, then a lower priced/rated SSD would do just as well. A Guy

Absolutely right. I am still running 2 systems with SSDs from 2008 that are Sata II and have no Trim. The real life speed differences compared to my most modern ones (e.g. OCZ Vector) is minimal. That is a different matter if you run them thru the measurement programs - but that is not real life.

 

[essenbe]

well, I know I have an 8 or 10 year old laptop with one of the first Pentium CPUs they came out with and an SSD in it. It does quite well everything else considered. In fact, the SSD is the only reason it is still in use probably. So, as far as I'm concerned, yes, it's worth it. I loaned one to a friend of mine for a couple of weeks because his laptop was too slow to get any work done. He wanted me to fix it, and there was really nothing to fix. But, I loaned him an SSD until he could get a new laptop. That was a year ago and I haven't seen the SSD since and he's still using his old laptop. He said I wasn't getting the SSD back. Ah, how nice it is to have good friends. Seriously, he would give it back if I told him I wanted it, but I have a few more, so no big deal. But, it is something I can use against him in a time of need.

 

[A Guy]

Well I know an SSD is worth it Was specifically wondering about an 840 as that is the speed king. But my system is SATA2, and I won't see those speeds. If I won't notice a difference from my Intel X25M Gen2 (which is less then 1/2 full ), then it's just an itch to get a bigger, badder SSD at such low (relative) prices. A Guy

 

[essenbe]

Well pretty much what I've seen is the things that matter for an OS drive is access times and 4kb read speeds, and they don't change on sata II. So, if you like running benchmarks, which I know you don't, you will see a big difference. For every day use, you won't notice much difference.

 

[Britton30]

Bill I would expect you might see a few seconds faster reboot times but probably not much in real world performance. But if you have an itch, better scratch it.

 

[ZaLiTH]

Well, I'm quite obviously still a bit of a noob when it comes to SSDs, but I'm still loving my M500. Nowhere near the speeds of many other drives, but the 450-odd MB/s seq-read it gets on my system is definitely nothing to complain about. Can't wait to get my games running from an SSD (next build), no more staring at loading screens...

 

[Victek]

I installed my Crucial MX100 SSD a couple of weeks ago. It was originally connected to a SATA II motherboard port, but today I installed a PCIe SATA III card. Here are the best benchmarks to date. This is probably as good as it gets until I upgrade to a motherboard with embedded SATA III.

 

[michaelst]

PNY Optimus 240gb on SATA 6gb
and Seagate 600 searies 480gb on SATA 6gb

 

[JerometheGiraff]

My numbers are not as good as some of you, as my Mobo can't utilize the full potential of an SSD.

 

[paulpicks21]

Here's a few benches from the Evo I installed recently. Nothing amazing but about right. Seems like a nice drive and the Samsung software made it very easy moving my OS from my old Vertex 4. A couple of clicks of the mouse and it was fully transferred and working perfectly within 10-15 mins

 

[Clintlgm]

I installed my Crucial MX100 SSD a couple of weeks ago. It was originally connected to a SATA II motherboard port, but today I installed a PCIe SATA III card. Here are the best benchmarks to date. This is probably as good as it gets until I upgrade to a motherboard with embedded SATA III.

This is on a P7P55D-E6 PRO, Clean install MBR, Samsung 830 I must still not have set up correct yet?

I guess I can't post pictures?? My Score AS was only 369

 

[paulpicks21]

I installed my Crucial MX100 SSD a couple of weeks ago. It was originally connected to a SATA II motherboard port, but today I installed a PCIe SATA III card. Here are the best benchmarks to date. This is probably as good as it gets until I upgrade to a motherboard with embedded SATA III.

This is on a P7P55D-E6 PRO, Clean install MBR, Samsung 830 I must still not have set up correct yet?

I guess I can't post pictures?? My Score AS was only 369

The image works if I click it, here ya go.



I would suspect on that motherboard you are running Sata II so the speeds won't be as fast as advertised.

 

[kbrady1979]

Paul, you should try the Intel RST driver instead of the stock Microsoft driver and see what the difference is. As far as I know, Intel RST is somewhat better

 

[Clintlgm]

I installed my Crucial MX100 SSD a couple of weeks ago. It was originally connected to a SATA II motherboard port, but today I installed a PCIe SATA III card. Here are the best benchmarks to date. This is probably as good as it gets until I upgrade to a motherboard with embedded SATA III.

This is on a P7P55D-E6 PRO, Clean install MBR, Samsung 830 I must still not have set up correct yet?

I guess I can't post pictures?? My Score AS was only 369

The image works if I click it, here ya go.

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I would suspect on that motherboard you are running Sata II so the speeds won't be as fast as advertised.

No it has SATA 3 on 2 ports this SSD is on the 1 of these two port. They are controlled by a Marvel drivers. I have tried to install IRST drivers with out any luck. I guess this MB is just to old

 

[paulpicks21]

This is on a P7P55D-E6 PRO, Clean install MBR, Samsung 830 I must still not have set up correct yet?

I guess I can't post pictures?? My Score AS was only 369

The image works if I click it, here ya go.

View attachment 328944

I would suspect on that motherboard you are running Sata II so the speeds won't be as fast as advertised.

No it has SATA 3 on 2 ports this SSD is on the 1 of these two port. They are controlled by a Marvel drivers. I have tried to install IRST drivers with out any luck. I guess this MB is just to old

Looking again at the motherboard specs, it states the fastest ports are Sata 3Gb/s so I guess that's your limiting factor. Obviously all the new boards are 6Gb/s.

 

[ZaLiTH]

This is on a P7P55D-E6 PRO, Clean install MBR, Samsung 830 I must still not have set up correct yet?

Looking again at the motherboard specs, it states the fastest ports are Sata 3Gb/s so I guess that's your limiting factor. Obviously all the new boards are 6Gb/s.

Not sure which specs you're looking at Paul. Just to chime in (not sure what the problem is, sorry), but according to the Asus website, the P7P55D-E Pro does actually support SATA3.

I'm not sure what a "P7P55D-E6 Pro" is though, unless that was just a typo(?), I can't find any boards with that model number...

 

[mjf]

I have one of the older Samsung 840 series - different from the 840 EVO I think which can give higher sequential writes (Rapid DRAM caching thing?)

Also, my Crucial M4 128G isn't great on sequential writes but that doesn't stop the performance (4k R/W, access times) being a standout for the OS drive compared to a HDD.
I also have a Samsung SSD on an older PC connected to a Sata II port and the performance gain is worth it IMO.

 

[Clintlgm]

I installed my Crucial MX100 SSD a couple of weeks ago. It was originally connected to a SATA II motherboard port, but today I installed a PCIe SATA III card. Here are the best benchmarks to date. This is probably as good as it gets until I upgrade to a motherboard with embedded SATA III.

This is on a P7P55D-E6 PRO, Clean install MBR, Samsung 830 I must still not have set up correct yet?

I guess I can't post pictures?? My Score AS was only 369

The image works if I click it, here ya go.

View attachment 328944

I would suspect on that motherboard you are running Sata II so the speeds won't be as fast as advertised.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/woveh1sc48oxukv/P7P MB Add.png

As I typed earlier the P7P does have 2 ports that are SATA III and my Samsung 840 pro is on the first one. I don't seem to be able to install IRST drivers

 

[essenbe]

That's because they are controlled by a Marvell controller and not the Chipset controller. You will typically get better results from the Chipset controlled ports. IRST will only work on the Intel chipset controllers.