Show us your SSD performance

[zrtom]

Just got my SSDs hooked up. I never expected results like this

Wow! Nice!

Tom

 

[panais]

Just got my SSDs hooked up. I never expected results like this

Wow! :shock:

What ssd is that? Brand? Model? Size? sata 2? sata 3? Pci?

When? How? Why?

 

[Dave76]

Those are some very nice numbers, enjoy.

 

[rev0]

Thanks everyone!

Wow! :shock:

What ssd is that? Brand? Model? Size? sata 2? sata 3? Pci?

When? How? Why?

Haha Like I said I was hopeing for high 700 Mb/s, never expected it to be this fast.

Its 2 OCZ Vertex 3 120GBs hooked up with some sata III cables directly to my motherboard. Then configured into a RAID 0 array with Intels Matrix Controller which comes with my motherboard. Nothing special about the setup at all.

Not really sure why its so fast but Ill take it

 

[Mr Bass]

Oh Lordy...

Great stuff, I'm stoked for you!

I have a basic Samsung 470 Series... 64 GB.. on my DJ laptop and music production machine.

It works like a chimp!

Have you notice how Windows 7 is so snappy? I have extensively tweaked the O.S ... no internet and turned off a lot of services.. as it is designed just to run professional music programs.

lol....... it boots from cold in about 7 seconds.

The whole machine has been transformed, all my plugins and soft synths react a lot better and I think it's essential for a laptop to do away with the old spinner type set up as the boot drive and O.S and progs.

I dunno.. its just so... so reactive when I use these very intensive applications... before it was quick... but as I have a lot of VST it just took a while to load them up within the music production software.

 

[Snakeyeskm]

Some of the benefits of manual OP and Garbage Collection without the benefits of Trim.

PCI E SSD drives cannot take advantage of trim. However, the addition of manual OP and reasonable logged off times (couple of hours a day) to allow built-in garbage collection to work can work wonders. My RevoDrive 3 X2 was installed around the beginning of September. Since then it has been used extensively with enough data written, deleted and replaced to cover the capacity of the drive several times. Logically, it should have moved from the "fresh" state to the "mapped" state to possibly even "hammered" phase during this time, specially lacking trim.

I am posting two of the ATTO runs on this drive. The first one done during the "fresh" state in early September (and posted on this forum) and another one done in mid December. Even taking into consideration, differences between separate runs, the performance of the drive remains unchanged.

 

[whs]

Hmm, the 4K performance even improved. And that is the one that counts.

 

[Snakeyeskm]

Hmm, the 4K performance even improved. And that is the one that counts.

You have a very perceptive eye, whs

 

[Hopalong X]

Excellent set up Snakeyeskm.

The best I remember seeing.

 

[whs]

Hmm, the 4K performance even improved. And that is the one that counts.

You have a very perceptive eye, whs

LOL, and I only have a 20/60 vision. Can't even drive a car.

 

[panais]

Hmm, the 4K performance even improved. And that is the one that counts.

You have a very perceptive eye, whs

LOL, and I only have a 20/60 vision. Can't even drive a car.

Maybe you have a selective vision

 

[Snakeyeskm]

Excellent set up Snakeyeskm.

The best I remember seeing.

Thanks Hopalong, coming from you that means a lot.

 

[Dave76]

That is an amazing SSD, Congrats.

 

[panais]

That is an amazing SSD, Congrats.

Yes it is,this is the best i ever saw!!

 

[Snakeyeskm]

Thanks for the feedback guys. There is a new Revodrive3 X2 Max IOPs that coupled with the right system that should have amazing results. Presently difficult to get hold off.

What I wanted to point out in the post, was the benefits off building in extra manual OP when initially installing Windows on SSD drives. I have been using SSD's for a considerable time, Intel, Crucial, OCZ through their several generations and in practically every case, creating approximately 15 to 20% manual OP makes a tremendous difference in the garbage collection (particularly important in raid setups). When necessary it is a simple process within Windows to access this extra OP for traditional storage by expanding the partition. Furthermore, the garbage collection process can be greatly facilitated in heavily used SSD's by logging off the computer in the safe mode. In this mode the reduced CPU and disk activity greatly improves the garbage collection process.
Cheers.

 

[Britton30]

What I wanted to point out in the post, was the benefits off building in extra manual OP when initially installing Windows on SSD drives.

Good numbers, but what the heck is this OP you keep referring too?

 

[Hopalong X]

What I wanted to point out in the post, was the benefits off building in extra manual OP when initially installing Windows on SSD drives.

Good numbers, but what the heck is this OP you keep referring too?

OP- Over provisioning free space.

Never made sense to me because the factory over provisions SSD's out of the box.

What good an extra partitioned non used area would do is beyond me.

It isn't a fixed partitioned area as on a spinner.

I'm not sure if it helps but have never read any proof that it accomplishes anything.

I live next to Missouri which is the "Show me State." Still waiting on a credible explanation in English not jibberish.

 

[Snakeyeskm]

As Hopalong X mentioned, OP refers to over provisioning. A little explanation might help.

When you first get your SSD you will notice that the actual capacity shown in Windows is a little less than the stated size of the SSD. The difference (which puzzles some first-time SSD owners) is the part of the SSD drive allocated to OP by the manufacturer. The garbage collection and wear leveling algorithms built into SSD drives used this OP to assist in their processes.(if you need more information on how this OP is used, please post) They obviously try to achieve an optimal OP between efficiency in their algorithms and available capacity.

When the user is installing the OS on these SSD's they have the option to create a partition/partitions that do not fully utilize the available capacity. Any differences between the partition/partitions and the available capacity is referred to as the manual OP. By creating this manual OP, the efficiency of the garbage collection process can improve. Since very few users maximize the use of capacity, at least initially, leaving certain space unused is fairly easy. Recovering the space if and when needed is also easily accomplished by increasing the partition size within Windows. In raid setups, trim is not available to the SSD's and they have to depend on efficient garbage collection to maintain their speed and efficiency. Creating manual OP can greatly facilitate this process. It also helps in drives where trim is available, keeping in mind that trim is simply an instruction to the SSD and it is the garbage collection/wear leveling process that accepts the trim instruction.

 

[Hopalong X]

As Hopalong X mentioned, OP refers to over provisioning. A little explanation might help.

When you first get your SSD you will notice that the actual capacity shown in Windows is a little less than the stated size of the SSD. The difference (which puzzles some first-time SSD owners) is the part of the SSD drive allocated to OP by the manufacturer. The garbage collection and wear leveling algorithms built into SSD drives used this OP to assist in their processes.(if you need more information on how this OP is used, please post) They obviously try to achieve an optimal OP between efficiency in their algorithms and available capacity.

When the user is installing the OS on these SSD's they have the option to create a partition/partitions that do not fully utilize the available capacity. Any differences between the partition/partitions and the available capacity is referred to as the manual OP. By creating this manual OP, the efficiency of the garbage collection process can improve. Since very few users maximize the use of capacity, at least initially, leaving certain space unused is fairly easy. Recovering the space if and when needed is also easily accomplished by increasing the partition size within Windows. In raid setups, trim is not available to the SSD's and they have to depend on efficient garbage collection to maintain their speed and efficiency. Creating manual OP can greatly facilitate this process. It also helps in drives where trim is available, keeping in mind that trim is simply an instruction to the SSD and it is the garbage collection/wear leveling process that accepts the trim instruction.

That is the most sensible explanation I have seen of over provisioing.

Speed up clear/clean garbage collection would increase speed overall the more you use the drive.

Intel doesn't use GC and the newer ones have manual TRIM available thru Tool Box.
So I have not run into this problem- yet.

If I get a Crucial m4 now it makes sense of why to over provision!

Thanks.
Mike

 

[whs]

When you first get your SSD you will notice that the actual capacity shown in Windows is a little less than the stated size of the SSD

1. For that reason some manufacturers sell 60GB SSDs which are in reality 64GB SSDs. At least they are honest.

2. Another effect is, of course, between the decimal number on the box and the binary number in the system.