Show us your SSD performance

[tw33k]

I've been thinking about RAID as well but with all my data on 1TB spinner, the 128GB I have on my SSD is probably gonna last me a very, very long time (I'm only using 31%)

 

[whs]

On my 32bit Win7 I have divided my 80GB Intel about half and half. For the system I have about 18GBs of used space and for Data about 15GBs. But my pictures and videos I keep on a 32GB USB stick. That works well for me.
On the 64bit system I use the HDD for data. But there I have only a 60GB OCZ.

 

[nate42nd]

I had my Patriot Torqx go down on me and Patriot sent me the new Inferno to replace it. I don't have access to my screenshot to the HDTune now so here's my video on the drive and benchmark.

YouTube - Patriot Inferno 120GB SSD - Quick Look

 

[chev65]

i pointed it out because a few of us here have been having a friendly debate about which drive performs best "in the real world". it's not that I'm a Crucial fanboy. If/when new drives come out that out perform this one (noticeably outperform that is) then I'll get one no matter who makes it

Did you say real world test? I believe that PCmark Vantage is the best real world test out there. If you care so much about real world tests instead of synthetic bench marks then there are some other choices that might interest you. But I have a feeling that despite this test you would still stick with the Crucial.

FutureMark has developed a good set of hard disk tests for their PCMark Vantage Suite. Windows users can count on Vantage to show them how a drive will perform in normal day to day usage scenarios.

For most users these are the tests that matter since many of the old hat ways to measure performance have become ineffective to measure true Windows performance.

G.Skill Phoenix Pro 120GB High 4K IOPS Solid State Drive Benchmarks - PCMark Vantage Hard Disk Tests :: TweakTown USA Edition

 

[tw33k]

I'm pretty much over benchmarks now. What matters to me is how the drive performs on my machine and I think it's gonna be a long while before I need to upgrade my SSD because everything I need is practically instant with my drive. I don't know how much quicker a drive could get and I don't mean measured by benchmark software.

 

[whs]

I'm pretty much over benchmarks now. What matters to me is how the drive performs on my machine and I think it's gonna be a long while before I need to upgrade my SSD because everything I need is practically instant with my drive. I don't know how much quicker a drive could get and I don't mean measured by benchmark software.

Good point. Who needs tests if one is happy.

 

[mechbob]

Scroes after running Paragone Alignment tool

These my SSD scores after running the Paragone alignment tool , Pick up about 15 points on read and about 12 points on write , Alignment is important , W7 doesn't always do such a great job ??

 

[fseal]

I'm pretty much over benchmarks now. What matters to me is how the drive performs on my machine and I think it's gonna be a long while before I need to upgrade my SSD because everything I need is practically instant with my drive. I don't know how much quicker a drive could get and I don't mean measured by benchmark software.

This is very true and the main reason it is true is that the performance boost from rotating to SSD comes almost entirely from the access time which is hundreds or thousands of times faster and it relativelty the same on all SSDs. The pure read/write speeds rarely come into full play during normal use (Meaning that the full read/write speed is virtually never attained in normal use anyway) but the access time is paramount at ALL times that the drive is accessed for reading or writing.

 

[tw33k]

Been a lot of debate regarding the Crucial C300 and Marvell 91xx driver vs msahci so I thought I'd put it to the test. I uninstalled the Marvell driver, rebooted and Windows loaded the msahci files and got me to reboot again. I then ran AS SSD. When it was finished I reinstalled the Marvell driver (the most up to date version: 1001042) and re-ran AS SSD.

Here are the results:



The drive's performance has degraded but it's only noticeable in benchmarks. It "feels" just as fast as it always has.

Compare those to this:



only a few months ago.

 

[brianzion]

here is my smart readings

 

[essenbe]

Hello everyone. I have some questions. I installed a Vertex 2 90GB drive last night. I am in AHCI mode, disconnected all other grives before installing, followed the tutorials, moved my user folders over to a spinner. Based on the comments I have heard, I am a little dissappointed. My system does seem a little faster, but not like the comments. I am including (hope i'm doing it right) some benchmarks. My main questions are:
Is this the performance I should expect?
How do I know if trim is enabled in Windows 7 and how do you schedule it?
Like I said before, I moved my user folders over to a spinner. Now I have a library for hte C drive with nothing in it and also have a library under my user nsme with all of thr info in it. Is this normal?

 

[whs]

Your performance numbers are not withing the norm that I experience with a Vertex.

1. Trim you can check with this command: fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify
If Command Prompt returns a 0 (zero), your drive supports TRIM and it is enabled.


2. I suggest you also check the alignment. You use the following commands.

Diskpart
List disk
Select disk n
List partition

Now you should see a result like this.

Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 59 GB 1024 KB

The offset has to be divisible by 4.

 

[Dave76]

You can compare your SSD with other OCZ and the same chipset.

AS SSD Benchmark thread


Your read/write numbers aren't too bad but, the Acc. time is a little off.

Did you update the firmware?

EDIT:
Just noticed in your AS SSD snip, you have 1.22 firmware (new is 1.23) it's not that old.
MS storage driver msachi
64k - ok, that's your offset alignment, green font indicates is ok.
/EDIT


For reference.

Sandforce Firmware update 1.23 (Vertex2, Agility2, Vertex-LE, Vertex2 Pro, Vertex2-EX, Vertex2-E, Agility2-E)

Some good information.
THE BASIC GUIDE & FAQ - ABC for OCZ SSD


As for Trim,

Q. How do I know if TRIM is enabled on my OCZ SSD?
A. In Windows 7, go to start/run/cmd), type the following:
fsutil.exe behaviour query DisableDeleteNotify.
It should respond back with:
DisableDeleteNotify=0 if TRIM support is ready and active.
If it's not.. type fsutil.exe behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0.

 

[Dave76]

Been a lot of debate regarding the Crucial C300 and Marvell 91xx driver vs msahci so I thought I'd put it to the test. I uninstalled the Marvell driver, rebooted and Windows loaded the msahci files and got me to reboot again. I then ran AS SSD. When it was finished I reinstalled the Marvell driver (the most up to date version: 1001042) and re-ran AS SSD.

Here are the results:

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The drive's performance has degraded but it's only noticeable in benchmarks. It "feels" just as fast as it always has.

Compare those to this:

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only a few months ago.

Your Marvell driver is doing good for you, looks like you're seeing what has been referred to as the 'worn in performance'.

Just did a quick search and found this mentioned, seems it's due to the nand wearing.
Lot's of heated discussion on how/if it can be fixed.

It's great to be on the bleeding edge of hardware

 

[tw33k]

I found a good article on this issue: Analysis: SSD performance -- is a slowdown inevitable? - Computerworld

It's only AS SSD that reports low random read speeds...

 

[michaelst]

I recently upgraded my DAW, with a fresh install.

i5-650, 4gb ram, win7 32,

Corsair Nova 64gb, rated at 270/130
I'm not using AHCI, but am very pleased with the system response.
And a 6.9 WEI

 

[brianzion]

hi all im just wondering is anyone using there ssd for the page file?

 

[tw33k]

I am. I don't agree with moving it to another drive. There have been plenty of discussions on this on this forum.

 

[brianzion]

i took my page file off the default hdd c drive and moved it to the ssd and i have readyboost on it to, in the diagnostic program in windows 7 i can see improvement and see the readyboost working fine.

 

[tw33k]

Have a read of this: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/74818-truth-about-ssds.html