Solved Why Has SSD performance dowgraded in WEI by .1

[Solarstarshines]

Hi just a general question because im not to familliar with SSD my first expeirence with them

When ,I first installed my SSD i got a WEI of 7.4 it has since then Downgraded to 7.3

is there something that could have gone wrong or maybe something i didn't do correctly , i mean you know i would think it was a brand new device and shouldnt down grade so fast i mean it is just a WEI score but i simply got it to improve performance not for a fancy score

what do you guys think ?

this is my winsat score and my WEI

 

[essenbe]

Hello Solarstarshines, I really wouldn't worry about WEI or .1 either way. It only matters that it works well for you. As long as you are in ahci mode and the SSD is properly aligned you should have trim and it will take care of itself. I would caution you about running too many tests as they can slow down an SSD. You may want to go to Corsair forums and read about your SSD. They will know more about that specific model.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Thanks and good morning how are you doing sir ?

 

[essenbe]

I'm OK for a old man, but I'm still not a sir.

 

[Solarstarshines]

lol yeah I think it is odd my SSD went down but i still have a hell of a rig i am just getting the best out of what i paid for pretty much

One more thing is there a way to improve it without doing anything major?


On another note they released a thread on the new 7000 gpu's which might be interesting

 

[HammerHead]

Accuracy

I would question that any of this crap had a .1 accuracy.

 

[Solarstarshines]

you know something this WEI is rubbish there is another member that has the best of the best and still no 7.9

I think we need to tell MS to blow this WEI business off /this is not giving us real Benches like other programs do or atleast a better rating system

 

[Outlander]

Our HTPC I7 Sandy with Crucial SATA 3 does 7.9. My older I7 x58 with Mushkin Sata 2 does 7.8. I expect the numbers to slip with age. My Raptors with RAID 0 did 6.3 when new then slipped to 6.1. I think you need to get your feel good number when all is fresh and keep the memory cause things are going to sag with age........

 

[essenbe]

WEI is not and was never intended to be a performance test. It was designed to simply give a general idea of how well the computer operates. It is nothing more than a general idea. If my graphics card rates 6.5 and I update the card and get a 7.6, then I more than likely have a better graphics card. That's all it is.

 

[pooch]

This is the only way I know to make a .1 difference. Without cheating that is lol



It is only a worthless WEI score but like everything else I think we all want to have the best possible

PS just refreshing your WEI will most likely not be enough to show the change

 

[GeneO]

There are several reasons your performance can decrease. Yours is a sandforce based ssd. The garbage collection isn't that great and if you don't have trim on, your performance may drop. Also sandforce has write throttling and will severely reduce your write speeds if you go over a certain rate. I have an f40 and once the write speeds drop, they don't come back without a secure erase. The best thing to do to keep the performance up is to not run benchmarks like wei or whatever - only run them infrequently.

 

[Britton30]

Here are some benchmarking tools:
CrystalDiskMark – hard disk benchmark software
PassMark PerformanceTest - PC benchmark software (Trial)
BenchmarkHQ A buffet.

 

[Solarstarshines]

This is the only way I know to make a .1 difference. Without cheating that is lol

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It is only a worthless WEI score but like everything else I think we all want to have the best possible

PS just refreshing your WEI will most likely not be enough to show the change

I did that and nothing changed and this particular SSD didn't like i disabled write cache-ing so i am basicly stuck with a 7.3 when i started out 7.4 weird

I'm going to leave this thread open a while and see if anyone who has the same issue with the corsair Force series SSD

 

[Solarstarshines]

There are several reasons your performance can decrease. Yours is a sandforce based ssd. The garbage collection isn't that great and if you don't have trim on, your performance may drop. Also sandforce has write throttling and will severely reduce your write speeds if you go over a certain rate. I have an f40 and once the write speeds drop, they don't come back without a secure erase. The best thing to do to keep the performance up is to not run benchmarks like wei or whatever - only run them infrequently.

Geno thank you and yes it makes sense i only ran WEI maybe 3 times since the new build but i get it

Any little thing degrades these SSD wow ,I guess i have nothing left but to be carefull and hope the Drive hold up if not i can always get another and maybe have this one refurbished cause of the warrenty i think it is like 2 years so i have time

 

[essenbe]

Try this. Start from a cold boot and leave it idling on the login screen for 2 hours. The sandforce controllers of the OCZ variety use idle time garbage collection and will increase performance. I assume it is a function of the controller and therefore wouldn't matter which brand SSD it is.

 

[Solarstarshines]

I will defently try this

 

[Hopalong X]

Also if you have a background A/V scan running or Search Index it can slow it down 0.1.

My Intel dropped 0.1 once when first installed.
Closed all my IE tabs, Outlook then a reboot and it went back up the 0.1.
So was it the open apps or Search Index or A/V in the background or a combo of them?
Don't know for sure.

It really doesn't make any difference. There is nothing wrong with the SSD.

As Essenbe pointe out about the Sandforce idle it and let the TRIM do its thing. Do that about once a week.
Then proceed to wear it out.

Mike

 

[Solarstarshines]

Thank you both Essenbe and Hopalong x you guy's have been great i have learned so much in the past week

 

[essenbe]

Glad we could help.

 

[Hopalong X]

Thanks!

I learned from Obi-Wan Essenbe!