carnagerover Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Hi all, I built a machine for a friend however the SSD drive looks to be performing slow, on SSD benchmark the read speeds are as follows; Read speed 431.25 Write speed 84.97 The 2 TB hdd I have installed has a faster write speed what could be the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Computer Specs please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagerover Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Specs are as follows; I7 2600k Asus Maximus Extreme Z 8GB Corsair Vengence 1866mhz Corsair H100 Haf X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne687 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Specs are as follows; I7 2600k Asus Maximus Extreme Z 8GB Corsair Vengence 1866mhz Corsair H100 Haf X Make sure the drive is plugged into the second set of Red SATA ports and not the first, the first 2 are the Marvell controller and the next 2 are the Intel SATAIII ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagerover Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Make sure the drive is plugged into the second set of Red SATA ports and not the first, the first 2 are the Marvell controller and the next 2 are the Intel SATAIII ports. I have tried them it in both and the same thing happens. Sorry for the poor screen grab; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne687 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I have tried them it in both and the same thing happens. Sorry for the poor screen grab; AS SSD uses incompressible data which is harder on SSD's than compressible benchmarks, if you want to test the drive to see if it is reaching manufacturer rated speeds use ATTO, though I will say based on reviews I've seen on the Force GT, that write is lower than it should be, make sure you use the Intel SATAIII ports as Marvells are capped, also make sure you have the latest IRST drivers installed, and that you are using a good SATAIII cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagerover Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Here are the recorded speeds with the utility you mentioned, are they normal :o: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne687 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Here are the recorded speeds with the utility you mentioned, are they normal :o: Depends on the version, the Force GT are rated as follows: 240GB: 555 MB/s sequential read — 525 MB/s sequential write 120GB: 555 MB/s sequential read — 515 MB/s sequential write 60GB: 555 MB/s sequential read — 495 MB/s sequential write Yours recieved 487MB/s Write and 546MB/s Read. Also I should mention that the AS SSD benchmarks I've seen on the Force GT were for the 120GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagerover Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Depends on the version, the Force GT are rated as follows: 240GB: 555 MB/s sequential read — 525 MB/s sequential write 120GB: 555 MB/s sequential read — 515 MB/s sequential write 60GB: 555 MB/s sequential read — 495 MB/s sequential write Yours recieved 487MB/s Write and 546MB/s Read. Also I should mention that the AS SSD benchmarks I've seen on the Force GT were for the 120GB. I have the 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I have tried them it in both and the same thing happens. Make sure you are using the Intel SATA3 ports as noted. Also, make sure that you have the most recent Intel drivers for your Intel controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne687 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I have the 60 Then as far as ATTO goes the drive is performing close to the rated speed, only off by about 10MB/s, as for AS SSD it would be lower than the 120GB version, but I can't say by how much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Then as far as ATTO goes the drive is performing close to the rated speed, only off by about 10MB/s, This is most likely due to the overhead of running the OS and drive capacity. The specifications are determined using ATTO on an empty drive attached as storage. All drives, HDDs and SSDs slow a bit as they fill up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagerover Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Thanks for the replies, Something else that I have noticed is that sometimes windows will just become unresponsive and nothing will work and if I press Crtl Alt Delete a message will come up on what would be the menu screen to choose say task manager and say "Preparing security options" for a while and then the drive comes back? Any ideas on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne687 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Thanks for the replies, Something else that I have noticed is that sometimes windows will just become unresponsive and nothing will work and if I press Crtl Alt Delete a message will come up on what would be the menu screen to choose say task manager and say "Preparing security options" for a while and then the drive comes back? Any ideas on that one There is an LPM fix that may help with freezing, make sure you have IRST installed and that it is the latest version. How to fix your SSD freezing issue (we hope!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twicksisted Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 yeah i had the exact same issue and the above link that "TheOne687" posted helped to fix it. Alternatively if you just stick with the Marvel controller, you wont get these freezing issues but the maximum R/W speeds will be less (not that you will actually notice it with everyday use though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagerover Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 I know this will sound stupid but i'm not sure which port the SSD is on, the Marvel controller are the first two and then in the manual it says the port is; SATA6G_1 The Marvel controller is SATA6G_E1 I have it plugged into the first intel port I think but I don't know what that relates to in ports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne687 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I know this will sound stupid but i'm not sure which port the SSD is on, the Marvel controller are the first two and then in the manual it says the port is; SATA6G_1 The Marvel controller is SATA6G_E1 I have it plugged into the first intel port I think but I don't know what that relates to in ports? http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1374/93833857.png The top port should be the first SATAIII port, ASUS really shouldn't have made them the same color, they nomrally dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagerover Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1374/93833857.png The top port should be the first SATAIII port, ASUS really shouldn't have made them the same color, they nomrally dont. I have it connected to the first port towards the front on the one you stated, do I still use Port0 in the reg file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne687 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I have it connected to the first port towards the front on the one you stated, do I still use Port0 in the reg file? Just go to 'Device Manager' and under 'Disk drives' select and right click the SSD and go to 'Properties', the number next to 'Location' should be the port number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2boy Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Att: to corsair and i will be notifying evga on my findings. evga sr2 board using the sata 3 port with the marvel 91xx 1407 firmware in ahci mode i did get bsod with trying fresh installation of windows 7 sp1 x64. Proceded with 1701 firmware in ahci mode and working perfect no problems to report i did get read of somthing like 350mb and 140 write or so. 120gb version, i have posted in evga as a problem just so people are aware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagerover Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 I am still having trouble with the drive, the location is 0 in the device manager I applied the fix and about 5 minutes ago the machine blue screened and then the drive was totally missing and the computer would not boot. After I did a shutdown the drive came back up but this is not ideal to say the least :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne687 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I am still having trouble with the drive, the location is 0 in the device manager I applied the fix and about 5 minutes ago the machine blue screened and then the drive was totally missing and the computer would not boot. After I did a shutdown the drive came back up but this is not ideal to say the least :mad: Sadly the controller used for the Force GT and Force 3 series, the SF-2281, has issues, Corsair is working with SandForce to try and find a solution. Corsair has suggestions that may or may not help with the stability of the drives. Force Series 3 Users Having Issues with a Replacement Drive READ HERE PLEASE Also make sure the board is using the latest BIOS released July 29th, 2011, 0403. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagerover Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sadly the controller used for the Force GT and Force 3 series, the SF-2281, has issues, Corsair is working with SandForce to try and find a solution. Corsair has suggestions that may or may not help with the stability of the drives. Force Series 3 Users Having Issues with a Replacement Drive READ HERE PLEASE Also make sure the board is using the latest BIOS released July 29th, 2011, 0403. Do you think this would still happen if the Intel RST drivers are uninstalled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne687 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Do you think this would still happen if the Intel RST drivers are uninstalled? Probably, but you could uninstall them to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky8613 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Sadly the controller used for the Force GT and Force 3 series, the SF-2281, has issues, Corsair is working with Sand Force to try and find a solution. Corsair has suggestions that may or may not help with the stability of the drives. =QUOTE Just about all the high end SSD's on the market use the sa2280 series controllers in one form or other. After visiting some of the other mfg. support sites you see the same problems and complaints looks like some of the problems are industry wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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