HelpSSD Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Hey there everyone, I am an SSD noob so please bare with me. I installed windows and everything seems like it is running okay, but I ran this crystal disk benchmark and it seems my speeds may be a bit too slow: http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z265/fac7orx/ssd2.jpg I checked newegg.com: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233205 It said my SSD should be 555 MB/s read and 505 MB/s write. The 451 MB/s from the benchmark above seems acceptable, but what happened to the write speed? Shouldn't it be much higher than 139 MB/s? I also checked with the crystal disk info tool that my firmware version is 1.3.3, which I believe is the latest version correct? Also, is there anything else I need to do with my drive in Windows? Am I missing something else? You can check out my specs in my profile. For example, I have a P8Z68-V motherboard. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Test it with ATTO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelpSSD Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 I got version 2.46 from techpowerup. I hope that is the latest version. Here's what it looks like after running: http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z265/fac7orx/transfer.jpg It seems that I get around 550 and 505 at the end, but I am not sure aobut the other readings. Is this normal for the SSD I have purchased? Am I in the clear in terms of performance or are there issues with the speeds I should be getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madnisman Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Looks fine, nothing to worry about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelpSSD Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 Looks fine, nothing to worry about! Whew, well that's a relief. What was up with the Crystal Disk benchmark though? Is it suppose to be off like that or something? I am just a bit confused as to which one to believe. Right now I am leaning towards ATTO, but I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madnisman Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The advertised speeds were measured with ATTO, so you can rely on this tool. Afaik CrystalDisk and AS SSD are using incompressible data whereas ATTO uses compressible data for benchmarking. And compressible data is what Sandforce driven SSDs can handle best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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