- Mar 30, 2013
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Hi,
Trying to get the best performance out of new Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD. Also increasingly concerned about stability. This drive will host OS, Steam, Origin + games on Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe based system.
Installed Win7 Home Premium 64bit SP1 on it (using 3.0 GB/s Intel SATA for install).
Installed Intel RST Driver: 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (iaStor v11.1.0.1006) from ASUS download
Connected 840 Pro to the Intel 6.0 GB/s SATA, issues:
Drive is otherwise functioning ok (so far), but I can't benchmark on the fast Intel SATA. One other issue: This drive has *lots* of cap/coil squeal, very high pitch whine when under load. Have replaced SATA cable but to no effect.
I have yet to do large copy to it (eg. Steam files) but will try presently. Will RMA obviously if any errors on this.
Magician/AS SSD benchmarking works ok for other controllers on the Deluxe MoBo:
Thanks for any help/suggestions!
GC
PS. Have 840 Pro 512 MB in my Lenovo x220t, get 500+ MB/s seq r/w, works great..!
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System: Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe; Intel i5-3570K WC (Cuplex Kryos) 3.40 GHz stock (to be OC); Asus GeForce 2GB GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP; G Skill 4x4GB PC3-19200 10-12-12-31; Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (FW DXM04B0Q); Seagate 2.0 TB HDD; Asus Xonar Essence XTS; Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W.
Trying to get the best performance out of new Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD. Also increasingly concerned about stability. This drive will host OS, Steam, Origin + games on Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe based system.
Installed Win7 Home Premium 64bit SP1 on it (using 3.0 GB/s Intel SATA for install).
Installed Intel RST Driver: 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (iaStor v11.1.0.1006) from ASUS download
Connected 840 Pro to the Intel 6.0 GB/s SATA, issues:
■ When running Samsung Magician (v4.0) Performance Testing: Gave BSOD (twice) or "Performance Benchmark Failed, failure due to timeout" (twice).
■ Tried to run AS SSD Benchmark: gave BSOD.
■ AnvilPro benchmark: BSOD (read or write)
Drive is otherwise functioning ok (so far), but I can't benchmark on the fast Intel SATA. One other issue: This drive has *lots* of cap/coil squeal, very high pitch whine when under load. Have replaced SATA cable but to no effect.
I have yet to do large copy to it (eg. Steam files) but will try presently. Will RMA obviously if any errors on this.
Magician/AS SSD benchmarking works ok for other controllers on the Deluxe MoBo:
■ On Intel 3.0 GB/s SATA runs ok, but performance is predictably mediocre at ~280 MB/s r/w
■ On Marvell 91xx SATA 6G, better seq. read of 410 MB/s, but terrible seq. write and IOPS.
Thanks for any help/suggestions!
GC
PS. Have 840 Pro 512 MB in my Lenovo x220t, get 500+ MB/s seq r/w, works great..!
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System: Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe; Intel i5-3570K WC (Cuplex Kryos) 3.40 GHz stock (to be OC); Asus GeForce 2GB GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP; G Skill 4x4GB PC3-19200 10-12-12-31; Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (FW DXM04B0Q); Seagate 2.0 TB HDD; Asus Xonar Essence XTS; Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W.
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