Slow SSD, low AS SSD score?

Guest · Jul 10, 2013

AS SSD Benchmark 1.7.4739.38088
------------------------------
Name: OCZ-AGILITY3
Firmware: 2.22
Controller: storahci
Offset: 541696 K - OK
Size: 111.79 GB
------------------------------
Sequential:
------------------------------
Read: 199.20 MB/s
Write: 101.24 MB/s
------------------------------
4K:
------------------------------
Read: 15.47 MB/s
Write: 45.92 MB/s
------------------------------
4K-64Threads:
------------------------------
Read: 92.88 MB/s
Write: 84.86 MB/s
------------------------------
Access Times:
------------------------------
Read: 0.236 ms
Write: 0.299 ms
------------------------------
Score:
------------------------------
Read: 128
Write: 141
Total: 336
------------------------------

That is the score I get in AS SSD, notably the 4K speed seems extremely low. This is on a system running Windows 8.1 preview, using default drivers (except for the Graphics driver of course). Wasn't sure if the Intel drivers for the motherboard supported Windows 8 (I know the newer ones for Sandy-Haswell do). Due to only having SATA II on the motherboard, some of these are to be expected.

System is:
Intel DH55TC motherboard
i7 860 @ ~3.2GHz
8GB DDR3 1333MHz
Nvidia GTX 660
Two HDDs, one is 7200RPM for programs, other is 5200RPM for storage, both 500GB.
500W PSU

Any help with this, any information is greatly appreciated, thankyou in advance

.

swifty_morgan · Jul 10, 2013

not familiar with the mb or how old it it but some Intel controllers hamper ssd performance.

also try a firmware update on the ssd drive.

Dereck47 · Jul 10, 2013

Your AS-SSD results show storahci which is a Microsoft Windows AHCI driver.

Install Intel's latest AHCI drivers and see if that will improve your results. The drivers are Win 8 compatible.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=22271

Guest · Jul 10, 2013

AS SSD Benchmark 1.7.4739.38088
------------------------------
Name: OCZ-AGILITY3
Firmware: 2.22
Controller: iaStorA
Offset: 541696 K - OK
Size: 111.79 GB
------------------------------
Sequential:
------------------------------
Read: 200.03 MB/s
Write: 61.77 MB/s
------------------------------
4K:
------------------------------
Read: 15.74 MB/s
Write: 44.04 MB/s
------------------------------
4K-64Threads:
------------------------------
Read: 96.37 MB/s
Write: 69.66 MB/s
------------------------------
Access Times:
------------------------------
Read: 0.224 ms
Write: 0.292 ms
------------------------------
Score:
------------------------------
Read: 132
Write: 120
Total: 319
------------------------------

This is after installing the Intel drivers. Write performance has dropped significantly.

For the firmware update, 2.25 doesnt really have any relevant updates, also I cant as I dont have a non-boot driver to update the Firmware from.

Edit: In fact, Write performance in general has just dropped, no idea why. Without Intel drivers after uninstall/restoration to Windows drivers, nothing else done.

AS SSD Benchmark 1.7.4739.38088
------------------------------
Name: OCZ-AGILITY3
Firmware: 2.22
Controller: storahci
Offset: 541696 K - OK
Size: 111.79 GB
------------------------------
Sequential:
------------------------------
Read: 200.06 MB/s
Write: 60.41 MB/s
------------------------------
4K:
------------------------------
Read: 15.45 MB/s
Write: 46.58 MB/s
------------------------------
4K-64Threads:
------------------------------
Read: 96.37 MB/s
Write: 63.07 MB/s
------------------------------
Access Times:
------------------------------
Read: 0.229 ms
Write: 0.298 ms
------------------------------
Score:
------------------------------
Read: 132
Write: 116
Total: 314
------------------------------

Dereck47 · Jul 10, 2013

AS-SSD writes 20GB of test data for each run. You've just written 40GB of data to your SSD in a few minutes, that's why your results get lower.

Reboot to the Windows Login screen before you go to bed to allow TRIM and idle Garbage Collection to restore drive performance while you sleep.

In your Windows Power Plan options make sure that the option "Put the computer to sleep" is set to "Never", so that power is being supplied to your SSD continuously while your system is idling.

popatim · Jul 11, 2013

You only have sata2 ports so 260mb/s is about the max you would see (sequential reads)
To see your true speeds you probably should test the drive while its not the windows boots drive since windows will constantly be accessing the drive...

Search

Slow SSD, low AS SSD score?

Guest

Guest

Dereck47

swifty_morgan

Illustrious

Dereck47

Splendid

Guest

Guest

Dereck47

Splendid

popatim

Titan

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page