Not satisfied with SSD

kelvin08113 · Jun 3, 2014

My SSD is fast and boots in 5-7 seconds when I bought it which is more than a year ago.

After a few months, it becomes slower and takes 12-15 seconds to boot.

I found this SSD Optimization Guide and did all the steps except for a fresh install as I have lots of stuffs there.

This is the result I got from CrystalDiskMark:

Sequential - Read 415.3MB/s - Write 157.5MB/s
Random 512KB - Read 378.4MB/s - Write 147.7MB/s
Random 4KB, Queue Depth = 1 - Read 20.81MB/s - Write 60.35MB/s
Random 4KB, Queue Depth = 32 - Read 110.7MB/s - Write 115.3MB/s

The tech spec of Corsair Force GT 120GB I got from Corsair website is:

555 MB/s sequential read — 515 MB/s sequential write

which makes a big difference.

I have 58.4GB free of 111GB now which is about 47% used and is this the thing that slows down my SSD?

alyoshka · Jun 3, 2014

See, we can't be going through the guide which you have posted here, mainly because we have our own experiences and secondly, the guides have all the same stuff.
Although 2 main things that people mostly skip are, checking if the Pagefile is on that disc and secondly the clutter that windows accumulates over time making it slow in itself irrelevant of the type of HDD used.
Plus the increasing size of the registry.

Checklist:
Pagefile should not be existent on the SSD.
Firmware should be the latest.
Registry ought to be clean from all redundant entries, third party software needed for that.
AHCI ought to be on.

And one thing to keep in mind is you can expect a deterioration of the SSD over time, again need to check the health of the SSD using a third party tool.

mad-max79 · Jun 3, 2014

Don't forget that many applications install startup apps which also take their time for booting. The performance is ok for a sandforce drive.

kelvin08113 · Jun 3, 2014

alyoshka :

Pagefile is already disabled.

Yep, latest.

I'm afraid to clean the registry with CCleaner. Perhaps you can suggest me a program or I can use that and is it 100% safe?

My SSD is on AHCI since it's installed.

I use CrystalDiskInfo, the health is 100%.

mad-max79 :

I've disabled the services and startups that I don't need in msconfig.

alyoshka · Jun 3, 2014

I use MS regclean to keep it all neat and tidy , it's a very small utility but it works well, have had it for 10 years now... and it's still good since I can check what all it has deleted from the registry and put it back if needed.
Here's the link to it.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/microsoft_regclean.html

kelvin08113 · Jun 3, 2014

alyoshka :

Thanks. Does it speed up the read & write speed or just when booting? Cuz my sequential speed isn't that good too.

alyoshka · Jun 3, 2014

It does speed up the computer in general. And cleans a lot of unwanted clutter....

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