Installed Samsung 840 pro, appropriate speed results?

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Hello everyone,

I recently built a new PC and put in a Samsung 840 pro 256gb SSD. I ran CrystalDiskMark to test the speed and I feel like the results are a lot lower than other results from the same drive.

Ultimatley I know it doesn't matter because it's already pretty impressive in speed, but I'm curious if there is anything I should do to tweak/improve it.

System Specs:
Windows 8.1 64bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5
Processor: Intel i5-4690k
Memory: 8gb G.Skill RipJaws
Video: Radeon HD 7770

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Thanks!
 
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Thanks for the response Suztera, I installed the Samsung SSD program and realized I did not have AHCI mode turned on in the bios. I followed the instructions below to activate it and now my scores are much higher.


1. In search, write cmd, right click it and run it in administrator mode.
2. Type the following command to enable SafeMode boot:
bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
3. Restart the computer and boot to the system BIOS. This is normally done by by pressing the delete key during system boot.
4. Update the ATA Drive setting in the BIOS from ATA Mode to AHCI Mode. Save the setting and restart your computer to boot into Windows.
5. Windows will boot in SafeMode as per step 2.
6. Open the command prompt again by following step 1 and run the following command to remove the the SafeMode boot option:
bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
7. Restart the computer and boot normally.


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