Intel 530 SSD less than half adv writes

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Hi all , I recently build a new pc , all components new. Specs amd fx-8320
gigabyte 990xa ud3 8gb ram kingston hyper xfury , evga supernova g2 750watt psu , sapphire r9 280 dual x oc edition gpu , 2tb wd green and intel 530 ssd 120gb. The problem im facing is that my write speeds are much lower than advertised . Here are pics from asssd, atto and crystalinediskmark.
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By the view of things i think that i have to return the ssd. Btw trim enabled , pagefile disabled drivers up to date (same results with bot starndard and amd drivers), bios up to date intel toolbox nothing to worry about , changed cable same stuff. My pc that has a seagate barracuda launches programs faster(most of them). Do you have any suggestions or i should just return the ssd?
 
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I've worked with nearly a dozen different makes/models of SSDs and all I can tell you is that I wasn't thrilled with the two Intel SSDs I owned - the 335 & the 530 Series ones - both 240 GB. Needless to say they blew away any HDD - that's a given - but in comparison with other SSDs I experienced the Intels' perfomance wasn't exactly sparkling. The various Samsung SSD models for example were considerably superior in performance.

Anyway I generally use that AS SSD Benchmark program as a general performance guide for my SSDs. I no longer have the graphic for the detailed readout of the 530 (I no longer own the Intels) but if it's of any interest to you here's the summary for the 240 GB 530 model...
Read score: 266
Write score: 286
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The one benchmark shows you getting 400MB-500MB/s on writes, but the other two show about 120MB/s. Your reads are showing a nice 450MB/s-500MB/s.

I have no idea how your other system can start programs faster than a 500MB/s SSD. It is strange that those two benchmarks show such low write speeds.
 
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I noticed that atto has good write and read speeds. , how do u explain the low write speeds on the rest of the programs? as for apps , chrome for example launches faster on my old pc, but some other programs open almost the same . I havent tested many apps , but furmark opens a bit faster on my old pc, same goes for chrome. Do u have any other test to do ?i could try copying a big file from to the ssd? Do u suggest returning if something indicates that the ssd indeed has low writes?
 
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Hello does anyone have any idea? What i should do? I did an other test and cloned a 4gb file into the ssd and the same file into the hdd (meaning copy and paste in the same folder). My ssd did 38 sec while my hdd did 54.
 
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I've worked with nearly a dozen different makes/models of SSDs and all I can tell you is that I wasn't thrilled with the two Intel SSDs I owned - the 335 & the 530 Series ones - both 240 GB. Needless to say they blew away any HDD - that's a given - but in comparison with other SSDs I experienced the Intels' perfomance wasn't exactly sparkling. The various Samsung SSD models for example were considerably superior in performance.

Anyway I generally use that AS SSD Benchmark program as a general performance guide for my SSDs. I no longer have the graphic for the detailed readout of the 530 (I no longer own the Intels) but if it's of any interest to you here's the summary for the 240 GB 530 model...
Read score: 266
Write score: 286
Final score: 686

As a comparison, here's the summary for the 256 GB Samsung 840 Pro I was also working with at the time...
Read score: 462
Write score: 404
Final score: 1112

I notice you're working with a 120 GB model which will usually be a trifle slower in performance as compared with a larger capacity SSD.

My Intel-based system at the time sported a i7-4770K processor and 16 GB of memory.

My personal feeling at this time is that I would be loathe to purchase any Intel SSD unless I could be reasonably assured their technology has considerably improved in this area.

You ask "What I should do?". Only you can answer that question but were I you I would give serious consideration to returning the SSD to your vendor for a full refund (credit) or if that's not feasible to contact Intel and determine whether you'll have some recourse from that source.
 
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