HDD performing better than SSD ?

Rokas2260 · Aug 2, 2017

Hi, so I went on UserBenchmark site and gave a quick test on my computer performance results... and what I caught is that my SSD is running worse than 6 year HDD, how is that possible ?

SSD: Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB - 48.6%
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB - 65.6%

These are the comparisons in the test results, that can't be right, right ?

dudmont · Aug 2, 2017

how full is your SSD?

Rokas2260 · Aug 2, 2017

dudmont :

Used space: 47GB
Free space 399GB
Capacity: 446GB

dudmont · Aug 2, 2017

Does your SSD have a program that tells you how much data has been written?

Rokas2260 · Aug 2, 2017

dudmont :

I don't think so. Best I've got is Rapid storage technology

dudmont · Aug 2, 2017

Ok, we've ruled out the drive being too full, we're left with several options. Your drive is older, so it could have some nand packages that have died. What mobo are you using?

Rokas2260 · Aug 2, 2017

dudmont :

Doubtful, if they would have died then my PC wouldn't run at all, but I'm using Z170X-Gaming 3.

Maybe there is some kind of options to boost my SSD a bit ? Like changing virtual memory for example

Rokas2260 · Aug 2, 2017

I've gotten another question, I've googled around a bit about virtual memory, and it states that if I put more than recommended MB, my system becomes unstable, is that really true and that it could effect my PC severely ?

I have 16 RAM and I'd like to put more than 3GB recommended so what are my options here ?

dudmont · Aug 2, 2017

Ok, so you're running at top sata, that eliminates that option. If you have nand chips that have died, it wouldn't necessarily keep your system from running, but it would certainly slow the drive. How we'll eliminate dead nand packages from the list of performance culprits is simple. Transfer a bunch of data from the other drive to it, just do a simple cut and past, we need to get that drive fuller(like 80% full), to see if it will still write to all your nand.
All those little nand packages are little raid drives running in parallel and they're parallelization is why SSDs are so much faster.

dudmont · Aug 2, 2017

When it comes to SSDs and page files, I recommend really small page files, no more than a couple gigabytes at most.

Sylvvester · Aug 2, 2017

48.6% 65.6% ? What do those numbers even mean? Get something like CrystalDiskMark and check your disks again.

rgd1101 · Aug 2, 2017

I think they are comparing your ssd to other ssd, and the same for the HDD.
So basically don't look at the % and instead look at the read/write speed.

dudmont · Aug 2, 2017

rgd1101 :

If this is the case, then I don't think he has anything to worry about.

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