Ssd low write speeds

lonnyeandres · Jan 10, 2018

I bought a new wd green 120gb ssd
I installed windows and tested the read write speeds of ssd using crystaldisk Mark and 2 other programs
I'm getting very low write speeds ( about 80mb/s)...read speeds are OK (450 mb/s but they also could be better)
I checked if the sata cable is the problem and it isn't, and also I have ahci in bios
What should I do?

Mark RM · Jan 10, 2018

what disk is it and how full is it?

Edit; Is it this exact model number ?
WDS120G1G0A

rgd1101 · Jan 10, 2018

What is your full system spec?

lonnyeandres · Jan 10, 2018

Mark RM :

Its Ssd Wd green (
WDS120G2G0A sata 3 ssd 120gb and I have only windows and drivers installed so it's about 20 GB of space)

Mark RM · Jan 10, 2018

something weird going on, can you describe your complete system specs please?

rgd1101 · Jan 10, 2018

How full is the drive? it get slower write the less space it got.

lonnyeandres · Jan 10, 2018

Mark RM :

OK I have an Intel core i5-7400
Asus h110m-k mobo
8gb ram hyperx fury (dual channel
2133mhz)
I have an Asus GeForce gtx 1050ti strix
A wd blue 1tb hdd and a 500w psu

lonnyeandres · Jan 10, 2018

rgd1101 :

It's about 15% used... It has windows and some drivers installed not too much

Mark RM · Jan 10, 2018

OK try firing the Western Digital SSD dashboard and see if it has anything to say about what's going on

https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=279

lonnyeandres · Jan 10, 2018

Mark RM :

It said 100% healthy i have normal temperatures( 35 degrees)

Mark RM · Jan 10, 2018

I can't think of a real solid reason for the write speed to be so low. Is your hard disk drive operating normally?

I mean the updated chipset drivers can fix some things, but it doesn't sound like that's the issue.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/90590/Intel-H110-Chipset

I'd be thinking it's defective or in need of a firmware update if one is available.

lonnyeandres · Jan 10, 2018

Mark RM :

Yes its getting 180 read and 180 write while ssd is getting 450 read and 60-80 write :/

lonnyeandres · Jan 10, 2018

Besides firmware and drivers setting it's there any chance that it could come damaged from the box? I put the sata and the power cable pretty carefully and the ssd but maybe it'd there any chance to be damaged from the factory?

rgd1101 · Jan 10, 2018

is this your os drive? did you clone or fresh install of the os?

lonnyeandres · Jan 10, 2018

rgd1101 :

I tried to clone with wd software but the windows haven't been booting at all so I fully formated the ssd and installed a fresh windows

Mark RM · Jan 10, 2018

I wonder if the drive is aligned....

run msinfo32 by typing it into the search box on your start menu and running it

click on: components => storage => disks

Look for your SSD and check the partition starting offset.

It needs to be divisible by 4096 (ie return a whole number when you divide by this)

rgd1101 · Jan 10, 2018

what os? bios setting for the drive?

lonnyeandres · Jan 11, 2018

I'm having windows 10 pro and bios storage mode for Ssd is ahci

lonnyeandres · Jan 11, 2018

Mark RM :

http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o532/Lonnie_Andres/IMG_20180111_083244_zpsw7kkmtvo.jpg

That's what it looks like... Is it OK?

Mark RM · Jan 11, 2018

I just get an image that says please upgrade your account for third party hosting

lonnyeandres · Jan 11, 2018

Mark RM :

OK so I have 3 partitions
One is my windows partition with about 112gb and it's partition offset number is divisible with 4096
There are also 2 small. Partitions one have 500 MB and other one 100mb they are called windows recovery and efi sistem and their offset number isn't divisible

Mark RM · Jan 11, 2018

You're good then.

There is nothing wrong with your setup, that leaves the drive.

marksavio · Jan 11, 2018

can you do a benchmark of your system with the link below? at least this will tell us your whole setup and find the "bottleneck". whether be it the driver/firmware version or your motherboard. it will only take 3-5mins and post the result link here for us to see.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/

lonnyeandres · Jan 11, 2018

Mark RM :

So i have to refund it?

Mark RM · Jan 11, 2018

I would say so.

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