OC reduced SSD performance

[Brondahl]

Hi all,

I'm just put together a computer for the first time.

I benchamrked it at stock settings, and then ran the ASUS auto-tune OverClock, and I'm planning to try manual OC'ing and compare all three results.

When I compared the first two I got these numbers out of PCMark Vantage (trial version only, so I don't have the data from the HDD Suite)
http://3dmark.com/compare/pcmv/421338/pcmv/422265

and it looks like the OC has consistently decreased the HDD scores?

Is this to be expected, and if so why?
If not, then I have I done somethign stupid somewhere,a dn can anyone guess what?

 

[Brondahl]

Hmm, first post after putting the copmuter together, and I was kinda expecting it to publish the sig I just added:

CPU: i5-760 2.8 GHz
MOBO: ASUS P7P55D-E Deluxe
RAM: 2x2GB DDR3 1333GHz
GFX: Radeon 5500
SSD: Crucial C300 128GB
HDD: Spinpoint F3 1TB
PSU: Seasonic 430W
Case: CoolMaster Storm Sniper
HSF: Akasa Venom

 

[saint19]

Did you installed the OS in AHCI mode?

 

[Brondahl]

Yes.

Well, I changed the BIOS Settings to ACHI before I installed the OS, which sounds pretty similar. I did so because I was informed that it would make the Drive more responsive, and in particular decrease boot times.

Since you asked, I'm guessing that this setting explains the difference? If so, can you point me at some specific material to look at, or will it come up in a general Google search?

Thanks,
Brondahl

 

[saint19]

I can't see any problem in your link regarding the HD.

Run AS SSD benchmark for more that two or three times and let me know the results.

 

[Brondahl]

Which version of vantage will I need to buy to do that? Like I said I only have the trial version.

 

[saint19]

Did you ran AS SSD Benchmark?

 

[Brondahl]

In the trial version you don't have any options you only have "Run Benchmark"

 

[saint19]

AS SSD Benchmark is a different software, doesn't comes with 3DMark Vantage.

 

[Brondahl]

Doh!

Sorry, I've never heard of it, and I just assumed you were talking about a perticular setting. My bad.

I'll go look it up.