I installed a Samsung 840 250 GB in my Dell 1645 laptop in December when the OEM HDD died, Clean install, Win7 Pro SP1:
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 720QM @ 1.60GHz 77 °C
Clarksfield 45nm Technology
RAM
6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0VV228 (U2E1) 27 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
LG TV (1280x720@60Hz)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 (Dell)
Hard Drives
233GB Samsung SSD 840 Series (SSD)
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CA10N
Audio
ATI High Definition Audio Device
Here's the speccy data on the SSD:
Samsung SSD 840 Series
Manufacturer Unknown manufacturer
Heads 16
Cylinders 16383
SATA type SATA-III 6.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
Serial Number S14GNEACA43532T
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Power On Count 53 times
Power On Time 6.0 days
Features S.M.A.R.T., NCQ, TRIM, SSD
Transfer Mode SATA III
Interface SATA
Capacity 233GB
Real size 250,059,350,016 bytes
RAID Type None
S.M.A.R.T
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100 worst) Data 0000000000
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 099 (099) Data 000000008F
0C Device Power Cycle Count 099 (099) Data 0000000035
B1 099 (099) Data 0000000009
B3 100 (100) Data 0000000000
B5 100 (100) Data 0000000000
B6 100 (100) Data 0000000000
B7 SATA Downshift Error Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
BB Reported Uncorrectable Errors 100 (100) Data 0000000000
BE Temperature Difference from 100 062 (050) Data 0000000026
C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 200 (200) Data 0000000000
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
EB 099 (099) Data 0000000003
F1 Total LBAs Written 099 (099) Data 002C5C4F87
Status Good
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0
Size 100 MB
Partition 1
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #1
Disk Letter C:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number 72768086
Size 233GB
Used Space 80GB (35%)
Free Space 153GB (65%)
SORRY: I tried to make the above data more readablle--I apologize that it's so jumbled (don;t know if it's useful).
When I ran the Magician benchmark the first time (before most of my programs were installed), here's what I got:
Seq Read: 270
Seq Write: 253
Random Read: 51988
Random Write: 39051
After that, the random read and write dropped considerably. I updated the firmware, and here's what I got:
Seq Read: 268
Seq Write: 217
Random Read: 40532
Random Write: 18014
Then I ran the Magician optimization, and here's what I got:
Seq Read: 270
Seq Write: 236
Random Read: 46948
Random Write: 20947
Are these numbers normal? This seems to be considerably below the advertized numbers.
dg
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 720QM @ 1.60GHz 77 °C
Clarksfield 45nm Technology
RAM
6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0VV228 (U2E1) 27 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
LG TV (1280x720@60Hz)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 (Dell)
Hard Drives
233GB Samsung SSD 840 Series (SSD)
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CA10N
Audio
ATI High Definition Audio Device
Here's the speccy data on the SSD:
Samsung SSD 840 Series
Manufacturer Unknown manufacturer
Heads 16
Cylinders 16383
SATA type SATA-III 6.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
Serial Number S14GNEACA43532T
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Power On Count 53 times
Power On Time 6.0 days
Features S.M.A.R.T., NCQ, TRIM, SSD
Transfer Mode SATA III
Interface SATA
Capacity 233GB
Real size 250,059,350,016 bytes
RAID Type None
S.M.A.R.T
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100 worst) Data 0000000000
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 099 (099) Data 000000008F
0C Device Power Cycle Count 099 (099) Data 0000000035
B1 099 (099) Data 0000000009
B3 100 (100) Data 0000000000
B5 100 (100) Data 0000000000
B6 100 (100) Data 0000000000
B7 SATA Downshift Error Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
BB Reported Uncorrectable Errors 100 (100) Data 0000000000
BE Temperature Difference from 100 062 (050) Data 0000000026
C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 200 (200) Data 0000000000
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
EB 099 (099) Data 0000000003
F1 Total LBAs Written 099 (099) Data 002C5C4F87
Status Good
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0
Size 100 MB
Partition 1
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #1
Disk Letter C:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number 72768086
Size 233GB
Used Space 80GB (35%)
Free Space 153GB (65%)
SORRY: I tried to make the above data more readablle--I apologize that it's so jumbled (don;t know if it's useful).
When I ran the Magician benchmark the first time (before most of my programs were installed), here's what I got:
Seq Read: 270
Seq Write: 253
Random Read: 51988
Random Write: 39051
After that, the random read and write dropped considerably. I updated the firmware, and here's what I got:
Seq Read: 268
Seq Write: 217
Random Read: 40532
Random Write: 18014
Then I ran the Magician optimization, and here's what I got:
Seq Read: 270
Seq Write: 236
Random Read: 46948
Random Write: 20947
Are these numbers normal? This seems to be considerably below the advertized numbers.
dg