- Feb 12, 2013
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Hi, so I just installed my fancy new SSDs in my fancy new computer, and now I'm totally unsure that I did it right. I've read a bunch of articles, and I've read and done a bunch of tweaks, but I'm still fuzzy on whether or not I actually did it right.
I've set up my system with two 128gig Samsung 840 Pro SSDs. They are set up in a raid 0 configuration. So the first question that I remain fuzzy on is the whole RAID versus AHCI thing. When I installed the drives I set the SATA mode in the BIOS to RAID, because I wanted a raid array! Then the Samsung Magician app that came with the drives yells at me for using RAID mode and disables all its features! It won't even recognize the drives as being Samsung drives. So this kinda confuses me and I'd really like it if someone came along and said it's ok to run the drives in RAID mode. The Intel RST software says everything is running properly though, so...
This also goes to say that I have no idea if the drives are running at their full potential cause I have nothing to compare them against really. The Windows experience index on the drives is 7.9, which is... good? I hope. I've also run CystalDiskMark, which is posted below, but (again) there's not much to compare against so I have no clue what the numbers mean.
Here's the CrystalDiskInfo:
So is everything working properly? Did I do it right? Do I get a bone?
I've set up my system with two 128gig Samsung 840 Pro SSDs. They are set up in a raid 0 configuration. So the first question that I remain fuzzy on is the whole RAID versus AHCI thing. When I installed the drives I set the SATA mode in the BIOS to RAID, because I wanted a raid array! Then the Samsung Magician app that came with the drives yells at me for using RAID mode and disables all its features! It won't even recognize the drives as being Samsung drives. So this kinda confuses me and I'd really like it if someone came along and said it's ok to run the drives in RAID mode. The Intel RST software says everything is running properly though, so...
This also goes to say that I have no idea if the drives are running at their full potential cause I have nothing to compare them against really. The Windows experience index on the drives is 7.9, which is... good? I hope. I've also run CystalDiskMark, which is posted below, but (again) there's not much to compare against so I have no clue what the numbers mean.
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]
Sequential Read : 1024.000 MB/s
Sequential Write : 740.415 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 723.156 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 193.988 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 34.429 MB/s [ 8405.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 61.573 MB/s [ 15032.5 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 569.624 MB/s [139068.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 442.045 MB/s [107921.1 IOPS]
Test : 1000 MB [C: 45.3% (107.9/238.4 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2013/03/03 18:30:24
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)Here's the CrystalDiskInfo:
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CrystalDiskInfo 5.4.2 (C) 2008-2013 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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OS : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
Date : 2013/03/07 17:50:54
-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
+ Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller [SCSI]
- HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H62N SCSI CdRom Device
- ATA WDC WD5000AAKS-0 SCSI Disk Device
- Intel Gordo SCSI Disk Device
-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series : 128.0 GB [X/0/0, cs] - sg
(2) Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series : 128.0 GB [X/0/1, cs] - sg
(3) WDC WD5000AAKS-00D2B0 : 500.1 GB [0/X/X, pd1] - wd
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(1) Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series
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Model : Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series
Firmware : DXM03B0Q
Serial Number : S12PNEACB19038P
Disk Size : 128.0 GB (8.4/128.0/128.0)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 250069680
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ACS-2
Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4c
Transfer Mode : SATA/600
Power On Hours : 148 hours
Power On Count : 25 count
Host Writes : 152 GB
Wear Level Count : 1
Temparature : 22 C (71 F)
Health Status : Good (100 %)
Features : S.M.A.R.T., 48bit LBA, NCQ, TRIM
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : ----
-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
05 100 100 _10 000000000000 Reallocated Sector Count
09 _99 _99 __0 000000000094 Power-on Hours
0C _99 _99 __0 000000000019 Power-on Count
B1 _99 _99 __0 000000000001 Wear Leveling Count
B3 100 100 _10 000000000000 Used Reserved Block Count (Total)
B5 100 100 _10 000000000000 Program Fail Count (Total)
B6 100 100 _10 000000000000 Erase Fail Count (Total)
B7 100 100 _10 000000000000 Runtime Bad Block (Total)
BB 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Error Count
BE _78 _60 __0 000000000016 Airflow Temperature
C3 200 200 __0 000000000000 ECC Error Rate
C7 100 100 __0 000000000000 CRC Error Count
EB _99 _99 __0 00000000000D POR Recovery Count
F1 _99 _99 __0 0000130C598F Total LBA WrittenSo is everything working properly? Did I do it right? Do I get a bone?
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