Samsung's 840 and 840 Pro SSDs Recieve a Firmware Update
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Samsung’s 840 and 840 Pro Solid State Drives have received a new firmware update that provides the former drive with improved “read performance in specific cases” and enables DAS function as a default option for the latter.
The updates are available as both a ZIP archive to be used with Samsung’s Magician software and a bootable ISO file. The update can be downloaded from the following link.
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SSDs are not meant to be a mass storage solution, at least not for the average consumer. I've been running SSD as a system drive since 2009. And the fact that YOU want your computer to boot up slower and perform slower... well that is your prerogative.
SSDs are not meant to be a mass storage solution, at least not for the average consumer. I've been running SSD as a system drive since 2009. And the fact that YOU want your computer to boot up slower and perform slower... well that is your prerogative.
And quick boot and enter/resume from sleep, it even beats my Samsing Galaxy 10.1 when cold booting.
And i have a habit of leaving lots of tabs on every browser i use plus a lot of background apps, constantly maxing out 8gb ram. Having that fast pagefile (12gb swap file) drive is a godsend.
Now for Laptops. I absolutely must have an SSD.
Before the update(ran 3 times this is the average)
Sequential Read 518MB
Sequential Write 388MB
Random Read 65494 IOPS
Random Write 53125 IOPS
After the update(Ran 3 times this is the average)
Sequential Read 519MB
Sequential Write 385MB
Random Read 64250 IOPS
Random Write 50533 IOPS
Actually performance declined i'm running on the Samsung Pro 128GB. I also did their performance optimization both times before benchmarking, Either way i'm running this on a Sabertooth 990FX board with a 1100T OC 3.9Ghz
I did the upgrade today and now my PC boots a lot faster.
(now it takes about 2 minutes when before this upgrade it took forever)
Still when I first boot my PC still doesn't recognize the sound card, so I have to reboot and then I get sound. Reboot time just under 2 minutes.
(this issue has to do with Windows 8 drivers, even when I do get sound I'm NOT getting my Sound Blaster it appears as S/PDF with some Microsoft driver that I can't get rid off)
The firmware listed on the Samsung support site was released Dec. 2012 and is ver.1.
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It's not as much about read/write speed as you may think. Where the seriously noticeable improvement is at is response time. In comparison, where read/write may be double or triple of an HDD, response can be insanely quicker at retrieving and running lots of small files - much how an OS operates. Everything suddenly becomes very quick and responsive with one. When an OS boots to the desktop from a cold boot in less than 8 seconds and files and programs you open are up and running in less than a second, you'll understand.
I did the upgrade today and now my PC boots a lot faster.
(now it takes about 2 minutes when before this upgrade it took forever)
Still when I first boot my PC still doesn't recognize the sound card, so I have to reboot and then I get sound. Reboot time just under 2 minutes.
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That is the site I was referring to and there is no updated firmware there. Dec 2012 is the latest firmware update.
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