Kingston A400 Slow Write Speed

[alieren3453]

Please help me. TRIM Enabled. Firmware Updated. AHCI Enabled. Windows Search and Index disabled. Crystal Disk Mark result here:

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

The drive has no DRAM cache, and the limited capacity means that there are fewer NAND chips to interlace. So the slower speeds don't seem off to me.

[ki8aras]

it could be thermal throttling, download hwmonitor and check temps

[alieren3453]

9 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

The drive has no DRAM cache, and the limited capacity means that there are fewer NAND chips to interlace. So the slower speeds don't seem off to me.

Is it a problem on everday usage?

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

Just now, alieren3453 said:

Is it a problem on everday usage?

No. The read speed is good, and is more important depending on your use. If it'll be used as just a boot drive it's fine. It's a cheap SSD so you get what you pay for.

[alieren3453]

1 minute ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

No. The read speed is good, and is more important depending on your use. If it'll be used as just a boot drive it's fine. It's a cheap SSD so you get what you pay for.

1$= 7 Turkish Liras. This SSD is 180 Turkish Liras. I know that is a budget SSD but why my write speed slower than Not Wills?

[alieren3453]

1 minute ago, Not Wills said:

Where is the drive tempature i can't find it.

[alieren3453]

1 minute ago, Not Wills said:

sensors then go down and ss the same bit i have.

[alieren3453]

Just now, alieren3453 said:

What did you do to optimize your ssd after installing Windows?

 

[alieren3453]

1 minute ago, Not Wills said:

This pc - drive tools - clean up

Its not thermal throttling

And your drive is quite new.

So is there any problem? (Really sorry for my bad English and bad technical knowledge, just 15 years old =( 

Or should i contact with Kingston?

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

8 minutes ago, alieren3453 said:

1$= 7 Turkish Liras. This SSD is 180 Turkish Liras. I know that is a budget SSD but why my write speed slower than Not Wills?

He has a larger capacity drive which will be faster for a number of reasons. He is likely on a different platform. 

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

1 minute ago, alieren3453 said:

So is there any problem? (Really sorry for my bad English and bad technical knowledge, just 15 years old =( 

Or should i contact with Kingston?

RMA it if you want to. I don't think a different drive will perform very differently.

[Boomwebsearch]

14 minutes ago, alieren3453 said:

1$= 7 Turkish Liras. This SSD is 180 Turkish Liras. I know that is a budget SSD but why my write speed slower than Not Wills?

 

Your SSD doesn't have any DRAM cache so I am not surprised about the benchmarked results, it could be that background tasks are using up disk usage (check in Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc), unless you drive is performing way below the rated speed or what other users of the same model are getting, I wouldn't be that concerned since older drives (this goes for HDDs and SSDs) will usually lose some performance overtime.

 

Drives of larger capacity will usually lose less of their performance than smaller drives with use and are usually rated for longer lifespans.

[alieren3453]

4 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

Your SSD doesn't have any DRAM cache so I am not surprised about the benchmarked results, it could be that background tasks are using up disk usage (check in Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc), unless you drive is performing way below the rated speed or what other users of the same model are getting, I wouldn't be that concerned since older drives (this goes for HDDs and SSDs) will usually lose some performance overtime.

I will use this for daily usage and lessons. I am planing to use 5 years. I bought this because i was using Windows 10 on a 5400 rpm HDD. Okey then, should i continue using? I DISABLED Write Cache. Should i enable it?

[alieren3453]

Just now, Not Wills said:

I've used and abused my drive with many writes and reads, Its 87% good in 1.5years  so, if you take care of the drive and dont install and reinstall things, its should last.

Okay thanks. In Toms Hardware someone says you should enable write cache. This is the screenshot:

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[Boomwebsearch]

1 minute ago, alieren3453 said:

I will use this for daily usage and lessons. I am planing to use 5 years. I bought this because i was using Windows 10 on a 5400 rpm HDD. Okey then, should i continue using?

 

Especially on a budget low-capacity SSD, I can't expect that it would last for 5 years. Not having DRAM cache puts more strain on the flash memory cells lowering their lifespan and the lower capacity models typically have much lower longevity than their higher-capacity counterparts. Just make sure to have a backup of your data and you can safely use the drive until it fails (if you are still within the return-window then I would recommend returning the drive). If the manufacturer has some drive testing software then I would try it out (https://www.kingston.com/us/support/technical/ssdmanager).

[alieren3453]

5 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

Especially on a budget low-capacity SSD, I can't expect that it would last for 5 years. Not having DRAM cache puts more strain on the flash memory cells lowering their lifespan and the lower capacity models typically have much lower longevity than their higher-capacity counterparts. Just make sure to have a backup of your data and you can safely use the drive until it fails (if you are still within the return-window then I would recommend returning the drive). If the manufacturer has some drive testing software then I would try it out (https://www.kingston.com/us/support/technical/ssdmanager).

GUYS OMG I FIXED THE PROBLEM.

I WAS DISABLED WRITE CACHE.

I RE-ENABLED IT.

AND MY PROBLEM FIXED

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL SPEED.

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/kingston-ssd-low-write-speed.3621651/#post-21834375

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/kingston-ssd-low-write-speed.3621651/#post-21834375

10 minutes ago, Not Wills said:

I've used and abused my drive with many writes and reads, Its 87% good in 1.5years  so, if you take care of the drive and dont install and reinstall things, its should last.

[Boomwebsearch]

3 minutes ago, alieren3453 said:

GUYS OMG I FIXED THE PROBLEM.

I WAS DISABLED WRITE CACHE.

I RE-ENABLED IT.

AND MY PROBLEM FIXED

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL SPEED.

 

Congratulations, enjoy your high speed drive, and make sure to keep a updated backup of important data in the cloud and/or on a separate drive (and preferably located on a separate system)!

[alieren3453]

1 minute ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

Congratulations, enjoy your high speed drive, and make sure to keep a updated backup of important data in the cloud and/or on a separate drive (and preferably located on a separate system)!

Thank you my friends. Thanks to you all.

 

3 minutes ago, Not Wills said:

seams good

 

[alieren3453]

32 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

Congratulations, enjoy your high speed drive, and make sure to keep a updated backup of important data in the cloud and/or on a separate drive (and preferably located on a separate system)!

 

33 minutes ago, Not Wills said:

seams good

Last Status:            Thanks Everyone

[Boomwebsearch]

37 minutes ago, alieren3453 said:

Thank you my friends. Thanks to you all.

 

7 minutes ago, alieren3453 said:

 

Last Status:            Thanks Everyone

 

No problem, I am always more than happy to help out!

[alieren3453]

1 minute ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

No problem, I am always more than happy to help out!

So, should i disable scheduled optimization, or should it be monthly??

[Boomwebsearch]

1 minute ago, alieren3453 said:

So, should i disable scheduled optimization, or should it be monthly??

 

Are you referring to the built-in Windows 10 "Defragment and Optimize Drives" program or other third-party software utilities?

 

I would leave it to optimize monthly, good SSDs don't really need to be optimized nor do they get that much benefit in being optimized, although I have seen that budget SSDs can sometimes benefit from it. Optimizing an SSD isn't the same as defragmenting and won't damage your drive, all it does essentially is cleaning up deleted files and helps to keep your drive working fast.