SSD speed is very slow

[cuongmn05]

Hi guys, I just bought a Crucial M500 240gb today. I know that I wouldn't get the speed advertised (500 read, 250 write) but the speed that I tested is way below that (262 read, 210 write using Crystal drisk mark).

What worries me is that all the review that I read usually got above 400 read speed. I'm pretty sure my Mainboard support SATA 3 6Gb/s.

Is there any thing wrong with my SSD guys, thanks.

Also, sorry for my English.

[TyagoDani]

what's your motehrboard?

[dragosudeki]

Might be using the wrong port that makes it bottleneck?

[cuongmn05]

what's your motehrboard?

It's MSI z87 gd65

[cuongmn05]

Might be using the wrong port that makes it bottleneck?

Please be more specific I'm new to this stuff. I plugged ssd to port 4, hdd port 1, dvd port 3

[Osmium]

Please be more specific I'm new to this stuff. I plugged ssd to port 4, hdd port 1, dvd port 3

What color was the SATA port?

[coen113]

Please be more specific I'm new to this stuff. I plugged ssd to port 4, hdd port 1, dvd port 3

plug the SSD in port one or 2, that should fix it

[TyagoDani]

all the ports on thatr board are sata 3 6Gb/s so it's not to do with the port... try to go into the bios and see in what mode the sata ports are

[cuongmn05]

What color was the SATA port?

All are black

 

plug the SSD in port one or 2, that should fix it

I'll try it thanks

[scaryjam823]

Please be more specific I'm new to this stuff. I plugged ssd to port 4, hdd port 1, dvd port 3

There are usually two different controllers on motherboards for sata ports. The last two are usually a different, slower controller. Just plug all your drives into the first ports and your peripherals(dvd. etc.) into the last ports and make sure AHCI mode is enabled in the bios. Problem should be solved.

 

@TyagoDani

Yes it does, even though they are all advertised the same speed there's usually different controllers for some of the ports. These controllers operate at slower speeds.

[dragosudeki]

all the ports on thatr board are sata 3 6Gb/s so it's not to do with the port... try to go into the bios and see in what mode the sata ports are

There's usually different controllers though, so maybe one controller is giving him problems?

[TyagoDani]

There's usually different controllers though, so maybe one controller is giving him problems?

yes that's true but the z87 chipset has 6 native sata 3 ports if i recall correctly and he has the ssd in the port 4, so that's not the issue

[TyagoDani]

still it's just plain effortless to change the port and see if it works. at any rate, get crystaldiskinfo to check if it's all ok and what transfer protocol the drive is in

[dragosudeki]

still it's just plain effortless to change the port and see if it works. at any rate, get crystaldiskinfo to check if it's all ok and what transfer protocol the drive is in

He said the port number after my post. Also, I've seen specific SATA ports not work, even when the other ports on the same controller worked... Changing the port may or may not change it. Theoretically it shouldn't, but Mobos could have problems with certain ports.

[TyagoDani]

He said the port number after my post. Also, I've seen specific SATA ports not work, even when the other ports on the same controller worked... Changing the port may or may not change it. Theoretically it shouldn't, but Mobos could have problems with certain ports.

i didn't say anything

yeah that can happen but i shouldn't... at any rate, let's see what will happen

[cuongmn05]

Hey guys, I plugged the SSD to port 2 and still get the same speed.

this is my Sata config

[TyagoDani]

Hey guys, I plugged the SSD to port 2 and still get the same speed.

this is my Sata config

we can't see it man, the link is broken. try to upload it to imgur

[cuongmn05]

Here's the sata setting

[hojnikb]

Try a different cable.

Update bios

Update firmware on the drive

Plug to sata0 port

 

If non of these help, then its something else. Although, even if its only at sata2, its still fast and you wont notice that much of a difference anyway.

[adriel604]

Also, make sure AHCI is enabled like someone mentioned above.  When I enabled AHCI mode I noticed a considerable improvement on my ssd.  

[cuongmn05]

Hi guys,

Would it be the OS issue? I just clone the OS from my old HDD.

 

 

Try a different cable.

Update bios

Update firmware on the drive

Plug to sata0 port

 

If non of these help, then its something else. Although, even if its only at sata2, its still fast and you wont notice that much of a difference anyway.

Thanks for the help

[cuongmn05]

Hi guys the problem was the wrong partition alignment. 

I used Mini Tool Partition Wizard to fix the problem. My speed now is 475/268.

Thanks everyone for your helps.

[ictdude1]

it could be the motherboard chipset or it could also be the ssd is dying already (which could be a faulty ssd)