My new SSD benchmarking results are lower than expected (??)

[hosa]

Its the MX500 firmware 23

Sequential was fine enough.. however the Random read and write tests (last two in CrystalDiskMark) are too low..

 

The Q32T1; 274 and 242
The Q1T1; 27 and 55
 

In the MX500,

The Q32T1; the read should be around 400 and write around 360

The Q1T1; the read should be around 40 and write around 95

 

Is there something I can do about it?

Should I return?

 

Edit: I am on a SATA II system, however that did not affect the Sequential test, So I dont think its a concern..

[Pixelfie]

For SATA II these speeds are expected, it goes up to 3gbps. 3000 : 8 = 375. Yes, that's still higher, but your drive will always run a bit slower. For example SATA III is 6000 : 8 = 750mb/s, but most are 500-550.

 

Also are you running Windows 11? There's currently a bug that slows down drives. It's only NVME I think but I just want to be sure. I assume you don't run 11 since SATA 2 is old.

[AbydosOne]

19 minutes ago, hosa said:

Its the MX500 firmware 23

Sequential was fine.. however the Random read and write tests (last two in CrystalDiskMark) are too low..

 

The Q32T1; 274 and 242
The Q1T1; 27 and 55
 

In the MX500,

The Q32T1; the read should be around 400 and write around 360

The Q1T1; the read should be around 40 and write around 95

Are the SSD you're testing and the SSD you're referencing the same size?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Full system specs? 

If your system is old enough to have sata ii, there is a good chance your cpu is the limit here and can't issue commands fast enough.

 

If normal performance is fine I wouldn't worry about a benchmark.

[hosa]

10 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

Are the SSD you're testing and the SSD you're referencing the same size?

Yes

[hosa]

12 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Full system specs? 

If your system is old enough to have sata ii, there is a good chance your cpu is the limit here and can't issue commands fast enough.

 

If normal performance is fine I wouldn't worry about a benchmark.

i5 second generation (SandyBridge) and im on a laptop..

[hosa]

17 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

For SATA II these speeds are expected, it goes up to 3gbps. 3000 : 8 = 375. Yes, that's still higher, but your drive will always run a bit slower. For example SATA III is 6000 : 8 = 750mb/s, but most are 500-550.

 

Also are you running Windows 11? There's currently a bug that slows down drives. It's only NVME I think but I just want to be sure. I assume you don't run 11 since SATA 2 is old.

im on Windows 8.1

 

[Pixelfie]

1 minute ago, hosa said:

im on Windows 8.1

That shouldn't cause any issues. I think it's just SATA II being limited here.

 

3 minutes ago, hosa said:

i5 second generation (SandyBridge) and im on a laptop..

I have an old laptop with an i5-2430M that has SATA III. If you want I could test tomorrow with my MX500 to see if the CPU is bottlenecking it.

[hosa]

8 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

That shouldn't cause any issues. I think it's just SATA II being limited here.

 

I have an old laptop with an i5-2430M that has SATA III. If you want I could test tomorrow with my MX500 to see if the CPU is bottlenecking it.

sure that would be good.. Its actually my exact same cpu

if its not too much hassle..

 

It might be the SATA II... The reason it only effects the random test, IDK, might be some obscure reason im not aware of...

[hosa]

21 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

That shouldn't cause any issues. I think it's just SATA II being limited here.

 

I have an old laptop with an i5-2430M that has SATA III. If you want I could test tomorrow with my MX500 to see if the CPU is bottlenecking it.

 

According to this article

https://www.windowstechit.com/19035/kingston-a400-vs-crucial-mx500/

 

using SATA II DOES have a significant effect on benchmarks ..

I consider this thread solved then..