SSDs getting slower?

[UnknownXV]

Hi,

 

I have a quick question here, something I've been noticing is odd, when I restart my computer and boot up I was always aware of how quickly this happens focusing on the opening windows 7 loading screen. The system would boot up before the logo even "assembled" together. For example here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDwhgOK5YUA it would load pass this screen at about the 4-5 second mark, before the dots merge together. 

 

Now though, it seems to boot at about 6-7 seconds in, after the logo forms. 

 

I haven't changed anything in the bios, or installed anything new on my PC besides a couple games. 

 

I have two OCZ solid 3 60 GB SSDs in raid 0. Is it possible they're getting slower, and if so is that a sign that they're going to fail soon? Or is something else potentially causing windows to boot a bit slower? 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

[Hyydrah]

Are you sure that there aren't any new startup programs? A game updater is likely the culprit. Remember that SSDs don't really benefit from defragmentation, so that couldn't be the cause.

[Morfy]

Hi, there may be some programs that you installed recently trying to start up, so they slow down the whole process, if not, try using the TRIM function

[LinusTech]

SSDs definitely get slower towards the end of their life cycles.

 

Another thing to look out for is that especially if your SSDs are nearly full, the fact that you're running RAID0 (usually not a TRIM-enabled environment) may be significantly affecting performance as well.

[RDilux]

i had this once with a samsung SSD within 4 months (830 series).

Now i got kingston for 6 months not a single issue :D

[SoftwarePro]

SSDs definitely get slower towards the end of their life cycles.

 

Another thing to look out for is that especially if your SSDs are nearly full, the fact that you're running RAID0 (usually not a TRIM-enabled environment) may be significantly affecting performance as well.

So you saying that my RAID 0 of 2 kingston hyperx 3k drives could actually be slower than one single drive? Are there raid controllers that support trim?

[UnknownXV]

LinusTech, on 08 May 2013 - 2:15 PM, said:

SSDs definitely get slower towards the end of their life cycles.

Another thing to look out for is that especially if your SSDs are nearly full, the fact that you're running RAID0 (usually not a TRIM-enabled environment) may be significantly affecting performance as well.

Oh really? I don't have a lot of capacity on them, even combined in raid 0 they're sitting at between 10 and 20 GB of free space. Having little space available can make them run slower?

Interesting to know.

I've had these for almost two years, I haven't done any serious writing to them (like FRAPs recordings or anything) so I'd be surprised if they were close to the end of their life. How long do they typically last for? They're the newer Sata 3 generation.

Hmm, I just re-ran windows experience index and the primary disk drive rating fell from 7.7 to 7.6.

Is that potentially a fluke? And how big of a difference is that really? I'm a bit nervous now that my drives will just fail..

 

Another update, I ran crystaldiskmark, I know I ran this when I first put these drives in Raid 0 but it's been so long, I don't recall what the scores were back then. Anyone know if these are normal scores for two OCZ Solid 3 60 GB Sata 3 MLC drives in raid 0?

 

The tests were 1,000 MB at 4. 

 

Seq: Read 385 - write 111

512k: Read 308 - write 89

4k: Read 21 - write 61

4kQD32: Read 81 - write 65

 

[Godlygamer23]

Don’t SSDs have reserved storage and once they are full to protect performance?

The controller monitors all data all the time from my understanding. Over time, the controller comes at a full load, ultimately decreasing performance. This quote is directly from Intel SSD Toolbox in the help section. "For example, when you delete a file on your system, the operating system marks the file for deletion but does not physically erase the file. Because an SSD does not know which files are deleted, the SSD continues to think all files contain valid data. This situation causes the SSD to continue managing deleted files in addition to valid data in the SSD."