SSD Woes

[Liammail7]

Hello...

 

I purchased a Kingston HyperX 3K 120Gb SSD and I am using it in a Gigabyte 990FXA - UD3H Motherboard.

 

I am aware that all 6 SATA ports are 6Gb per second (SATA 3) but my SSD is not performing anywhere near to its advertised specs (555 mb/s read, 510 mb/s write) it is instead working at a whopping speed of 306.5 mb/s read and 181.8 mb/s write... 

What should I do??  I am fairly new to the PC building environment (7 months)

 

I am not 100% sure if the 6 SATA ports are all from the South Bridge or not... from what I gathered by the manual they all are

Edited July 4, 2014 by Liammail7

[Wferr]

that seems verry like sata 2 speeds..

[Liammail7]

http://ca.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3996#manual

[Liammail7]

all responses are greatly appreciated

 

also if this helps anyone help me my WD Caviar Black 1TB is running at 117 Read 113 Write

[Liammail7]

bump

[Dimwitted]

Are you using SATA 6 cables? I don't know if it really makes a difference but there are both types out there.