SSD not performing as advertised.

[DarrenP]

Hey everyone.

 

I have a slight problem. I bought an Intel 530 SSD in December of Last year (Boxing day woot-woot). It's been preforming well under par for some time now, I was wondering if there is something I can do, Compared to my old 840 Pro i sold early last month, it preforms like garbage, I was thinking maybe i should RMA it. Here's a Black-Magic speed test screenshot - 

 

 

 

Apprciate Any help!

 

EDIT: It's a 240GB Intel 530. 

[Volbet]

Is this something that has come over time or has it always been underperforming?

• If it has come over time, try checking if TRIM is enabled.
• Make sure AHCI mode is enabled in the BIOS
• Make sure the SSD is plugged into a SATA 3 6GB/s port, and make sure it's plugged into the native controller (AMD or Intel controller) and not a third-party controller.
• If it's possible, try formating the driver and reinstall Windows. It might just be that the drive slows down the more data is on it. 

[DarrenP]

 

Is this something that has come over time or has it always been underperforming?

• If it has come over time, try checking if TRIM is enabled.
• Make sure AHCI mode is enabled in the BIOS
• Make sure the SSD is plugged into a SATA 3 6GB/s port, and make sure it's plugged into the native controller (AMD or Intel controller) and not a third-party controller.
• If it's possible, try formating the driver and reinstall Windows. It might just be that the drive slows down the more data is on it. 

 

I'm using OS X, It preformed on par for the first month or two that i had it on my windows machine, then in the same machine the performance began to degrade. I'm going to check the Trim Status right now. I've checked an equivalent to CDI and it's suggest my SSD is in prefect health. 

[Volbet]

I'm using OS X, It preformed on par for the first month or two that i had it on my windows machine, then in the same machine the performance began to degrade. I'm going to check the Trim Status right now. I've checked an equivalent to CDI and it's suggest my SSD is in prefect health. 

Sorry for just assuming you used Windows. 

 

If you are running OS X Yosemite, there has been some problems with TRIM (especially if you are using third-party software). Unfortunatly I don't know how to fix them.

As far as I know people either rolled back to Maverick or reinstalled Yosemite from scratch.

[EcoBoost]

EDIT: It's a 240GB Intel 530. 

Well I can definitely tell something's wrong, because I have the same SSD as you, and mine gets about 400 read and 300 write in Windows 8.1

[flibberdipper]

Since I saw you said that you're using OS X, are you using Yosemite? Because there have been some issues with it and things like TRIM.

[DarrenP]

Since I saw you said that you're using OS X, are you using Yosemite? Because there have been some issues with it and things like TRIM.

 

I'm using OS X Mavericks. 

Sorry for just assuming you used Windows. 

 

If you are running OS X Yosemite, there has been some problems with TRIM (especially if you are using third-party software). Unfortunatly I don't know how to fix them.

As far as I know people either rolled back to Maverick or reinstalled Yosemite from scratch.

Read above ^

 

Well I can definitely tell something's wrong, because I have the same SSD as you, and mine gets about 400 read and 300 write in Windows 8.1

I've found that Mac's also run a little bit faster with SSD's. I'm thinking it's due to the slimmer OS size. 

[Volbet]

I'm using OS X Mavericks. 

Read above ^

 

I've found that Mac's also run a little bit faster with SSD's. I'm thinking it's due to the slimmer OS size. 

Hmm, then it is quite peculiar. Did the TRIM check return anything usefull?

I know this is a pain, but can you test the drive in a different computer? This will show if the drive is at fault, or if it's the computer/OS.

[DarrenP]

Hmm, then it is quite peculiar. Did the TRIM check return anything usefull?

I know this is a pain, but can you test the drive in a different computer? This will show if the drive is at fault, or if it's the computer/OS.

It's not the comptuer / OS. I Also don't have another computer to test in ATM. Or at least one with a SATA3 Bus lol. I'll just RMA it i think. 

[NumLock21]

When SSD gets uses it slows down as data gets erased and written to them nand cells over time. For optimal performance enable TRIM, but if that is not available, then run garbage collection. Intel has a tool that optimizes the SSD when it's not performing like it's suppose to, not sure if that will work on OSX.

[Dimwitted]

I would definitely go cruise the Intel boards to see if they have any Mac specific utilities that might help. Also go to some Mac specific boards. This should be working far better than indicated.

 

Could it be a formatting issue?

 

If you find out, at least the problem, could you keep up this post? The more people that learn about this stuff the better.