SSD slow performance?

[azzy114]

Hello guys,im new to this forum,so don't be too mean if I posted to the wrong section.

So,i bought yesterday a brand new adata sp550 ssd 120gb version,had some trouble reconizing it in bios but figured it out,I could only install it into a sata 2 (slot/cable) cause my motherboard doesn't have a sata 3 slot and the performance im getting from it isn't that good like I expected,made a test too,please tell me your opinion about it,maybe it's slow due sata 2 cable/slot or something like that. I gotta say that I heard that I have to "secure erase" it before using it as a drive,but couldn't figure out how on the earth do to so I skipped it,my cpu is an intel Q9400 with 4gigs of ram,Thanks!

[blu4]

That's about right in terms of speeds for SATA 2.

[azzy114]

I got windows 8.1 on it,and it doesn't boot up as fast as those 15yrs old PCs that boot up immediately cause of some SSD,doesn't feel too ... pleasant?

[Godlygamer23]

Secure Erasing is not required to be performed on an SSD. Anyone who told you that is wrong as the drive comes in a blank state when it is purchased.

[azzy114]

Well,guess I have to wait till I'll upgrade the rest of the pc,Thanks for the answers!