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SSD Slow Write Speeds

ferchkc09
By ferchkc09
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Hello all!

 

I recently did a read/write speed test of my 120 Intel 520 SSD using crystaldiskmark.  As you can see from the scores below the sequential write speeds seem to be about half of what the advertised speeds are. I do have a little bit of an older AMD system, FX-8300 (OC'ed to 4.0 ghz) with an ASUS m5a99fx pro r2.0 motherboard.  Anyone have any suggestions on what i may be able to do to troubleshoot this?  I do realize that real world speeds are generally slower than this but still would like to make sure the drive can take advantage of its speed. 

 

 

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/5508/intel-ssd-520-review-cherryville-brings-reliability-to-sandforce

 

Judging by that, this appears to be normal performance. Though they tested only the 60GB and 240GB models, there's a large write performance difference between them depending on the type of test and it's expected to see that higher capacity SSDs perform better than lower capacity ones.

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I think that's just the normal write speeds for the drive. Seems in line with what other people get and their reviews.

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Having issues with a Corsair AIO? Possible fix here:

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Are you getting weird fan behavior, speed fluctuations, and/or other issues with Link?

Are you running AIDA64, HWinfo, CAM, or HWmonitor? (ASUS suite & other monitoring software often have the same issue.)

Corsair Link has problems with some monitoring software so you may have to change some settings to get them to work smoothly.

-For AIDA64: First make sure you have the newest update installed, then, go to Preferences>Stability and make sure the "Corsair Link sensor support" box is checked and make sure the "Asetek LC sensor support" box is UNchecked.

-For HWinfo: manually disable all monitoring of the AIO sensors/components.

-For others: Disable any monitoring of Corsair AIO sensors.

That should fix the fan issue for some Corsair AIOs (H80i GT/v2, H110i GTX/H115i, H100i GTX and others made by Asetek). The problem is bad coding in Link that fights for AIO control with other programs. You can test if this worked by setting the fan speed in Link to 100%, if it doesn't fluctuate you are set and can change the curve to whatever. If that doesn't work or you're still having other issues then you probably still have a monitoring software interfering with the AIO/Link communications, find what it is and disable it.

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5 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5508/intel-ssd-520-review-cherryville-brings-reliability-to-sandforce

 

Judging by that, this appears to be normal performance. Though they tested only the 60GB and 240GB models, there's a large write performance difference between them depending on the type of test and it's expected to see that higher capacity SSDs perform better than lower capacity ones.

Oh is this one of those SandForce SF-2000 controller powered SSDs?  Yeah, that'd be normal for that.

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16 minutes ago, ferchkc09 said:

Thanks for the replies everyone!  Sorry for the confusion, i just remoted into my PC to grab the model number to double check and it looks like i misspoke, the drive is the Intel 540s

 

Model #:  INTEL SSDSC2KW120H6

 

https://ark.intel.com/products/94420/Intel-SSD-540s-Series-120GB-2_5in-SATA-6Gbs-16nm-TLC

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10432/the-intel-ssd-540s-480gb-review/7

 

Still about the same performance as you're getting, so it's expected.

 

EDIT: Though they used QD1, 2, and 4. I don't know how QD32 would affect the test.

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