I did a Bench mark and from what I can tell it appears my numbers are Lower then expected.. Especially the 4K writes..they are 12.85MB??

Any SSD Benchmark interperters out there that understand these numbers??

I have the Corsair Force 3 Series SSD 180GB.. I kniw the GT was a little faster but I got this I Should have gotten the GT..

But I thought the 4K write should be 315MB, or 80,000 IOPS?? need help to see IF my SSD is performing at an Optimal Speed??

I'm no SSD guru but am on similar CPU and MB and your bench looks low compared to my Intel 320SSD which is a SATA2 drive:



Especially for a SATA3 drive I would have expected better numbers from your drive on similar MB/CPU.

You might want to check that you have the BIOS set to AHCI mode and that you have the SSD SATA cable plugged into the SATA3 ports on the MB, they should be the two grey ones according to my MB manual (not sure if it is different on the non-PRO version):



I would doublecheck as it might save you spending money on a faster SSD with this MB/CPU combo, my SATA2 drive has been pretty fast and made it so I am not worried about moving to SATA3 other than to get a bigger SSD.

Yes BIOS is set to AHCI. I also have the SATA 3 Plugged in the correct one the 6gb port..not sure but I think something according to your Numbers I have something wrong..

Have you installed Windows again since changing to AHCI? For reference, here's my stats just now on a SATA3 AHCI



I'm not sure (as I usually fresh install) but this might help:



PS On Windows 7 you can use the included 'Snipping Tool' (just type 'Snip' into the Run.. command) and it provides some nice modes for making window/region snapshots.

yes this is a fresh install of windows.. i changed to ahci after i installed windows with that method.. which drive do you have??

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5IN SATA3 6Gbps Sandforce SF-2281 for about $120, but it is a small drive.

Maybe the AHCI didn't take? I'll have a look to see how to check, as I'm not sure..

Edit. In Device Manager, do you see this ok?

OK I am reading some things about Aligning the SSD before installing windows, Do I need to align the drive before I install windows as I did NOT do that??



YES I have an intel AHCI controller in the Device manager

I didn't do any align, but did let the windows installer do the format. Here's how to check

http://lifehacker.com/5837769/make-sure-...ive-performance

Are your numbers very different from others with that make/model?

yes my numbers are where they need to be just i got a not super fast SSD but maybe ill get the faster drive and use this for storage??

THNX for the help..

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5IN SATA3 6Gbps Sandforce SF-2281 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD

from Fearless post in another thread will look into the SSD.
THNX