SSD OCZ Agility 3 speeds vs Crucial M4 speeds

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My friends has recently got a Agility 3 SSD and ran Crystal Disk Mark. He said its got the latest firmware and he has a reasonably new AMD motherboard and 8 core processor

What could it be making the speeds slower than my M4 which is running on a SATA II connection?

M4 -

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Agility 3 -

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something to do with compressionable data i think,run atto benchmark and the agility will be quicker,its swings and roundabouts
 
As above ATTO will show high compressible data speeds from the sf controller in the agility 3. Out of interest what does AS SSD show?

Here is a 3 way comparison between the new Kingston V200, the Agility 3 and the M4.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/kingston-v200-review-128gb/
Unfortunatly doesnt show the benchmark software screenies but the steady state tests are quite interesting. Swings and roundabouts indeed.
 
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Guest2 said:
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard
Hes not sure on the SATA point
Yes, does have AHCI on
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It's fine then, that board only has the southbridge controlling the SATA ports and nothing else.

It uses the old SB710 southbridge, and this can only do SATA II speeds, so your friend's SSD is already performing the best it can. It's the SB800/SB900 series that your friend wants for SATA III speeds.
 
cool, ta guys.

I also have a SATA 2 board. Is it worth getting a new board for extra speed, i take it I cant use my i5 then though as socket will be different? (i5 760)
 
Orcvader said:
Data already compressed :p.
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:p
I was wondering about alignment and driver info but it does read like that now I look at it.



Guest2, id tell him its fine and that he isnt loosing out on the main aspects of SSD performance, the low access time and fastre random reads. For yourself its up to you. You would have to upgrade platform to get the full benefits of a well implimented sata 3 which means a socket change, yes. An i5 ivy/sandy will have additional perfomance but I personally wouldnt if its for the SSD reason alone.
 
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Guest2 said:
cool, ta guys.

I also have a SATA 2 board. Is it worth getting a new board for extra speed, i take it I cant use my i5 then though as socket will be different? (i5 760)
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Is that not 1155 socket? not intel so don't know older models.

I upgraded from the board your friend had to the 1 I have now and its a million times better.

it is faster not too noticable though
 
passey89 said:
Is that not 1155 socket? not intel so don't know older models.

I upgraded from the board your friend had to the 1 I have now and its a million times better.

it is faster not too noticable though
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yeh, its 1156 socket on the i5 760

How is it a million times better but not too noticable? Is there any other reason its better (such as stability)
 
Guest2 said:
yeh, its 1156 socket on the i5 760

How is it a million times better but not too noticable? Is there any other reason its better (such as stability)
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lol i edited the post and forgot to delete the end of that line.

there is about 5 seconds faster boot than what i used to get.

I believe its only a speed thing I'm not sure on reliability.

According to Seagate "Cache-efficient desktop applications such as gaming, graphics design and digital video editing can experience immediate incremental performance using a SATA 6Gb/s interface"
 
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