Cruicial M4 0009 Firmware Update

Still, it seems quite slow. Just to compare, how full is your drive? Before updating mine had 15gb free space left, and was still reaching read speeds of around 440mb/s. Which port do you have it connected to now?
 
You have 6GB sockets but getting the same speed as me (which I think is due to having 3GB SATA). Got a PCI-E 6GB card coming today so will see if that helps.

The info for your board is below -

Intel® P67(B3) chipset :
4 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), blue
2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), gray
Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10

Marvell® PCIe SATA 6Gb/s controller : *1
1 x eSATA 6Gb/s port(s), red
1 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), navy blue
 
Sorry I meant I only have 3GB ports, but you're getting exactly the same speed as me which is odd, assuming its definitely in the right port on your board.
 
Hmm got the PCI-E 6GB Card which has the Marvell chipset on it and it is slower than the onboard Intel 3GB slot :confused:
 
SATA 2 controller

Still running firmware 002 (yet to upgrade)

but here is my result....



test1.jpg



not bad at all so far!!!
 
ok heres my sata2 test P5q Pro
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 278.100 MB/s
Sequential Write : 113.926 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 256.218 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 112.064 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 28.213 MB/s [ 6888.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 74.124 MB/s [ 18096.7 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 190.557 MB/s [ 46522.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 106.123 MB/s [ 25909.0 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [C: 29.0% (17.2/59.5 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2011/09/07 23:14:13
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
 
BringTheRain said:
I thought the file I was copying was already a disk image?
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it is but basicly the disc hs to be that image not contain that image if that makes sense. You must image the disc with that file not copy it onto it.

The same way unopened flatpack furniture is and isn't the same as when its been put together.
 
I've been wanting to buy an SSD for ages now, but have been put off by the instability because I wanted the Vertex 3. However, looking at this thread, I now want an M4! :D

The only problem for me is that I've got an i7 setup using the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 and that's only got SATA2 which feels a bit of a waste and I can't afford to change the mobo and CPU just yet for a Sandy Bridge setup.

Apart from Duke above, in 6 pages on this thread, nobody seems to have bought SATA3 controller cards. I've seen the Startech one here on OcUK along with two Highpoint ones, (but they're out of stock and expensive). Has anybody got their M4 running on a controller card and is it worth it?

I know that it won't be as fast as a native MB SATA3 port, but would a SATA3 card allow it to run somewhere between SATA2 and 3? According to Gigabyte, my board has x1 x2 and x4 PCI-E slots.

My ideal setup would be to replace the Samsung 1TB drives I've got and have the 128GB M4 as a boot drive and get a WD Caviar Black 2TB SATA3 for storage in the hopes it speeds up the overall storage side of the system compared to keeping my Samsung SATA2 drives.

I'd really appreciate anyone's thoughts on this setup. :)

Thanks!
 
Inaharry said:
I've been wanting to buy an SSD for ages now, but have been put off by the instability because I wanted the Vertex 3. However, looking at this thread, I now want an M4! :D

The only problem for me is that I've got an i7 setup using the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 and that's only got SATA2 which feels a bit of a waste and I can't afford to change the mobo and CPU just yet for a Sandy Bridge setup.

Apart from Duke above, in 6 pages on this thread, nobody seems to have bought SATA3 controller cards. I've seen the Startech one here on OcUK along with two Highpoint ones, (but they're out of stock and expensive). Has anybody got their M4 running on a controller card and is it worth it?

I know that it won't be as fast as a native MB SATA3 port, but would a SATA3 card allow it to run somewhere between SATA2 and 3? According to Gigabyte, my board has x1 x2 and x4 PCI-E slots.

My ideal setup would be to replace the Samsung 1TB drives I've got and have the 128GB M4 as a boot drive and get a WD Caviar Black 2TB SATA3 for storage in the hopes it speeds up the overall storage side of the system compared to keeping my Samsung SATA2 drives.

I'd really appreciate anyone's thoughts on this setup. :)

Thanks!
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I took the card out and went back to the onboard Intel SATA 3GB as it was a little quicker. A little odd for a £35 odd controller card. I guess you need one of the more expensive ones to get the most out of it. I've decided to leave it as it is until I upgrade from this i5 750 to the new chips/board next year.
 
Inaharry said:
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From what I've seen controller card's speeds varies too much. Sometimes it's between SATA 2 and 3, sometimes it's below SATA 2 speeds. The speeds also seems to be inconsistent as well, going up and down during a file transfer. Just stick with the native Intel/AMD ports your board has.
 
I notice a few people having problems with their drives showing as 3Gb/s when they should get 6, I had a similar problem when I was setting mine up.

I had it plugged into an intel port on a MSI P67A-GD53, so I expected to be running at 6Gb/s, but when I got everything sorted my benchmarks were low and the Intel RST tool was telling me I was only running at 3Gb/s :(

Turns out the problem was my SATA cable. I originally used an older SATA cable to connect it to the board and only got 3Gb/s, but when I tried a new cable it worked fine and was detected as 6Gb/s straight away. I know you're not supposed to need new cables for 6Gb/s but perhaps mine were poorly shielded or something :p

This won't help if you're controller is crappy, but it's one more thing to try!

TL;DR: Try another SATA cable if you're having trouble with your drive showing as 3Gb/s when you're sure you should get 6Gb/s
 
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