Hi Guys,
I'm wondering if someone can offer some advice? I believe I may have a defective SSD; but it's the first one I've owned, and I'm wondering if there's any kind of benchmark's I can run to prove it's failure.
I'll explain the problems I'm experiencing, and post the SSD model and the rest of my spec at the end of the thread.
I'm receiving poor performance in Windows, I think when writing to my SSD (which is my primary O/S drive). My computer pretty much grinds to a halt, task manager will take 2 minutes to load, that sort of thing. For example, downloading data from usenet to my SSD will cause the computer to be un-usable, but if I select my mechanical secondary drive as the download destination, it's lightning quick. Last night I was downloading/installing WoW, I chose the SSD and couldn't even get Firefox to load. Reverted back to the mechanical drive, again perfect performance. I should add that general gaming performance is pretty good.
I've installed Windows with AHCI mode enabled. I've checked the alignment, updated all my drivers, and tried different SATA controllers, even cables. I appreciate my drive is SATA-II only, but surely I shouldn't be seeing this amount of problems?
My build:
Crucial V4 256GB 2.5" SATA-II SSD
Windows 7 Home Premium - 64bit
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Running at stock
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel
EVGA GTX570 (SC edition)
Seagate 2.5TB SATA 7200rpm Harddrive
Thanks for your time
I'm wondering if someone can offer some advice? I believe I may have a defective SSD; but it's the first one I've owned, and I'm wondering if there's any kind of benchmark's I can run to prove it's failure.
I'll explain the problems I'm experiencing, and post the SSD model and the rest of my spec at the end of the thread.
I'm receiving poor performance in Windows, I think when writing to my SSD (which is my primary O/S drive). My computer pretty much grinds to a halt, task manager will take 2 minutes to load, that sort of thing. For example, downloading data from usenet to my SSD will cause the computer to be un-usable, but if I select my mechanical secondary drive as the download destination, it's lightning quick. Last night I was downloading/installing WoW, I chose the SSD and couldn't even get Firefox to load. Reverted back to the mechanical drive, again perfect performance. I should add that general gaming performance is pretty good.
I've installed Windows with AHCI mode enabled. I've checked the alignment, updated all my drivers, and tried different SATA controllers, even cables. I appreciate my drive is SATA-II only, but surely I shouldn't be seeing this amount of problems?
My build:
Crucial V4 256GB 2.5" SATA-II SSD
Windows 7 Home Premium - 64bit
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Running at stock
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel
EVGA GTX570 (SC edition)
Seagate 2.5TB SATA 7200rpm Harddrive
Thanks for your time
