Does this benchmark look right?

Cheetah Designs · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:23

Do the results look right given my drive?

Thanks.

Cheetah Designs · 12 Jan 2011 at 00:48

Bumpty.

Cheetah Designs · 12 Jan 2011 at 11:54

Andrew Moore said:
That looks spot on. Intel X25M 80GB correct?

Yeah second generation if that makes a difference?

(or at least i think its 2nd gen)

Cheetah Designs · 12 Jan 2011 at 12:27

Ah fair enough! Is there any program that I can use to tell me what the current firmware of the drive is so I can check if it needs an update.

Cheetah Designs · 12 Jan 2011 at 13:38

Ran that tool and got this:

Cheetah Designs · 12 Jan 2011 at 15:00

Controller?...what do you mean?

The access times a 4K look worrying to me.

Cheetah Designs · 12 Jan 2011 at 15:24

Its Intel HM55 chipset in Samsung Q430 laptop.

Cheetah Designs · 13 Jan 2011 at 16:13

In order to get optimum performance I should upgrade the firmware and do a secure erase through the intel software? (is there any bootable version of this?)

Is that correct?