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Finally got round to installing my shiny new 120gb Intel 520 SSD.
After installing Win7x64, I did all the usual stuff - removed System Restore, hiberfil.sys and pagefile - plus a few other tweaks. Ran ATTO, and was surprised with the outcome below.
Here's the expected result (from Andrew Moore's excellent ** SSD MEGA TEST **) :
But this is what I get :
My system is :
i5-2500K @ stock
GA-Z68X-UD3H
8gb Corsair Vengeance Blue @ 1600/C9
And before you ask, YES I am using the Intel 6gbps SATA port (NOT the Marvell).
The only difference I can think of is that my drive has the OS (13gb, 11% usage) against the empty drives in the Mega Test. But surely performance doesn't drop by 40% (520mbps vs 310mbps) on a 11% full drive??
I also ran TRIM (via Intel SSDToolbox), but results were very similar before/after TRIM.
Any ideas? I don't want to RMA my new toy just yet (it IS significantly faster than my previous OS drive, a WD Green!), but can't think what I'm doing wrong to get such (relatively) poor results.
After installing Win7x64, I did all the usual stuff - removed System Restore, hiberfil.sys and pagefile - plus a few other tweaks. Ran ATTO, and was surprised with the outcome below.
Here's the expected result (from Andrew Moore's excellent ** SSD MEGA TEST **) :
But this is what I get :
My system is :
i5-2500K @ stock
GA-Z68X-UD3H
8gb Corsair Vengeance Blue @ 1600/C9
And before you ask, YES I am using the Intel 6gbps SATA port (NOT the Marvell).
The only difference I can think of is that my drive has the OS (13gb, 11% usage) against the empty drives in the Mega Test. But surely performance doesn't drop by 40% (520mbps vs 310mbps) on a 11% full drive??
I also ran TRIM (via Intel SSDToolbox), but results were very similar before/after TRIM.
Any ideas? I don't want to RMA my new toy just yet (it IS significantly faster than my previous OS drive, a WD Green!), but can't think what I'm doing wrong to get such (relatively) poor results.