slow performance - crucial M225 64GB

wesley · 21 Sep 2009 at 17:12

hi

i received the SSD (M255 64GB) few weeks ago

at first the benchmark with atto was like 130mb/180mb (write/read) which i was extremely happy

but now it's at 60mb/130mb (write/read)

i know SSD slow down after a while, i know there is a way to get the performance back but i dont know how

running xp pro with sp3

cheers

tynanrw · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:33

Yeah I thought I had a problem with my drive too. Use a program like wiper and your performance will come back. I'm just waiting for the trim fw to come out to save from running wiper every so often.

tynanrw · 21 Sep 2009 at 19:37

You can get it here, it does work with Crucial hdds and not just OCZ as well

wesley · 21 Sep 2009 at 21:07

but does wiper program wipe everything? reinstall xp? how often you have to use wiper?

tynanrw · 22 Sep 2009 at 08:11

no it shouldnt wipe everything, just brings the drive's performance back. It more or less clears the empty blocks. Have a read at the forum or even in the Crucial hdd thread on this forum.

Guest2 · 22 Sep 2009 at 09:20

Does it work with non SSD drives? SATA, SATA2 and IDE?

bledd · 22 Sep 2009 at 09:41

no, they work differently, no need for it

wesley · 22 Sep 2009 at 17:11

just did the wiper

before wiper :

after wiper :

better than before

i think 130mb/130mb (write/read) is the max limited from my motherboard (Asrock 2core-sata2)

is there any more thing i can tweak to get faster?

thanks

wesley · 22 Sep 2009 at 17:20

interesting result, i just put in silicon 4 port SATA raid controller (i think it's sata1, not sata2)

edit: yep sata1 = http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?pid=28

wiper will not work with this sata controller at all

wesley · 22 Sep 2009 at 18:47

just put SSD in my girlfriend laptop dell studio 15

with windows 7

massive performance boost!! i think it's down to better sata controller hardware in laptop, dont you think?

breadturbo · 22 Sep 2009 at 19:04

you're board doesnt have different ports does it?
I know on a previous mobo i had some of the sata ports were storage, some RAID and some 'primaries'
not sure if they had different throughputs though

Nate Silvers · 22 Sep 2009 at 19:06

Wow, keep it in the laptop!

wesley · 22 Sep 2009 at 19:12

cant keep it in laptop as it's belong to gf

asrock motherboard only has 2 sata ports. RAID enabled makes no difference