Slow SSD Speeds :(

Ryan111

Ryan111

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Just finished my new build and my SSD is a lot slower than its supposed to be!

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Running a Phenom X6 1090T, Gigabyte GA 990FXA UD3 and 8GB DDR3

I would have thought the speeds would be a lot better on this Sata 3 board? Or is it a bad chip?

SSD is a Corsair Force 3 120GB
 
The 3 most important things for getting optimal SSD performance are:

- Using the correct port. Ideally, you want to use an Intel/AMD Sata 6 Gbps port. If you haven't got one, use a Marvell SATA 6 Gbps port. If you haven't got one of those either, use an Intel/AMD SATA 3 Gbps port.
- Using AHCI mode. Make sure whichever SATA controller you're using is set to AHCI in the BIOS. If you've already installed Windows, you'll need to change a registry key before switching from IDE/Compatibility mode to AHCI mode (Google is your friend).
- Having correctly aligned partitions. If you install Windows 7 directly to an empty SSD, it'll do this automatically. If you created and formatted partitions manually then they won't be aligned and you'll need to find a program to fix this for you (there are many but most aren't free).
 
Im not sure what port im using, as far as I am aware, all of the ports are the same...

From Gigabyte website
South Bridge:

6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD
Click to expand...

also,
South Bridge: AMD SB950
Click to expand...

The drive is set to ACHI in Bios and Windows was installed directly to an empty SSD
 
Just found something useful, by changing the data type you get much better performance

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Still not quite up to spec but a lot closer!
 
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