SSD read and write speed question\help

[ED209]

Hello All,

I have this SSD

Samsung Evo SSD 840 250GB

link - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-168-SA

and this motherboard

Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard

link to specs - http://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/P6X58DE/specifications/

below is my issue.

I have had the drive for 5 months now and I have had no issues at all with it, drive is great but the read and write speeds are quite poor.

I have been looking in to the issue and found its down the Marvel controller for the sata 3 ports used on the board and read that these are quite poor as the use a 1x lane so cannot reach the true speeds for the SSD.

when I use the intel (sata 2) connections my read and write speeds are read - 285mb and write speed is 250mb

even though the Marvel controller (sata 3) are not very good I do see a improved read speed and get the following speeds read 410mb and write remains the same 250mb

to test the speeds I used the Samsung software provided with the drive and the firmware is all up to date. (Rapid Mode not enabled)

if I wanted to get the full read and write speeds what would my options be? all the X58 boards use the same controller (again from what I have read) so speeds would be the same if I changed the board for any other.

I have looked at the PCI E option but cannot find a card that can handle the full read and write speeds. ACHI is enabled, drive connected to SATA 3 port and OS optimised for the SSD, done through the software.

any help or advise would be great.

thanks a lot

 

[wazza300]

you'd need a mb with intel sata 3 ports,that would be z68 onwards

sata 2 and marvell sata3 are fine on that board tbh,i doubt you'd notice any different with true rated sata 3 speeds

enabling Samsung rapid mode might help

 

[ED209]

I did look in to enabling this but I read a lot that the speeds where not true speeds of the drive and where false speeds.

the issue is that my CPU (I7 950) its a socket LGA1366 and don't think any Intel sata 3 come with that socket on. ill have a look about and see if any do, quick google didn't come back with any

 

[wazza300]

no they wont arrive till p67 onwards,

x58 always had the slower performing marvell sata ports,rapid mode might benefit you on those ports though and sata2