Vertex 3 - Slow write

Snooble · 6 May 2011 at 15:34

Hi, Just got my Vertex 3 through. Here are the speeds:

I should be getting 500mb write too.

It's plugged into the 6gb intel port on my P67 Pro B3.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Sam

ewarwoowar · 6 May 2011 at 15:46

Use ATTO

Then post your results

Snooble · 6 May 2011 at 15:49

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Are they accurate? Thanks for the suggestion

Ryan-3 · 6 May 2011 at 16:15

They seem a lot more like it

Since i've got my Agility 3 pre-ordered, i've deciding to do one of these on my caviar black drive, and the results are quite abit different, but a lot better than expected:

I like how theres not once where the old drive is faster, and is well off the pace consistently

Gazanimal · 6 May 2011 at 16:33

Those reading are fine Snooble.

Very nice indeed.

ewarwoowar · 6 May 2011 at 16:35

Yep perfectly fine.

This is quite often tbh. People thinking they're SSDs are borked becuase they run crystaldisk.

ATTO is the ultimate SSD test

Philtor · 6 May 2011 at 18:55

ATTO is more suitable for the Vertex 2/3 SSD's because it uses compressible data and this is how the Sandforce controller chip works (compresses data). AS Benchmark and Crystal disk use incompressible data and so you don't get an accurate benchmark. It could be argued that the controller chip should not compress data to achieve these speeds but it does a damn fine job so who cares?

Tute · 6 May 2011 at 23:56

Surely the best benchmark would give you a value for both compressible and incompressible data?

Having said that, the V3 is still a storming drive even when working with incompressible data. The Intel Elmcrest is about the only drive that can even begin to keep up with it (although I believe the M4 is a decent drive too).

Philtor · 7 May 2011 at 01:05

Tute said:
Surely the best benchmark would give you a value for both compressible and incompressible data?

Agreed. OCZ/Sandforce have their own methods however