Disappointing Samsung SSD Performance. Help.

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You are running SATA 3g connections on that motherboard. It has a theoretical throughput under perfect conditions, which you'll never see, of 300 MB/s.

Looking at the numbers you're hitting, you're right where you should be. Your SSD can't go faster than the interface by which you're accessing it.
 

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Hes right but i would still download the fix see if it improves the speed
 

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Don't ignore it can still help, it is the same model as your ssd
 

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Don't ignore it can still help, it is the same model as your ssd
 

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Those speeds are still 2.5 xthe speed of a good 7200rpm hard drive - what's disappointing you exactly ??
General performance or just the benchmark results??
If you're happy with the general speed of he system then its nonsensical to worry about benchmarks - its akin to the people moaning they cant hit 100fps+ on a 60htz screen IMO.
Just uninstall the benching software & forget about it.
 

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It was the fact that the OP felt as if something was wrong with the drive itself. But since the drive is being limited by SATA II 3GB/s, the OP now knows why the drive is underperforming.

If my drive was performing that bad on SATA III 6GB/s, damn right i would be worried and would send my drive in to be replaced.
 

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Thank you everyone for the answers. I downloaded Samsung Magician and it helped a little...but it was limited to SATA II unfortunately. I'm very disappointed and should have researched before I bought the SSD drive.
 
Still worth having mate IMO - the only thing you did wrong was spending the extra on a high end evo model when a cheaper model would have done as well.
The seek & random access times make as much difference as the read/write speed & they're massively increased from a platter drive even on sata 2.
 
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Don't be disappointed in the drive choice. If you play your cards right, you can upgrade your entire system to an intel g3258, new mobo and 16GB of ram all for ~$200 if you wait for the deals. Now could be the best time ever to buy purely on a price : performance ratio basis.

There's one thing else you can try while you save up the $200. Enable "RapidMode" in Samsung magician, if you trust your ram is solid and have 6GB+ already installed. It will act like a pseudo ram drive and give you a decent bump in performance. Just don't suddenly cut power to the pc. Or else.
 

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It was actually the cheaper Samsung model. I chose Samsung because I heard it was the most reliable drive. I do alot of office work and my files are crucial to my job.
 

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I saw this Rapid Mode on the Magician software. Can you please explain to me why suddenly cutting the power off will affect something? I want to use Rapide Mode but there are Warning signs everywhere and it gets me kind of nervous to enable it.