Intel SSD 520 Series 180GB SATA 3 speed or not?

[Patchmeup]

I have an Intel 520 Series 180GB SSD.

Results in ATTO:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9tlU5kKoLAQU0Q0TjlPdnBrUmM/view?usp=sharing

Results in HDTune:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9tlU5kKoLAQZDEtYjFDZXNBVnc/view?usp=sharing

Results in CrystalDiskMark:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9tlU5kKoLAQMVR5Uko3bmM0UUE/view?usp=sharing

My hardware specs:
Mobo: Asrock H61M U3S3 (with only 2 SATA 3 ports on-board)
OS: Windows 7 64bit

What I've done:

-SSD into SATA 3 ports (SATA3_1)
-Installed ASMedia SATA 3 Drivers from Asrock for the SATA 3 ports
-Swapped SATA cables

What I've attempted but has failed:
-SSD into the other SATA 3 port (SATA3_0) because my HDD is plugged into that with the OS. Whenever I swap their SATA ports, my PC never boots which I can never understand for the life of me.

Am I getting the right speeds?
If not, what am I doing wrong. Or what else can I do to improve it?

Thanks!

 

[skitszo]

your system wants to boot from the first sata port.. either 0 or 1 depends if there is a 0 port or not. you need to get into your BIO's to reconfigure.

that might be your issue.

 

[Patchmeup]

your system wants to boot from the first sata port.. either 0 or 1 depends if there is a 0 port or not. you need to get into your BIO's to reconfigure.

that might be your issue.

alright. that's probably it. how about the SSD speeds I'm getting, are they right?

 

[skitszo]

read write speeds are google rdy.

 

[Dereck47]

Your Read/Write speeds are normal.

Your SSD need to be connected to a native SATA 3 (6Gb/s) port in order to get the advertised 550/500 MB/s Read/Write speeds.

Native SATA ports on a motherboard with an Intel CPU are Intel SATA 3 ports.
Native SATA ports on a motherboard with an AMD CPU are AMD SATA 3 ports.

Your motherboard does not have an Intel SATA 3 ports, it only has Intel SATA 2 ports. It uses 3rd party ASMedia for the SATA 3 ports.

Your ATTO benchmark results indicate that you are getting 73.3% of advertised Reads and 74.2% of advertised Writes.

Swap SATA ports and you may get slightly better results. Double-check your BIOS settings and make sure that your SSD is your 1st boot device.

You can connect your HDD to one of the SATA 2 ports, you will get the exact same Read/Write performance with it connected to a SATA 2 port.

 

[Patchmeup]

Your Read/Write speeds are normal.

Your SSD need to be connected to a native SATA 3 (6Gb/s) port in order to get the advertised 550/500 MB/s Read/Write speeds.

Native SATA ports on a motherboard with an Intel CPU are Intel SATA 3 ports.
Native SATA ports on a motherboard with an AMD CPU are AMD SATA 3 ports.

Your motherboard does not have an Intel SATA 3 ports, it only has Intel SATA 2 ports. It uses 3rd party ASMedia for the SATA 3 ports.

Your ATTO benchmark results indicate that you are getting 73.3% of advertised Reads and 74.2% of advertised Writes.

Swap SATA ports and you may get slightly better results. Double-check your BIOS settings and make sure that your SSD is your 1st boot device.

You can connect your HDD to one of the SATA 2 ports, you will get the exact same Read/Write performance with it connected to a SATA 2 port.

actually i've swapped them. and it is the 1st boot device. it's working now as the OS drive.

but only now did i know about the SATA port being...3rd party 🙁 sigh...