Low SSD Speed (SSD is 3 Months Old)

[ovidiudascalu.timisoara]

Yesterday, I did an Userbenchmark test. Everything but the SSD seemed normal. It said SSD under potential (22nd percentile). The SSD is just 3 months old so it can't from exesive use and wear. I did a second test today to see if it was just Windows using my SSD and the results were mostly the same. I opened my PC to see if the SSD was pluged into an SATA 1 or 2 port, but it was pluged into an SATA 3 port. What can be the problem? Do you know any solutions? BTW, I noticed that write speeds are 100MB/s higher than the read speeds. How can this be possible? Thanks!

 

[gdmaclew]

What is the make and model of the SSD?

 

[ovidiudascalu.timisoara]

Silicon Power Slim S55

 

[SkyNetRising]

Can you run AS SSD benchmark and post results?

 

[ovidiudascalu.timisoara]

Yes. I'll let you know after i do it.

 

[ovidiudascalu.timisoara]

AS SSD Benchmark 2.0.6485.19676
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Name: SPCC Solid State Disk
Firmware: SBFM71.1
Controller: iaStorA
Offset: 607232 K - OK
Size: 111,79 GB
Date: 28.03.2018 15:15:22
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Sequential:
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Read: 439,51 MB/s
Write: 342,23 MB/s
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4K:
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Read: 28,79 MB/s
Write: 39,40 MB/s
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4K-64Threads:
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Read: 166,19 MB/s
Write: 28,95 MB/s
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Access Times:
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Read: 0,234 ms
Write: 0,430 ms
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Score:
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Read: 239
Write: 103
Total: 470
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[SkyNetRising]

Check if trim is enabled on your system.
http://mywindowshub.com/check-enable-disable-ssd-trim-support-windows-7-windows-8-1/

 

[ovidiudascalu.timisoara]

It is already enabled. Should I disable it?

 

[SkyNetRising]

No. It must be enabled.

DisableDeleteNotify = 0

 

[ovidiudascalu.timisoara]

Anything else I can do?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Check if your SSD has latest firmware.
Check it with SP ToolBox software.
https://www.silicon-power.com/web/product-1

 

[gasaraki]

The AS-SSD looks normal for that drive. The SP wasn't a high performing SSD anyway.

 

[ovidiudascalu.timisoara]

After a long journey, trying to download software from SP's page using my internet speed while downloading a torrent i got the conclusion: no firmware update. Now what?

 

[SkyNetRising]

It just isn't the best SSD available.
If performance doesn't satisfy you, then get a new one from Samsung (850 evo, 860 evo), Crucial (mx300, mx500).

 

[ovidiudascalu.timisoara]

Nah, I'm ok. 2 expensive 4 meh.

 

[SoNic67]

"Offset: 607232 K"
The offset is wrong, it needs to be divisible by 4096.
https://lifehacker.com/5837769/make-sure-your-partitions-are-correctly-aligned-for-optimal-solid-state-drive-performance

or

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=en&tl=ro&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2F5837769%2Fmake-sure-your-partitions-are-correctly-aligned-for-optimal-solid-state-drive-performance