This morning when I turned on my pc the Samsung SSD Magician popped up a notification that a new version of the Samsung ssd utility was available. I downloaded and installed the new version. The new utility also included an upgraded "Rapid Mode". Unlike the old version, the new version can use more than 1GB of system memory as a cache similar to a ramdisk.
The new "rapid mode" is able to use up to 4GB of the system memory providing there is sufficient memory for the operating system. If you have a motherboard populated with 32GB of DDR3 memory and Microsoft Windows installed, then the new version uses 4GB as a cache.
I just disabled my ramdisk and enabled Samsung's rapid mode. The utility recommended using more that 4GB as a cache but there was no way for me to manually change settings because the cache is currently limited to 4GB.
I have a Samsung 840 EVO 256GB SATA 3 6Gb/s ssd. I ran Samsung's SSD Magician performance benchmarks. Here are the results:
Sequential Read: 6,214 MB/s.
Sequential Write: 4,593 MB/s
Random Read: 214,430 IOPS
Random Write: 108,935 IOPS
Please remember that these are synthetic benchmarks. The problem with synthetic benchmarks is that the settings can be easily manipulated. It is not unusual for companies to manipulate the settings to present their ssd's in the most favorable light. The synthetic benchmarks do not accurately represent real world performance.
The new "rapid mode" is able to use up to 4GB of the system memory providing there is sufficient memory for the operating system. If you have a motherboard populated with 32GB of DDR3 memory and Microsoft Windows installed, then the new version uses 4GB as a cache.
I just disabled my ramdisk and enabled Samsung's rapid mode. The utility recommended using more that 4GB as a cache but there was no way for me to manually change settings because the cache is currently limited to 4GB.
I have a Samsung 840 EVO 256GB SATA 3 6Gb/s ssd. I ran Samsung's SSD Magician performance benchmarks. Here are the results:
Sequential Read: 6,214 MB/s.
Sequential Write: 4,593 MB/s
Random Read: 214,430 IOPS
Random Write: 108,935 IOPS
Please remember that these are synthetic benchmarks. The problem with synthetic benchmarks is that the settings can be easily manipulated. It is not unusual for companies to manipulate the settings to present their ssd's in the most favorable light. The synthetic benchmarks do not accurately represent real world performance.