samsung evo 850 super slow ?!

[Ejay__]

hi, I am new to the ssd scene, just decided to give in and get an "overhyped" samsung evo 850 250gb ssd. I am not a gamer, but need a good fast drive. I feel like I bought a lambo but getting a toyota prius speeds...thanks in advance!

quad core intel 2.4ghz
4gb ram
win7 pro 64bits fresh install

results as followed: http://imgur.com/a/gR37L

 

[jpe1701]

Yeah that is very slow. You need to enable AHCI mode in your bios I think.

 

[The Paladin]

yes your AHCI is not enabled in bios under sata devices.

 

[J_E_D_70]

Google how to make the switch - have to change windiws settings before switching it in bios.

 

[mcnumpty23]

also are you sure thats connected to a sata 3 port?

that looks like a sata 2 port result to me

 

[Ejay__]

Google how to make the switch - have to change windiws settings before switching it in bios.

how to make the switch? can you plz be more specific, sounds a little ambiguous, thanks!

 

[Ejay__]

Thank you all for your input, let me try enabling that via cmos, and will let you know what's up afterwards.

 

[Ejay__]

When I enabled AHCI mode from bios, windows keeps restarting before login screen...any ideas? thanks!

 

[mcnumpty23]

you cant just change it to ahci in bios you need to edit the registry in windows as well or some other work around method

 

[mcnumpty23]

example here for windows 7/8

http://winaero.com/blog/switch-from-ide-to-achi-after-installing-windows-7-or-windows-8/

 

[mcnumpty23]

but i still think you are on a sata 2 port any way

what motherboard you got

 

[Ejay__]

but i still think you are on a sata 2 port any way

what motherboard you got

gigabyte p965-ds3

Fixed the ahci issue, thank you. But speed almost the same, picked up by 20mbytes or so.

 

[mcnumpty23]

yep that board only has sata 2 ports

ie--3Gbs so what you are getting now is as fast as you can with that board

 

[Ejay__]

yep that board only has sata 2 ports

ie--3Gbs so what you are getting now is as fast as you can with that board

awesome, thank you for clarifying that. So does that make the ssd worthless as a purchase? should i simply purchase a fast 2tb hdd for the price of an ssd? Does a Sata 3 card worth the upgrade?

 

[mcnumpty23]

it will still be way faster than a mechanical drive

in read/write and access times

so no not a worthless purchase

never tried a sata 3 card so dont know about how well that would work

and the evo is future proof any way should you ever upgrade motherboard to a sata 6Gbs one

 

[Ejay__]

it will still be way faster than a mechanical drive

in read/write and access times

so no not a worthless purchase

never tried a sata 3 card so dont know about how well that would work

and the evo is future proof any way should you ever upgrade motherboard to a sata 6Gbs one

I enabled rapid mode, and test results show double the speed, is that normal???

 

[mcnumpty23]

usually its way faster than double

but yes rapid mode uses your ram as a cache of sorts so in a benchmark it will show faster

probably got some real life use benefit to having it enabled

 

[J_E_D_70]

If you use rapid mode it's a good idea to have an UPS to reduce the chance of a power loss. If not, it's possible to lose data that was in RAM but not written to the drive or have corruption. Not required, but recommended.