I have never heard of anything like this.Is it possible for an SSD to be incompatible with windows 10 for example, but work well when windows 8 is installed on it?
Darkbreeze, a splendid guide and tutorial, I hope it will help many people, but unfortunately I have already done all of this.No. It is NOT possible.
What IS possible is that the EFI partition or boot manager are not getting replaced. I suggest that you READ and FOLLOW the guide found here, EXACTLY as outlined.
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Maxx, I am very grateful for your interest, I will do all the tests, and post them immediately!The "performance profile" of a SSD largely depends on its hardware. So let me take a look at this one. Goldenfir SATA SSD from AliExpress?
Based on forum pictures it looks like the typical "Chinese" layout: OEM SM2258 w/DRAM and Samsung 64L (second tier) flash. You can find this in many drives: L5 Lite 3D, TC Sunbox X3, KingDian S280 (new), even better-known drives like the SU800 can use the SM2258 + Samsung TLC. However I'm not convinced this is the exact hardware - you can find out by checking the firmware revision in CrystalDiskInfo, then using a utility like VLO's to check the flash.
In any case, it may also have a small, static SLC. What capacity is this drive? At very low capacities (e.g. 120/128GB) you might have very little cache and relatively slow base speeds, but this is not something you can easily check; if you have another SSD from which to write a large file you can check this however. Also, what are your CrystalDiskMark results like in this fuller state? What about the CDI SMART values for health/blocks? I have many questions.
View: https://imgur.com/a/3wCJatpThe "performance profile" of a SSD largely depends on its hardware. So let me take a look at this one. Goldenfir SATA SSD from AliExpress?
Based on forum pictures it looks like the typical "Chinese" layout: OEM SM2258 w/DRAM and Samsung 64L (second tier) flash. You can find this in many drives: L5 Lite 3D, TC Sunbox X3, KingDian S280 (new), even better-known drives like the SU800 can use the SM2258 + Samsung TLC. However I'm not convinced this is the exact hardware - you can find out by checking the firmware revision in CrystalDiskInfo, then using a utility like VLO's to check the flash.
In any case, it may also have a small, static SLC. What capacity is this drive? At very low capacities (e.g. 120/128GB) you might have very little cache and relatively slow base speeds, but this is not something you can easily check; if you have another SSD from which to write a large file you can check this however. Also, what are your CrystalDiskMark results like in this fuller state? What about the CDI SMART values for health/blocks? I have many questions.
My issue was that every time I would install windows 10 on the SSD, I would be able to go to like 30-40% of it's capacity before it would start breaking down.The firmware is R0822A0 which relates to the SM2258XT (DRAM-less) most likely. The poor LQD 4K read result would support this. However, your drive is listed as 96% full, which with a SSD is going to bring terrible performance in general.
Oh, perhaps I forgot to mention that I did the same test now that the OS is not on the SSD, the one from HDDscan (READ), it ended wonderfully, with all blocks read under 5MS, even at it's fullest state.HDDs and SSDs are different so you can't really use the same tools in the same way. Especially true with TLC drives because they have a limited amount of SLC caching, so a performance drop is expected. That being said: the SMART values listed in HD Tune differ from your CDI screenshot. So something is clearly wrong there.