SSD speed does not match

[StanicEnemy]

ive bought hi level ultra speed ssd 120gb and WD ezex 2017 edition 7200 rpm 64mb cache

on ssd it says 550mb read and write

SSD

WD

Seagate

 

[Palewing]

Make sure it is 4K aligned. https://www.howtogeek.com/270358/how-to-speed-up-your-solid-state-drive-by-re-aligning-its-partitions/

 

[4745454b]

The read is actually ok. I'm sure if you look again it says "up to 550MB" and you never hit that. 500MB or higher is what you can expect. The write is whats way off. What we need is a lot more detail. Motherboard? SATA port the SSD is using? SSD model?

 

[StanicEnemy]

The read is actually ok. I'm sure if you look again it says "up to 550MB" and you never hit that. 500MB or higher is what you can expect. The write is whats way off. What we need is a lot more detail. Motherboard? SATA port the SSD is using? SSD model?

SSD model " hi level ultra speed 120gb" sata port ssd using is sata 3
CPU:Intel i5 4440 3.1ghz 1150
GPU:Zotac Nvidia GTX 650 2GB 128bit
PSU:420watt
Mobo:Asus H81M-C
Ram:8GB (4gb Corsair 4gb kingston)

 

[4745454b]

"hi level ultra speed 120gb" doesn't tell me anything. Crucial MX300 tells me something. Samsung 840evo tells me something. "ultra speed" doesn't tell me the model number or manufacturer. The yellow ports are the SATA III ports so make sure you are using those. (I think you already are as you get 500MB read.) Finally, if you figure out what drive you have you can look for a firmware update. Might help.

 

[Palewing]

I thought it was just a generic description as well, but then I googled it: http://www.hepsiburada.com/hi-level-ultra-120gb-550mb-530mb-s-2-5-sata3-ssd-hlv-ssd30ult-120g-aparat-pm-bd802274

 

[StanicEnemy]

I thought it was just a generic description as well, but then I googled it: http://www.hepsiburada.com/hi-level-ultra-120gb-550mb-530mb-s-2-5-sata3-ssd-hlv-ssd30ult-120g-aparat-pm-bd802274

yeah thats it i think its only available in turkey.

Do you think this ssd is good enough for me? it takes less than 10 sec to boot up pc or reset.

 

[Palewing]

If you don't experience any issues, you don't do a lot of activity that involves writing, and if it actually doesn't fail early because it's cheaply made, then I'm sure it's good enough.

 

[4745454b]

The problem is that site says it's supposed to do 500MB+ read and write. And the write is way off. I couldn't find a review or info on that drive so I suspect it might have something wrong with it. I'd try to return it and see if the replacement does the same.

 

[Palewing]

Well, others have feedback on the drive: https://translate.google.no/translate?hl=en&sl=tr&u=https://forum.donanimhaber.com/hi-level-ultra-series-120-gb-sata-3-incelemesi--100070058&prev=search

Someone has ~250 read/write, while someone else has similar results to the OP, which is to say ~500 read, ~150 write. So the claimed max speed might just be a lie.

 

[StanicEnemy]

ive replaced the ssd it was having bad sectors but now even with new ssd i get the same write speed but more read speed,so i think its based on my pc or ssd?

 

[RetiredChief]

Generally poor performance is hardware based, ie MB config and set-up of SSD
MB Config Should be Sata III controller and set to AHCI
For SSD set up see:
https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmanager/how-to-get-best-performance-from-ssd.html
and https://www.auslogics.com/en/articles/ssd-tweaks-to-increase-ssd-performance/

General Info:
Seq Performance: Not as Important as 4 K. Boot time is primarily a function of the 4K random reads (majority of files on OS drive are under 32K). Seq read/writes become important when working with LARGE files such as Video. Most SSDs preform about the same for Seq (That is you will not see much diff between Good and Excellent SSDs OUTSIDE of bench marks). Random read/writes can me much better in the Better SSDs and depends on the type of Cells used (Single layer (Best, but EXPENSIVE), MLC, TLC)
Myself: I look for 500+ for Seq read/writes and >30 for 4K Random reads.
Have 4 laptops and 3 Desktops, all with OS SSDs (My Main Desktop has 3 SSDs, all dif sizes and brands and There is NOT a nickels worth of difference in performance. Also have 5 SSDs as Spare/backups. My SSDs date all the way back to Intel's Whopping 80 Gig (And cost more than my 500 gig SSDs.