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SSD works slow under Windows 8
I have a problem similar to the one described in the question:
Windows is very slow with my new SSD
I believe what I need is to install the proper driver for either the SSD or the motherboard, but I ...
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ExpressCache vs. Intel's Rapid Storage and Smart Response Technologies
What is the difference between Samsung's ExpressCache Technology and Intel's Rapid Storage Technology? From the very little I understand about computer hardware, it seems that they both use a small ...
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Is it necessary to tweak config for a new SSD?
I've read some years-old posts that say you should tweak some options in Windows to get the best performance. But then I read that this is no longer necessary with today's SSDs.
I installed a new ...
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With SSD drives, should I still use separate drives for OS, swap file, and audio/video files in a DAW?
For the best performance on a digital audio workstation (DAW), I had formerly understood that separate drives for the OS, virtual memory (swap) file, and project media files (audio, video, sample ...
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Is Windows 7 on a SSD slower if I use Windows integrated mirroring?
Yesterday I configured Windows software mirroring for my SSD and one of my HDD, because I don't want to loose any data from the SSD. Now Windows seems to be much slower. Is mirroring in Windows 7 so ...
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Low SSD performance
I have created 2 new volumes on the SSD (Samsung 840 Pro 256GB) from the previous OS installation before re-installing Windows 8 Pro 64 bit on it.
After installation of: Windows, all the latest ...
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Rapid SSD degradation
I have a Kingston mSATA SSD (Kingston SSDNow mS100 64GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive SMS100S2/64G) I bought about 6 months ago. When I tested it with AS SSD Benchmark right after the first ...
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What is the bottleneck for the my browser?
I have a laptop with
Intel i7 2720QM
Samsung SSD PM810 128GB SATA II (link to benchmark)
8GB DDR3 PC-10700 Memory CAS# Latency 6/7/8/9
My internet speed is 19 ms (Ping) 20 Mbps (Down) 4.5 Mbps (Up)
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UX32VD SSD: use it as ExpressCache or boot Windows 8 from it? [closed]
I recently bought an ASUS Zenbook Prime UX32VD bundled with a 500GB Hitachi HDD and a SanDisk 24GB SSD. Windows 8 comes preinstalled in the HDD drive.
The factory settings use the SSD as a cache ...
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Optimum SSD size for Intel SRT?
According to Intel, the utilizable cache size on the SSD for SRT is between 18.6 GB and 64 GB.
If I buy a "64 GB" SSD I only get 60 GB of usable space, thus underutilizing the SRT technology a bit ...
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Why are Windows 7&8 so much slower than Linux Mint on the same SSD? [closed]
I have an MSI Windpad, which has good hardware but terrible performance issues with Windows 7 & 8 (upgraded to 8 to see if performance got any better - nope!). I'm sure the problem must be with ...
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Why are SSDs so fast compared to raw NAND?
I used to work a bit with mobile devices containing raw NAND flash and noticed that it was pretty slow, with speeds somewhere around 7 MiB/s for sequential read and 3.5 MiB/s for sequential write. ...
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SSD vs HDD for file upload and reconstruct chunk file
Using HTML5, I will have an uploaded files roughly 2 - 10GB per client, uploaded to a server. The script will chunk each file into 100MB pieces, and reconstruct the file after everything uploaded into ...
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SSD performance
I recently upgraded to a Kingston Hyper-X 120GB SSD, when I run Crystaldiskmark my scores look really slow, my MB (gigabyte 775) does not have an option for ACHI in the BIOS,
I'm wondering if that's ...
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Is the read speed of a SSD equal to or greater than the write speed? [closed]
Looking at the benchmarks of two SSDs on today's market, one by Samsung and one by OCZ, I noticed something interesting between them. Samsung had faster reads than writes. While the Vector had roughly ...
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Compare HDD and SSD performance
I have just ordered my first SSD, and I want to run some tests on my current HDD now, and then run the same tests again once I get my SSD up and running in a couple of days, so I can see in detail how ...
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Booting Windows 7 on an SSD while MTP device is connected takes over 30 seconds — without: 8 seconds
I recently acquired an SSD and I came across a very strange problem.
If I boot Windows 7 without my MTP device connected (Samsung Galaxy S2) it will boot always in maximum 8 seconds.
If I boot ...
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Windows is very slow with my new SSD
I have a laptop HP probook 4520s with
Core i5 M480 @ 2.67Ghz,
4Gb RAM,
640 GB HDD
Radeon HD 6370m 1GB video card.
It would seem like a good stack for work, right? But My HDD has ...
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Terrible write speeds with Z77 Intel 510 RAID 0
I just bought an Asus P8Z77-V Pro board today, connected my old Intel 510's in RAID 0 mode on the Intel controller and installed Windows 7. I'm gettings read speeds of around 900mb/s, but the writes ...
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Samsung 830 256GB ridiculously slow with SATA1
I'm well aware that my 6 years old laptop with it's SATA1 bus can't fully benefit the new Samsung 830 256GB SSD.
It's OK if it's the bus that caps the transfer speeds. SATA1 is fast enough for me. I ...
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SSD Copy gets slower and slower with large files
I have a OCZ SSD drive, and I was duplicating a 16GB VM on the drive and noticed when I started the copy it was working at approximately 180MB/s, by then end of the copy this had dropped to ...
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Is my SSD performing poorly?
Recently I've noticed that my SSD, which is a Crucial model CT128V4SSD2, is performing really really poorly. I took a benchmark test and here's the result:
In addition, I noticed from the Task ...
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Which us best for Linux performance: install operating system on SSD and use HDD for media, or other way around?
I've a machine with two HDD's and a 40 GB SSD that I wish to install Ubuntu Studio on. Which setup makes more sense?
OS installed on SSD. Media on HDD.
Media on SSD. OS on HDD.
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Is there anything i need to do with the SSD to optimize?
Here at work we have a old image (2010) of Windows 7 that we install on all our clients. This is far fetch, but the new computers that are comming in have SSD and we are experiencing some instability ...
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can hybrid drives be used as two separate drives?
Can a hybrid drive be used as two separate drives? For example, is it possible to install the OS in the SSD portion and use the HDD for large media files? Will the SSD's performance be negatively ...
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Does Having Computer Running Idle Impact Solid-State Drive's Life Expectancy?
As long as computer is operating, OS constantly performs small writes to storage medium. This is what I have not paid attention to earlier until I saw total writes in CrystalDiskInfo, Intel Toolbox ...
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How does a diffrent 4KB Random Read/Write speed affect the performance of a SSD when I am comparing similar drives?
If the former drive has 22k IOPS VS below 85k IOPS, how does this matter and what does this mean?
For example, drive 1 and drive 2
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How to encrypt dual boot windows 7 and xp (bitlocker, truecrypt combo?) on sdd (recommended?)
I would like to setup a dual boot Windows 7 and Windows XP laptop/notebook computer where each operation system's partition is fully encrypted. I would like to do this on a SSD - a 128Gb Crucial M4.
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Should I be worried about my SSD deteriorating from file transfers?
I'm a GIS analyst so I deal with huge imagery datasets daily (80GB+). Processing from our server is extremely slow so I copy files to my local drive before processing. I have both an SSD and an HDD ...
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Why upgrade to solid state hard drive on desktop computer
Why upgrade to a solid state hard drive on desktop computer if non-solid state hard drive speed = 6GB/s and solid state hard drive speed = 6GB/s
Will I just be paying more to get less space? they ...
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Searchable disk benchmarks
I'm trying to find a web site that has a searchable database of hard drive, SSD, and flash drive benchmarks. Ideally I could search by model number and get the following information:
Seq read max, ...
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Improving laptop performance, including 32- vs. 64-bit
I have a slightly older laptop (Dell Inspiron 1720) into which I am about to install an SSD. I'm wondering now what other options I have to improve the performance of this computer (since I can't buy ...
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Why does Xubuntu's 'hdparm' command not return a faster result for my SSD (Crucial m4)?
Here is my output:
sda is an m4 Crucial SSD
sdb is a 7200rpm hard disk
Should I not be expecting fast performance from the SSD?
Is is using TRIM and noatime. Both drives are formatted as ext4.
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How come my Intel 520 180GB SSD performs extremely poorly?
I recently installed a new Intel 520 series 180GB SSD in my brand new MacBook Pro.
The system is as follows:
Model: MacBook Pro 15-inch, Late 2011 (MacBookPro8,2)
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7
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Add more drive capacity to MacBook Pro an optimize for performance
I have a MacBook Pro (MacBookPro6,1) that came with a 500GB Seagate 7200rpm disk (ST9500420ASG)
Having already maxed out the RAM to 8GB now I want to:
optimize drives for performance
add more ...
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Does Intel Smart Response Technology benefits from a main SSD hard disk?
I've been trying to understand what Intel's SRT does. As far as I know, it uses an SSD to create some sort of RAID with the main hard disk (which may be a mechanical drive) and uses it to cache ...
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How long does it take for TRIM to kick in?
I have recently (half an hour ago) managed to change my SSD from IDE to AHCI mode. This should also enable TRIM, which in itself can also improve performance, right?
How long should it now take ...
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Troubleshooting slow SSD
I have a Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 120GB SSD (http://www.mushkin.com/Digital-Storage/SSDs/MKNSSDCR120GB.aspx). Its performance is rated as:
Capacity: 120GB
Read Speed: up to 550MB/sec
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ssd running slow
I have a Kingston SSDNOW on sata 2.
Doing a benchmark i get these results:
As can be seen, the sequential write performance is terrible. Below even 100 MB/s.
Also why do the tests labelled 4k show ...
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SSD and Netbook - freezing during I/O
I have a netbook (Dell Inspiron mini 10) that I recently upgraded to an SSD (Plextor PX-256M3). The netbook has 1 GB of RAM (non-upgradable), and just the simple "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE ...
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Restoring the oxide layer of the NAND in a SSD to restore performance
I have a Kingston SSDNow V+ 64GB SSD, and I understand how writing/erasing of the NAND wears out the flash.
This is because writing/erasing the NAND damages the oxide layer surrounding the floating ...
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Speeding up Lightroom
I'm a photographer and work a lot with lightroom. Which is obnoxious on a HDD. Given that I have an iMac, I really don't want to have to take it apart. My current HDD is a Seagate 7200 RPM drive now. ...
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Building a PC, advice on SSD/Hybrid Hard Drives
I am looking at building a new PC, it's mainly for office (graphics heavy) use and programming.
Looking for good performance with opening and closing programs and files as well as a fast boot.
I ...
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Will an SSD speed up an Atom-based netbook?
I have an Asus EEE PC 1000H, which I bought for its light weight and great battery life. However, it is painfully slow. Judging by the constant flickering of the HDD light, disk I/O looks like a ...
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How do I troubleshoot a slow starting application?
While I am very satisfied with the overall performnace, a few application (notably the Offics suite and the Teamspeak 3 Client) lately take about 10 to 15 seconds to start. During this pause, no ...
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Is it worth to buy an external USB SSD drive for my laptop to increase performance?
I'm a programmer, and I use Eclipse for Java development. Recently I've installed an internal (SATA) SSD drive on my home machine, transferred Eclipse installation and project to it and noticed a ...
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My computer is very slow when swapping between applications
Sometimes my computer is very low. Especially when I have 2 or 3 applications opened at the same time. I noticed when I switch from one application to another, the computer need to read on disk and it ...
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ReadyBoost or RSTv10.5 to boost my HDD read time using an SSD? [closed]
I am trying to figure out which of the two following scenarios would perform faster. The system has a 500Gb disk, 8Gb Ddr3 Ram and i7 2600, Win7 x64:
Scenario - ReadyBoost
SSD drive in sata3 with ...
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Is Windows Hibernation Bad for SSD's? [closed]
I recently got an SSD, and I was wondering if should still continue using Windows Hibernation. My fear is that hibernation would cause significant wear-and-tear on the drive.
I have about 8GB of ...
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How do I find out if an SSD is too fast for my laptop's SATA controller? [closed]
I have a Dell Latitude E5500 laptop, and I'd like to upgrade it to an SSD drive (120GB probably). I'm not sure what kind of SATA controller it has, and I'm not sure how to check honestly.
How do I ...
