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Intel 320 SSD, Kingston V200 SSD, and WD Blue benchmarks..??

GoStumpy

GoStumpy

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Gaming Computer:
Kingston V200 Sata 6gbps 128GB drive:
V200Benchmark.jpg


Netbook:
Intel 320 Sata 3gbps 80GB drive:
IntelSSDBenchmark.jpg


Gaming Computer Storage Drive:
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 7200RPM Sata 6gbps:
WD10EADSBenchmark.jpg



Wondering why the V200 has such slow write speeds? Especially compared to the Intel drive! I'm tempted to switch them after seeing these benchmarks...

Seeing them compared to my old OS drive (the Green WD) makes me realize how slow those drives really are!

Opinions?
 
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Both those SSD scores are very low.

Are they both in AHCI mode, with write-caching enabled and have aligned partitions?

Also, when you run CDM, theres probably no need to run 5 passes. I just do one.
 
It looks like ACHI is enabled since the 4k QD32 read scores are much higher than the single queue 4k, meaning NCQ (enabled by ACHI) is working. The 320 scores looks ok especially in a netbook, I'm assuming it's Atom based. It's those write speeds are for the v200 that are troubling. The good news for Kingston fans is it looks like the v200 now supports NCQ. Could you try re-running it in safe mode, but like what coup27 mentioned, only 1 or 2 repetition. You don't need 5. If I remember correctly with the 1GB test. I *think* a complete run writes 20GB. I'd love to be wrong.
 
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I didn't spot the Intel was in a netbook. Damn them things are slow. Still check write-caching and partition alignment.
 
Write-caching is enabled, AHCI is enabled, not too sure about this aligned partitions thing though?

Thanks for any help!!!
 
A quick way to determin SSD alignment is to do the following:

Open a command prompt (start menu > run > cmd)
type: DISKPART
type: LIST DISK (note disk # of your SSD, should be 0)
type: SELECT DISK 0 (if 0 is your SSD)
type: LIST PARTITION

then either screenshot or type out what it says. To close, type: EXIT [enter] then EXIT again [enter].

I think AS-SSD will also tell you. Maybe Crystal Disk Info as well but not 100% on that one.
 
I've been trying to find more reviews/data/info about the V200

Released this month as the successor of the V+100, which has some aggressive garbage collection(affecting write speeds)... not sure if it still does it (v+100 doesnt have TRIM support, v200 has TRIM, but dunno if the aggressive GC is still enabled)

V+100 review
 
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I bought a V200 128GB from buy.com on cybermonday. I will post benchmarks as soon as
I get it (SB750).


Alex
 
Coup27 said:
A quick way to determin SSD alignment is to do the following:

Open a command prompt (start menu > run > cmd)
type: DISKPART
type: LIST DISK (note disk # of your SSD, should be 0)
type: SELECT DISK 0 (if 0 is your SSD)
type: LIST PARTITION

then either screenshot or type out what it says. To close, type: EXIT [enter] then EXIT again [enter].

I think AS-SSD will also tell you. Maybe Crystal Disk Info as well but not 100% on that one.
Click to expand...

DISKPART> list partition

Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 100 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Primary 119 GB 101 MB
 
Those partitions are aligned and if AHCI mode is on and write-caching is also enabled I don't know really what to suggest. At least Intel have a manual TRIM utility but Kingston don't. I don't really know what to suggest. Have you tried comparing your benchmarks with others with the same drive?
 
May I suggest to use a different SATA cable?
In my main machine, I had a 7K1000.C 1TB read at the full ~140MB/s, but write at barely 10-12 MB/s. A SATA cable swap fixed the issue.
 
I got the same Kingston (the 64GB one to be precise) V200 and I have similar benchmark results (even lower then the 128GB one).
The write speeds are so low, this is terrible.
I have tried different cables, different SATA ports, disconnecting the other 2 HDDs, reinstalling windows 7 several times, different drivers, different BIOS settings... I think by now I have tried EVERYTHING.
The only remaining thing is to try the SSD on another PC completely.
I have the Asus P8Z68-V LX motherboard, i7-2600 CPU, 8GB DDR3 RAM.

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The OS boots pretty fast comparing to my old WD system HDD, apps seems to open faster, but benchmark resulsts are terrible. I still plan to keep this drive, hoping that one warm summer day, this issue will be fixed (if it can be fixed at all).
What relaxes me is that I found someone else having the same/similar problem, so I guess it's not only my SSD.
 
Yep.. Not sure why but it's only benchmarks... in day-to-day computing I would never know... Lucky for me I really don't care about benchmarks 🙂 I'm just using them to find out if I set something up wrong!
 
Those write speeds are VERY troubling. I'm also scratching my head as to why I haven't seen any reviews from the competent sites. Makes me think Kingston and the reviewers know there could be some compatibility problem with writes and are waiting for a firmware update. At least I hope so. Kingston drives can be some of the cheapest and previous ones have been very troublefree.
 
GoStumpy said:
Yep.. Not sure why but it's only benchmarks... in day-to-day computing I would never know... Lucky for me I really don't care about benchmarks 🙂 I'm just using them to find out if I set something up wrong!
Click to expand...

Yes, me too, I completely agree with your post.
Even if the drive is bad I will keep it, and let it die on me one day completely. Or I want to make sure that my PC/configuration is not wrong. Day-to-day usage looks good, although I have noticed that the PC frozes pretty much when doing 2 things in the same time, for example installing an application and starting up a big program, let's say Photoshop. Only then the work is pretty slow.
Anyway, I hope Kingston will fix it soon with a firmware (something I think is causing this, since I am not alone, I have read on few other forums but registered here only... other people had problems with the V200 series).

@razel: when I searched on google for this drives, it was strange and un-explainable to me as why there are no reviews for this drives. All the websites mention them as "soon, from kingston, blah blah" but no specific benchmarking and reviews. Something is going on, and I am dying to find out what 🙂

EDIT: I contacted Kingston but they are asking me if I have tried the SSD on another system. GoStumpy, I think you should drop them an e-mail too. More is better 🙂
 
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Pc freezes bc the CPU is struggling, your SSd is fine. I used to benchmark hard drives, but any SSD is so much faster to me that most loads feel almost instantaneous. I unfortunately get to use several different computers during the course of the week, and my i7 920 @ 3.95 feels like an absolute dog these days bc it's paired with a wd6400aaks instead of the old x25m g2. The difference Btwn the i7 2500k @4.6 and the i7 920 @ 3.95 in fact feels like as great of a difference as I've ever experienced from an upgrade.
 
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