Samsung 850 Pro 512 GB feels faster than my Crucial m4 128 GB SSD

[pcslookout]

Programs open faster, windows boots up quicker, etc.

I mainly got it for the space though.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Not super-surprising. Newer controller, better NAND, and most importantly, a higher capacity, allowing the controller more parallelism with the NAND banks.

However, I'm hard-pressed to tell the difference between various SATA6G SSDs, for the most part they are all "snappy" and "fast". Unless I fill one to capacity, then it has "pauses" due to GC because there's not enough free pages to write to.

 

[pcslookout]

Not super-surprising. Newer controller, better NAND, and most importantly, a higher capacity, allowing the controller more parallelism with the NAND banks.

However, I'm hard-pressed to tell the difference between various SATA6G SSDs, for the most part they are all "snappy" and "fast". Unless I fill one to capacity, then it has "pauses" due to GC because there's not enough free pages to write to.

True.

About the filling it up part I should leave at least 20% free right at all times ? The only thing I can't figure out is if I should partition it or not?

Plus what to do with a spare 128 GB SSD ?

 

[UsandThem]

True.

About the filling it up part I should leave at least 20% free right at all times ? The only thing I can't figure out is if I should partition it or not?

If you install Samsung Magician, you can configure all settings. Plus, you can keep tabs on your TBW totals from your substantial daily downloads.

 

[pcslookout]

If you install Samsung Magician, you can configure all settings. Plus, you can keep tabs on your TBW totals from your substantial daily downloads.

I am not sure if I am doing all those daily downloads on the SSD because like you all said it would wear the drive out really quick (4k content btw)

 

[Elixer]

If the Crucial had lots of writes to it, you could secure erase it, to get performance back to optimal.

4k content screams for a 8TB HD, SSDs are just too expensive to get the same capacity, with enough spare area to mitigate the tons of writes.

 

[pcslookout]

If the Crucial had lots of writes to it, you could secure erase it, to get performance back to optimal.

4k content screams for a 8TB HD, SSDs are just too expensive to get the same capacity, with enough spare area to mitigate the tons of writes.

Yep.

 

[pcslookout]

I just tried heavy multitasking on the new SSD. Played DOOM on maximum details at 1920x1080, encoded a video, replied to this forum, opened 50 + Firefox tabs, ran a VM, downloaded Left 4 Dead 2 in the background of all of this, opened photoshop, and ran a 4k YouTube video.

 

[R0H1T]

I just tried heavy multitasking on the new SSD. Played DOOM on maximum details at 1920x1080, encoded a video, replied to this forum, opened 50 + Firefox tabs, ran a VM, downloaded Left 4 Dead 2 in the background of all of this, opened photoshop, and ran a 4k YouTube video.

You forgot to defrag

 

[zlejedi]

Well 850pro is best sata ssd ever made and 512GB versions always perform better than 64/128GB skus.

 

[tweakboy]

Because it is!