ssd help.

WinterKnights · 2nd July 2012, 9:07 PM

Hey guys,
Just installed windows 7 on this ocz ssd 120gb agility 2 drive and did a test with the AS SSD Benchmark program and had terrible results.. wondering if anyone has any idea on what im doing wrong?
scores were 99, 30, 185. its connected to sata one.
Someone mentioned marvel sata is bad or something? However i think that is all this motherboard has?

my old sata drive is that had windows on it is connected to sata2
i also enabled the thing i was meant to in bios. cant remember what it was called something to do with sata controllers.

cheers

walker_2003 · 2nd July 2012, 9:10 PM

I had speed issues with the same SSD on my x58a mobo wasn't much faster, need native controller for proper SSD speeds.

Run ATTO benchmark and post screenshot it is the benchmark (or similiar) the manufacturers use to advertise speeds, it uses compressed data.

Also ensure you have the latest intel or marvel sata drivers installed. But on your board you won't see the advertised speeds.

I assume you have drive running on AHCI mode.

WinterKnights · 2nd July 2012, 9:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by walker_2003

I had speed issues with the same SSD on my x58a mobo wasn't much faster, need native controller for proper SSD speeds.

Run ATTO benchmark and post screenshot it is the benchmark (or similiar) the manufacturers use to advertise speeds, it uses compressed data.

Also ensure you have the latest intel or marvel sata drivers installed. But on your board you won't see the advertised speeds.

I assume you have drive running on AHCI mode.

Here is my test, AHCI is on, i made sure before installing windows.

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walker_2003 · 2nd July 2012, 9:47 PM

Looks how mine did on x58a board, prob best to post on ocz forums they helped me a lot, ended up being mobo not up to it.

Maybe time for an upgrade? Even at its current speed as a windows drive it will still run much better then mechanical drive, you won't see a difference in anything but benchmarks even if it was running at advertised speeds.

WinterKnights · 3rd July 2012, 7:08 PM

yeah i was trying to avoid upgrading but i guess i will have too. i was looking at a z77 board and a i5 processor
do you know if i would have to reinstall windows again if i changed the mobo? i know i used to..

walker_2003 · 3rd July 2012, 9:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WinterKnights

yeah i was trying to avoid upgrading but i guess i will have too. i was looking at a z77 board and a i5 processor
do you know if i would have to reinstall windows again if i changed the mobo? i know i used to..

Yes, begging for issues if you don't.

i5-2500k are great.

de_overfiend · 4th July 2012, 1:25 PM

get a SATA3 card and it should fix your problem.

Your mobo is getting on now. not designed for ssd hdds.

if you get a new mobo then its very likely that you will have to reinstall windows or at least do a repair install. your existing os will try to load drivers for an older amd chipset and will bsod as soon as it trys to boot.

WinterKnights · 8th July 2012, 8:46 PM

Is it possible to swap the drivers before upgrading? or put them in the right spots before i add the new hardware?

RAtSAcK · 8th July 2012, 9:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WinterKnights

Is it possible to swap the drivers before upgrading? or put them in the right spots before i add the new hardware?

Honestly, it isn't worth the screwing around. These days re-installing an OS is so easy. I don't know why you'd bother.

MR CHILLED · 8th July 2012, 9:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RAtSAcK

Honestly, it isn't worth the screwing around. These days re-installing an OS is so easy. I don't know why you'd bother.

Especially with cloning software.

WinterKnights · 9th July 2012, 9:02 AM

just re setting everything back up is a pain. quickbooks and office and all that crap.

Reaper_1994 · 9th July 2012, 9:24 AM

like the others have said. Going from AMD to Intel will be a pain from a drivers perspective.

I bought a SSD from here just last week and I cloned my HDD across using Acronis to the SSD and immediately started on tips and tricks to optimizing the SSD like disabling system restore and pagefile etc. so it is possible but from what I have heard, Windows 7 optimizes during install so there may be one or two things that window 7 does that I haven't...

Hope this help

P.S when tax comes through I will be buying a new CPU and mobo and I will be reinstalling windows

gazza30 · 9th July 2012, 9:37 AM

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Originally Posted by WinterKnights

Here is my test, AHCI is on, i made sure before installing windows.

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Going by your screenshot of ATTO your drive is performing to spec mate.

120GB Max Performance
Read: Up to 230 MB/s
Write: Up to 135 MB/s

Its only a sata 2 ssd so a sata 3 card is of no benefit to you really unless you extra sata ports in which case a sata 2 card would do as well.

As for AS SSD benchmark if you repeatedly bench your drive your going to hurt performance you'll need to give it some idle time to recover.
Results also will not be comparable to ATTO as ATTO is known to give better looking results one of the reasons manufacturers use it to give you performance figures.
Enjoy the upgrade

2nd July 2012, 9:07 PM	#1
WinterKnights Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia, Victoria, Warrnambool, 3280 Posts: 966	ssd help. Hey guys, Just installed windows 7 on this ocz ssd 120gb agility 2 drive and did a test with the AS SSD Benchmark program and had terrible results.. wondering if anyone has any idea on what im doing wrong? scores were 99, 30, 185. its connected to sata one. Someone mentioned marvel sata is bad or something? However i think that is all this motherboard has? my old sata drive is that had windows on it is connected to sata2 i also enabled the thing i was meant to in bios. cant remember what it was called something to do with sata controllers. cheers __________________ [size=1] Intel Ivy 3570K \| asrock z77 extreme4-m \| Antec Sonata II \| 4x 4gb corsair vengance \| Gainward 9600 gt 1gb Dual DVI \| 120gb OCZ Agility 2 \| 1tb samsung drive \| windows 8 \| www.viscomm.tv

2nd July 2012, 9:10 PM	#2
walker_2003 Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Canberra Posts: 4,331	I had speed issues with the same SSD on my x58a mobo wasn't much faster, need native controller for proper SSD speeds. Run ATTO benchmark and post screenshot it is the benchmark (or similiar) the manufacturers use to advertise speeds, it uses compressed data. Also ensure you have the latest intel or marvel sata drivers installed. But on your board you won't see the advertised speeds. I assume you have drive running on AHCI mode. __________________ My rig i7-2600k@4.6 \| Z68X-UD7\| 16 GIG \| GTX 690 \| 120 Intel 520 \| Win 7 64-Bit \| D5 & XSPC W/C \| 800D \| 24" ASUS 120hz I am the 120fps Nazi Last edited by walker_2003; 2nd July 2012 at 9:12 PM.

2nd July 2012, 9:47 PM	#4
walker_2003 Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Canberra Posts: 4,331	Looks how mine did on x58a board, prob best to post on ocz forums they helped me a lot, ended up being mobo not up to it. Maybe time for an upgrade? Even at its current speed as a windows drive it will still run much better then mechanical drive, you won't see a difference in anything but benchmarks even if it was running at advertised speeds. __________________ My rig i7-2600k@4.6 \| Z68X-UD7\| 16 GIG \| GTX 690 \| 120 Intel 520 \| Win 7 64-Bit \| D5 & XSPC W/C \| 800D \| 24" ASUS 120hz I am the 120fps Nazi Last edited by walker_2003; 2nd July 2012 at 9:52 PM.

3rd July 2012, 7:08 PM	#5
WinterKnights Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia, Victoria, Warrnambool, 3280 Posts: 966	yeah i was trying to avoid upgrading but i guess i will have too. i was looking at a z77 board and a i5 processor do you know if i would have to reinstall windows again if i changed the mobo? i know i used to.. __________________ [size=1] Intel Ivy 3570K \| asrock z77 extreme4-m \| Antec Sonata II \| 4x 4gb corsair vengance \| Gainward 9600 gt 1gb Dual DVI \| 120gb OCZ Agility 2 \| 1tb samsung drive \| windows 8 \| www.viscomm.tv

4th July 2012, 1:25 PM	#7
de_overfiend Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 1,536	get a SATA3 card and it should fix your problem. Your mobo is getting on now. not designed for ssd hdds. if you get a new mobo then its very likely that you will have to reinstall windows or at least do a repair install. your existing os will try to load drivers for an older amd chipset and will bsod as soon as it trys to boot. __________________ Poo on a stick, the most fearsome weapon in the world.

8th July 2012, 8:46 PM	#8
WinterKnights Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia, Victoria, Warrnambool, 3280 Posts: 966	Is it possible to swap the drivers before upgrading? or put them in the right spots before i add the new hardware? __________________ [size=1] Intel Ivy 3570K \| asrock z77 extreme4-m \| Antec Sonata II \| 4x 4gb corsair vengance \| Gainward 9600 gt 1gb Dual DVI \| 120gb OCZ Agility 2 \| 1tb samsung drive \| windows 8 \| www.viscomm.tv

9th July 2012, 9:02 AM	#11
WinterKnights Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia, Victoria, Warrnambool, 3280 Posts: 966	just re setting everything back up is a pain. quickbooks and office and all that crap. __________________ [size=1] Intel Ivy 3570K \| asrock z77 extreme4-m \| Antec Sonata II \| 4x 4gb corsair vengance \| Gainward 9600 gt 1gb Dual DVI \| 120gb OCZ Agility 2 \| 1tb samsung drive \| windows 8 \| www.viscomm.tv

9th July 2012, 9:24 AM	#12
Reaper_1994 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Townsville, QLD Posts: 1,808	like the others have said. Going from AMD to Intel will be a pain from a drivers perspective. I bought a SSD from here just last week and I cloned my HDD across using Acronis to the SSD and immediately started on tips and tricks to optimizing the SSD like disabling system restore and pagefile etc. so it is possible but from what I have heard, Windows 7 optimizes during install so there may be one or two things that window 7 does that I haven't... Hope this help P.S when tax comes through I will be buying a new CPU and mobo and I will be reinstalling windows __________________ Main Rig: WC'ed Intel 2600K @ 4.5GHz, 1.34v (XSPC Raystorm) / WC'ed HIS (EK6970+EN) + XFX HD6950 (EK-FC6970) / Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 / Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 / Thermaltake Element G / Corsair HX850 Add me on Steam: ^1Reaper_1994 OCAU HWBot Team