Tweaks for Phoenix/Phoenix Pro SSD

#1 07-30-2010, 02:32 AM

Dear Users,
I post this thread to guide some tweaks for Phoenix/Phoenix Pro SSD.

1. Phoenix/Phoenix Pro SSD generally would get better performance in AHCI mode.
You can set AHCI mode in BIOS, where the option is vary on different motherboard.
Check this information in your manual of your motherboard.

2. Align partitions to 4KB boundaries.

3. Don't run Benchmark such as "CrystalDiskMark (CDM) "、"AS SSD" so frequently. Test filesize don't set too large with so many cycles. Because such behavior would create temporary uncompressible data that will "dirty" the NAND flashes. With more tests, the performance get worse.

4. Thanks svg , he give us his experience that his BIOS settings could decrease the access time. See his post here

If you have any other tweaks or your personal experiences that could drive Phoenix/Phoenix Pro SSD better, we will be glad to see the information shared to each other in this thread.

Thanks~

svg · #2 07-30-2010, 03:41 AM

Just want to give credit where credit is due.
When I was looking for performance-related issues for SSDs, I found this article which led me to discover the substantial performance increase when turning off some/all of the bios power settings. I was surpised by how much of a difference it made with my speeds. YMMV.

Conclusion: Power Saving Can Reduce SSD Performance

However, our findings are significant, as they can affect users who may not even know they are running an SSD with the brakes on. In short: really fast SSDs that can deliver 200 MB/s or even more of throughput become limited by CPU performance due to power saving mechanisms?or more precisely, they are bottlenecked by a limited availability of CPU time. This became obvious by switching the various power saving options on and off.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...er,2170-6.html

naveed · #3 08-07-2010, 08:24 AM

Kewl... Let me chk

jjmIII · #4 08-16-2010, 11:01 AM

Should we use Intel Matrix Storage Manager and/or Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver still???

#5 08-16-2010, 06:26 PM

http://www.intel.com//support/chipse.../CS-022304.htm
The link from intel shows the RST driver could support TRIM under windows 7 that in AHCI mode and in RAID mode for drives that are not part of a RAID volume.
So I think that RST would be a better choice.

jjmIII · #6 08-17-2010, 09:56 AM

I'm not in a Raid config....just one drive??

It was my usderstanding the RST 9.6 was causimg "blue screen of death" with Sandforce?
My original install (Win7 Ult) on this drive "blue screen'd" like crazy. I did a re-install, but with no RST 9.6 and everything is stable.....but speeds are far below advertised!

#7 08-17-2010, 05:37 PM

But i often test with the RST 9.6 driver and never encountered BSOD.
Hou did you install RST 9.6 driver? ?Would you tell me the steps you install it?

loueber · #8 10-30-2010, 04:54 PM

how do i align to 4KB?

i installed W7, and didnt see any options for that, nor did i see an option to format in any formats during install....im assuming it just did the standard cluster size.. whatever that is

Salad Fingers · #9 10-30-2010, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loueber

how do i align to 4KB?

Looks like Windows 7 does it for you if you create a new partiton when you format and install Windows 7.

http://www.gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=5560

snake24 · #10 12-17-2010, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vaca

http://www.intel.com//support/chipse.../CS-022304.htm
The link from intel shows the RST driver could support TRIM under windows 7 that in AHCI mode and in RAID mode for drives that are not part of a RAID volume.
So I think that RST would be a better choice.

Hi so should i d/l and install the rapid driver even though i'm not running raid?