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[Stormshadow]

Thanks Tman.
I forgot to mention i used AS SSD Benchmark last time .
I used Crystal Disk Mark just a moment ago with slighty diffrent results on R/W Speed on my OCZ .
Check it out here.

http://s1058.photobucket.com/albums/...skMarkTest.jpg

[Tradesman]

That looks like the SATA II - which do you have the OCZSSD3-2AGT120G (SATA II) or AGT3-25SAT3-120G (SATA III) - one reason I ask, is I've heard where people ordered the III and been sent the II - don't know if it was a result of someone RMA a III but actually sending a II as the RMA and the Egg missing it and reselling the II as a III or whatever. The supposed speed advertised isn't a speed you'll ever reach, but the numbers you are showing at a 100 MB test speed are (maybe a bit slow but ) in line with a SATA II that has a load on/in. Might also check that indexing is off, no paging file on the SSD, the normal things for SSD setup.

[Stormshadow]

Oh ok this is what is what i have OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-120G Agility 3 120GB SATA III 2.5 inch SSD
SATA 111 (6Gbps) Sandforce Driven . MLC Flash Memory. TRIM Support.
As per my packaging content .
My SATA ports on my Asus mobo say there SATA 6.0Gbps ports so would this be classed as SATA 111 still or no ??

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-AGT3-25S...8539398&sr=1-1

[Tradesman]

Might check the SATA Drivers, here:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD..._PRO/#download

and also check the OCZ forums or their support, both can be found here:

http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-agi...i-2-5-ssd.html

Haven't been there for awhile, but they used to have pretty good folks in their forums

[Stormshadow]

Thx again Tman ....i had a look on the OCZ forums and some guy has the OCS Agility 3 as me & also same issue as me on R/W speeds .
They said don't quick format, just secure erase and fresh install and it should be up to speed as advertised .

Ill give this a try and see what happens
all my drivers are fine too .

[Tradesman]

Let me know how it goes

[Stormshadow]

Benchmarks

After sorting my OCZ AGILITY 3 with everything installed correctly on Win 7, the drive was still coming up with the same R/W speeds as per befor using CrystalDisk Mark.
So i tried Argus Monitor Disk Bench Mark with diffirent results ....again.

As per here http://s1058.photobucket.com/albums/...Z-AGILITY3.jpg

You may notice from the result i was using the firmware 2.2 (latest)
AMD SATA Controller 1.2.1.292 (latest driver)
It says Maxium read 513.9 MBs
Minimum 195.7 MBs
average 429.9MBs
So im kinda confused at what speed my OCZ really is R&W at !

[Tradesman]

COuld try some others

HDTune - http://www.hdtune.com/download.html
HD Tach - http://majorgeeks.com/HDTach_d672.html
PassMark - http://www.passmark.com/products/pt_advdisk.htm
A few - http://www.softpedia.com/downloadTag/HDD+benchmark

[Stormshadow]

Ok i saw some guy over at the OCZ forum saying about the speeds are not up to par with his 120GB AGILITY 3.

OCZ replied ..Before you post and say "My speed is not what it should be", you need to run these benchmarks. ATTO and AS-SSD are the easiest (nothing to setup) and compare your results to the above charts.
Each chart has a default system shown that was used for the testing/specs. They are all tested on an Intel based SATA3 controller, which will be faster overall than an AMD system. You can expect an AMD chipset to be about 5% - 8% slower in some of the results.
AHCI mode is what you should run the SATA controller in and use the drivers supplied by either Intel, AMD, or Nvidia for your chipset. This will net you the best results in the benchmarks.

Thank you .

I used ATTO and AS-SSD as OCZ suggested and compared to there chart .
Here is AS-SSD http://s1058.photobucket.com/albums/...enchmarks1.jpg

ATTO http://s1058.photobucket.com/albums/...enchmarks2.jpg

OCZ Chart compare http://s1058.photobucket.com/albums/...rent=Chart.jpg

So in a sense im not far off there sequential read AS-SSD ,sequential write AS-SSD , 4k random read & 4k random write speeds from there chart ? As i have been hitting there targets even with diffrent scores each time...almost.

Just a short note as per the bottom of the chart maxumum sequential are determined by ATTO ..hmmmm !!
Anyways see what you guys think .

[Tradesman]

Not sure about you but I wouldn't be happy, when it's advertised as 500+ then they come back and say to expect 200,,I know they aren't going to run up to advertised specs (have yet to see an SSD that did, but to run at less than half the advertised speed,,I've run run SATA II drives that do better than that

[Stormshadow]

Yes i agree, in a sense its false advertising on there part and for OCZ to say they got there speeds from ATTO is a big joke and lies and yet telling that poor guy off on the forum was simply rude of them !

I have seen a few others saying they can not get the 500+R/W too .
I have done all i can to get the SSD with drivers and everything else to get up to OCZ acclaimed 500+ to no avail .

Anyways check these http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...least-on-test-)

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...t-series-SSD-s

[Tradesman]

Don't know, think I'd return it and go for something faster, I've got a pair of SATA II Snipers that I run in RAID, but even individually they tested better

[Stormshadow]

Hmmm , well i did ask them on the OCZ forum as to my drive speeds ,they said i wont see 500+ speeds using AS SSD only with ATTO .
You can see what they replied here from post#3 http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...least-on-test-)

[Stormshadow]

This morning i was looking to found out more on my SSD and the R/W speed ...well i learned something from a youtube user saying what setting to use programs like CrystalDisk Mark...since mine was set at default (Random) the user said use test data at all 0x00 (0fill) so now there is a better increasement ? http://s1058.photobucket.com/albums/...rystalDisk.jpg

[Stormshadow]

Hi Guys & Trademan .
Sorry I been a away a long time due to family probs .
Just an update from this last time , just over a year ago I was building up my AMD FX 6100 with the G.Skill RipJaws X DDR3 2133 ...Awesome memory I must say ,I had some teething probs at 1st but it was eventually sorted .
Update ..the 1st build up I did was mention in this post but now times change and my case is slowly dying so time for a make over .
Here is what im doing now with my AMD FX6100..
I just bought a new case
Seen here
http://www.aerocool.com.tw/chassis/strike-x/245.html

PSU is going to be updated to a ....
Aerocool Templarius Imperator 750W PSU 80+ Silver Certified Single 12v Rail
Also a Creative Labs Creative Sound Blaster Zx Pci Express
And an addional 1GB XFX Radeon HD 7770 DD Core Edition, 4500MHz GDDR5, 28nm , IGhz Edition (but I already have one but getting another for crossfire).
And lastly a Seagate Momentus XT (750GB) Solid State Hybrid Drive for the finishing touch .

Below is my old stuff which im still keeping cozz its all good stuff and going in to the remake over.

LG D2342P 1920 X1080 3D Monitor 23''
OCZ Agility 3 128GB
SEAGATE STM35004 18AS X 2 500GB
WESTERN DIGITAL WDC WD50 500GB
LG HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW CH10LS20 BLU RAY ROM
LG HL-DT-ST-BD-RE BH10LS30 BLU RAY BURNER
GSkill 16GB 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit Ripjaws X Red
AMD Bulldozer 6 Core FX 6100 3.3Ghz + Asus M5A97 Pro Motherboard
1GB XFX Radeon HD 7770 DD Core Edition, IGhz Edition .


Thoughts please guys