Performance variance

[glob]

Hello,

I have the 120GBP1 drive, and my write performance does not seem to be up to par with what is shown on the product page. Here is a screenshot of my Crystal Disk Mark performance:



And here is what is shown on the product page:



As you can see, there are some strange anomalies. My write speeds are significantly slower, except for the 4K QD32 bench. My read speeds are much slower all-around.

I have just updated to the 2.1 firmware, and the results are about the same:



I have only run CDM 3 times, and this is following a fresh Windows 7 installation with my SATA controller configured as AHCI in the BIOS. I have not run any other benchmarks. I have the drive about half full at this point.

[vaca]

Dear glob,
Could you try to secure erase by this guide
It may helps, and could you provide the hardware information of your computer, especially the motherboard?

[glob]

It's an Intel motherboard, model DP43BF.

Deleting everything on this drive would be quite a task...let me ask you this: can I grab an image of the drive and restore it after the wipe, or does that invalidate the effort of erasing it in the first place?

[vaca]

Yes, you can create an image of your drive and restore after wipe.
It should work.