I have a new Phoenix Pro 120 GB SSD, i7 950 Proc, 12 GB RAM, GIGABYTE x58A-UD3R MOBO (Intel ICH10R), and WD Caviar Black 1 TB HDD. I initiall installed Win 7 Pro 64 bit with default settings. I then changed to AHCI with reg fix from MS and then enabled the TRIM function with modification from forum (http://www.gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=7056). I had a software issue and had to do a System Image recover (did not reformat drive). All seems fine, other than I am not getting the best performance, and I am wondering if I should install the Intel RST driver? Will I see a better perfomance even though I am not using RAID? It says on Intel site that RST is not needed if using Win 7 without RAID. With just one SSD and one HDD, will I have any benefit with updating driver to Intel RST? Can I just update the driver through Device Manager without having to reinstall windows? Shoudl I reformat the SSD again?
I am new to SSD technology so any advice is appreciated. ANy links to drivers or utilities I should instal is also appreciated.
Benchmarks...
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]
Sequential Read : 215.211 MB/s
Sequential Write : 86.161 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 209.401 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 79.845 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 26.188 MB/s [ 6393.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 59.191 MB/s [ 14450.9 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 173.184 MB/s [ 42281.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 82.193 MB/s [ 20066.8 IOPS]
Test : 100 MB [C: 42.9% (47.9/111.7 GB)] (x2)
Date : 2010/12/12 12:53:00
OS : Windows 7 [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)
I am new to SSD technology so any advice is appreciated. ANy links to drivers or utilities I should instal is also appreciated.
Benchmarks...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]
Sequential Read : 215.211 MB/s
Sequential Write : 86.161 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 209.401 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 79.845 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 26.188 MB/s [ 6393.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 59.191 MB/s [ 14450.9 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 173.184 MB/s [ 42281.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 82.193 MB/s [ 20066.8 IOPS]
Test : 100 MB [C: 42.9% (47.9/111.7 GB)] (x2)
Date : 2010/12/12 12:53:00
OS : Windows 7 [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)
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