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  • Falcon II poor read performance

    I have recently noticed poor performance in my computer, and so ran some tests to see what might be the cause. Everything looked ok, other than my year-old G.Skill Falcon II (64GB).

    I have linked to the image of the results from AS SSD; the 4k-64Thrd read score of 3MB/s is what has me worried. It starts out much higher, but then it seems like all data transfers stop for a while and the rate (which I assume is an average) just drops lower and lower. Eventually the transfer continues, and the rate rises again for a while, until the transfer stops once again.

    I am running windows 7 ultimate 64bit. The drive is using the native AHCI driver, and I have run through all of the suggested tips and tweaks short of upgrading the firmware.

    Any help/suggestions would be appreciated, as would clarification on whether or not my drive is still covered by warranty.

    Last edited by chesterm8; 03-22-2011, 03:05 PM. Reason: Image link not working

  • #2
    Hi chesterm8,

    Please use HD Tune to check this SSD health

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    • #3
      HD Tune does not show any issues, the results of the SMART test are shown below.
      My computer is now starting to degrade; some windows services are not starting anymore.


      HD Tune: FM-25S2I-64GBFII Health

      ID Current Worst Threshold Data Status
      (01) Raw Read Error Rate 5 0 0 0 Ok
      (09) Power On Hours Count 216 5 0 0 Ok
      (0C) Power Cycle Count 253 2 0 0 Ok
      (B8) (unknown attribute) 54 0 0 0 Ok
      (C3) Hardware ECC Recovered 0 0 0 0 Ok
      (C4) Reallocated Event Count 0 0 0 0 Ok
      (C5) Current Pending Sector 0 0 0 0 Ok
      (C6) Offline Uncorrectable 3 211 0 67706 Ok
      (C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 134 152 0 30330 Ok
      (C8) Write Error Rate 64 44 0 1375 Ok
      (C9) TA Counter Detected 214 205 0 830 Ok
      (CA) TA Counter Increased 148 219 0 396 Ok
      (CB) Run Out Cancel 84 75 0 333 Ok
      (CC) Soft ECC Correction 0 0 0 0 Ok
      (CD) Thermal Asperity Rate 16 39 0 0 Ok
      (CE) Flying Height 227 3 0 0 Ok
      (CF) Spin High Current 159 11 0 0 Ok
      (D0) Spin Buzz 102 8 0 0 Ok
      (D1) Offline Seek Performance 79 0 0 0 Ok
      (D3) (unknown attribute) 0 0 0 0 Ok
      (D4) (unknown attribute) 0 0 0 0 Ok
      (D5) (unknown attribute) 0 0 0 0 Ok

      Power On Time : 0
      Health Status : Ok

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      • #4
        hi chesterm8,

        I recommend RMA it.
        we will exchange a new one for you.

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        • #5
          After upgrading the firmware and a full re-install of windows onto the newly cleaned drive, performance has returned to a good level. I will monitor the drive for any degradation, but for the time being it is working fine.

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          • #6
            Good! Good!

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