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Hello guys, I have some questions about my SSD.
Last december I bought a Crucial M4 256gb SSD , and just now I was wondering how good it was, so I got the HD TUNE and did a benchmark test on the reading. These are my results:
Minimum Read Speed: 304 MB/s
Maximum Read Speed: 389 MB/s
Average read speed: ~343 MB/s
access time: 0.168 ms
burst rate: 175 Mb/s
CPU usage: 2.1%

*These are the results of the test that gave me the higher speeds of the tests I've done, they change a lot from one test to another, I don't know why (maybe some explaining would be good?)
**Couldn't do a Write benchmark, it says I have to disable partitions and my SSD isnt partitioned so I don't know what it's talking about.

What I was wondering is: are these numbers good? are they bad?, can I improve them somehow? can I make them worse unintentionally?. Basically all the tips and opinions you could give me guys.

Thank you in advance.
Greetings from Chihuahua, Mexico.
 
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I think that is about right for a Crucial M4 256 GB SSD that has been used for a while. I think the spec top speed is 500 MB/s and 45,000 IOPS. BUt keep in mind this is done on a brand new never used drive and they take the best result of all the testing software available.

Have you tried a different test suite like Crystal Disk Mark or AS SSD to see if you get a higher rating?
 
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Nope I haven't used those softwares, I'm new to this so I'll give them a try and post the results.

I still accept/want more opinions.

thanks.
 
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My Samsung 840 250GB is actually faster than when I bought it a couple of months ago.

Is there an "optimization" or something similar option?
 
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Here we go.

Testing, specifically the kind that marketers use, is not real life. A series of test are done, and the absolute best of these tests is what marketing uses. They throw an asterix next to the numbers, and bury the words ideal into the fine print.


Now that we've separated marketing from reality, testing is a snap shot. If you took three random pictures from a movie you'd have a snapshot, but you wouldn't have the whole story. Actual testing takes multiple readings, then averages the results for a more realistic reading. If you take one test one day, then another a year later, you can't really determine any trends.

Finally, performance never increases with age in technology. You assume degraded performance over time, because of wear. SSDs have built in performance enhancement (clean-up features), but it only staves off degredation. SSDs perform best when (assuming they're an OS installation drive) you do a clean OS install, with a modern OS.


So, TL;DR: the results by the OP seem reasonable.
 
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Hello guys, I have some questions about my SSD.
Last december I bought a Crucial M4 256gb SSD , and just now I was wondering how good it was, so I got the HD TUNE and did a benchmark test on the reading. These are my results:
Minimum Read Speed: 304 MB/s
Maximum Read Speed: 389 MB/s
Average read speed: ~343 MB/s
access time: 0.168 ms
burst rate: 175 Mb/s
CPU usage: 2.1%

*These are the results of the test that gave me the higher speeds of the tests I've done, they change a lot from one test to another, I don't know why (maybe some explaining would be good?)
**Couldn't do a Write benchmark, it says I have to disable partitions and my SSD isnt partitioned so I don't know what it's talking about.

What I was wondering is: are these numbers good? are they bad?, can I improve them somehow? can I make them worse unintentionally?. Basically all the tips and opinions you could give me guys.

Thank you in advance.
Greetings from Chihuahua, Mexico.


You need to post your system specs dude
 
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Oops, ya sorry.

My specs are:
i7 2600 3.5 GHZ (no OC)
Corsair Vengeance 8gb (4x2) 1600mhz RAM
Crucial M4 256 GB SSD (OS)
500GB Seagate HDD (Data)
EVGA FPB GTX 560 TI (Factory Oc'd)
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I don't know what else to tell you...
 
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You can put them in your user profile. Makes it more convenient for future posts.

Oh, and you don't want to do a write test on your SSD, it just puts added wear on it. all SSDs are partitioned, you'll have a 100mb or so partition at the start of the drive that contains file system information and stuff relating to the correct function of the SSD.
 
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