Crucial M4 lackluster performance

reverze · Dec 6, 2011

Installed fresh windows on a Crucial M4 128gb. Allready has latest 009 firmware.
Attached to SATA3, AHCI mode, intel chipset drivers installed

i see others hit 475 mb/s average read, i find mine with 360 average quite slow.

cadaveca · Dec 6, 2011

Hmm. Interesting. Mine seems to work fine. What board?

reverze · Dec 6, 2011

ASROCK extreme3 gen3

Jstn7477 · Dec 6, 2011

My Corsair Force 3 120GB (Sandforce SF 2200 on Intel AHCI SATA 6GB/s) on my ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 had crappy results in HDTune (like 180-300MB/s) but it showed normal results in ATTO (500ish MB/s, in-line with Corsair's benchmarks). I was also using HDTune 5.00, maybe that version sucks for SSDs or something.

happita · Dec 6, 2011

Jstn7477 said:
My Corsair Force 3 120GB (Sandforce SF 2200 on Intel AHCI SATA 6GB/s) on my ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 had crappy results in HDTune (like 180-300MB/s) but it showed normal results in ATTO (500ish MB/s, in-line with Corsair's benchmarks). I was also using HDTune 5.00, maybe that version sucks for SSDs or something.

That's a good point. I think you should try a few benchmarks before deciding whether or not an SSD has poor performance. I just use ATTO, but now that you've mentioned it, I might give CrystalDisk and HD Tune a go as well. Whynot, compare the results, get the average, then base your conclusion off that

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Processor	AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE Deneb @ 3.7GHz
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P
Cooling	ZALMAN CNPS9700 CPU Heatsink
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Display(s)	SAMSUNG ToC T240 24'' LCD
Case	Silverstone FT01-BW
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	ZALMAN ZM-750
Software	Win 7 x64 SP1

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Crucial M4 lackluster performance

reverze

cadaveca

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reverze

Jstn7477

happita