New build crystal disk results

Hi,

Regarding SSDs...I want to want one, however I've not been so impressed with their day-to-day performance so far.

For the record, I have a 2500k @ 4.6 on an ASUS P8Z68-V Pro motherboard with a GTX 570 at 800 core, all on a single Samsung spinpoint 1tb 7,200rpm drive.

My friend has a 2600k @ 4.5 on a £300 MSI (i think) board with a pair of 480 @ 800 all under very good water cooling (wot I helped build
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) - he however is using one of the second gen Sata II SSDs as a system drive - I cannot recall the exact model, but it was one of the top picks (as that's all he buys when it come to hardware) We both have 8gb or DDR3 1600 Vengeance ram.

In general desktop stuff, on a fresh build of W7 Ultimate 64 both machines feel equally responsive. During any gaming activity his load times don't seem any better than mine. Indeed in several cases he is worse.

Now he also used this SSD in his old Q9650 @ 4.0 setup, again with the 480's. Back to back my prior Q6600 @ 3.6 with a 500gb spinpoint drive felt pretty much the same in general use. Note we only both upgraded to our Sandy Bs a couple of months ago.

Even he admits he's less than impressed with SSDs so far. When he runs the various HD benching tools his SSD gives all the expected, and impressive, numbers - by far beating my mechanical drives. Yet this does not translate into any noticable improvement in they system as a whole when doing what it was designed to do, i.e. Gaming an general windows stuff.

Maybe the new Sata III SSDs have really moved the game on, I hope so, but from my experience so far I'm not that impressed.

Now, if you're building a silent, cool PC, or upgrading a laptop then SSDs definately have a place. But for a gaming rig? Not so sure.

I hope newer SSDs really do offer a perceptable difference, but the 2nd gen one my friend has - while posting impressive benches - really does not.

This is just my experience with SSDs, which is all I can comment on really. Maybe he has a duff drive, though in that case I'd expect it to bench poorly too.

Cheers,

Scoob.
 
Hi,

Regarding SSDs...I want to want one, however I've not been so impressed with their day-to-day performance so far.

For the record, I have a 2500k @ 4.6 on an ASUS P8Z68-V Pro motherboard with a GTX 570 at 800 core, all on a single Samsung spinpoint 1tb 7,200rpm drive.

My friend has a 2600k @ 4.5 on a £300 MSI (i think) board with a pair of 480 @ 800 all under very good water cooling (wot I helped build
smile.gif
) - he however is using one of the second gen Sata II SSDs as a system drive - I cannot recall the exact model, but it was one of the top picks (as that's all he buys when it come to hardware) We both have 8gb or DDR3 1600 Vengeance ram.

In general desktop stuff, on a fresh build of W7 Ultimate 64 both machines feel equally responsive. During any gaming activity his load times don't seem any better than mine. Indeed in several cases he is worse.

Now he also used this SSD in his old Q9650 @ 4.0 setup, again with the 480's. Back to back my prior Q6600 @ 3.6 with a 500gb spinpoint drive felt pretty much the same in general use. Note we only both upgraded to our Sandy Bs a couple of months ago.

Even he admits he's less than impressed with SSDs so far. When he runs the various HD benching tools his SSD gives all the expected, and impressive, numbers - by far beating my mechanical drives. Yet this does not translate into any noticable improvement in they system as a whole when doing what it was designed to do, i.e. Gaming an general windows stuff.

Maybe the new Sata III SSDs have really moved the game on, I hope so, but from my experience so far I'm not that impressed.

Now, if you're building a silent, cool PC, or upgrading a laptop then SSDs definately have a place. But for a gaming rig? Not so sure.

I hope newer SSDs really do offer a perceptable difference, but the 2nd gen one my friend has - while posting impressive benches - really does not.

This is just my experience with SSDs, which is all I can comment on really. Maybe he has a duff drive, though in that case I'd expect it to bench poorly too.

Cheers,

Scoob.

its not just about getting an ssd. Once ya have it ya gotta tweak it for best performance. Windows has alot of stuff installed with it that is not needed for an ssd. So if he hasnt tweaked it then I would look into doing that and see if it changes ur opinion. But on another point yest sata 3 or 6GB you will see more performance over gen 2 ssd's
 

Thanks, interesting read.

I think I'll hold off on SSDs myself as pretty happy with my basic 1tb Spinpoint. However, for my next (and intended to be "proper") build I will certainly consider one of the 6gbps drives. As it's a dedicated gamer, and I have ample storage over the network, I don't particularly need more than a single SSD. I think a 128gb one would suffice.

Oh yeah, I know he did spend quite some time tweaking his SSD, windows etc. I don't know exactly what he did but I know he didn't achieve the results he was hoping for.

Cheers,

Scoob.
 
SSD marketing revolves around nitty gritty gripes.

Never again will you have pots and pans falling out the cupboards due to the EARTHQUAKES caused by a conventional hard disk
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. SSDs have no moving parts! Never again will you have to upgrade to a 1500w PSU to power your hard disk's RAIN FOREST DESTROYING motor.
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SSDs have no motors! Never again will you be DEAFENED by the THUNDEROUS ROAR of a hard disk as the SONIC BOOM throws you across the room.
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SSDs are silent! SSDs are smaller too! Never again will you have to lug an extra EIGHTY GRAMMES around in your rig.
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SSDs! Buy today!
/marketing

If you've got the money though, no reason not to get one

Hahaha as much as I would rather have an SSD that was amazing XD
 
Updated requested results. 100MB and 1000MB settings. These are more like reality. Have to find out what setting Crystal Disk should be set to on each size drive
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Yeah I think that's closer to the sustained read/write speeds. Would have thought write speeds would be higher due to the RAID1 setup but ah well.
 
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