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    M17x R2 VERTEX 2 horrible speeds?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Sabaku, Aug 5, 2011.

  1. Sabaku

    Sabaku Notebook Geek

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    No optimizations yet,
    but the 4k read/write seems horribly slow
    also, the read / write in general seems horribly slow. Fresh install, I've already installed latest 1.33 firmware, anything else I am missing?

    Got all chipset drivers, etc.
     
    Sabaku, Aug 5, 2011
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    Did you clone your system? The alignment should be 1024K, but in your case it is 103424K. TBO I dont know for sure how this affect the actual speed, but I read very often that the alignment should be 1024K.
     
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    Just formated. New install.
     
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    did "Some" tweaks.. not a huge difference. 4k speeds seem a bit better.
     
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    I get about 450/250 with 612 overall score on my Vertex 3 max iops drive. Below its potential but it doesn't freeze on me and is very stable so I'm happy with it.
     
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    I had this alignment after a fresh install, too (letting format the win 7 setup the ssd). I then decided to preformat it with diskpart, so that I can check the alignment beforehand. Then I installed win 7 again w/o reformating the ssd and my alignment is correct since then. But as stated before I dont know if and how it really affects the speed.
     
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