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    SATA III - Has anyone benchmark the OCZ 3?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ericthered03, May 20, 2011.

  1. ericthered03

    ericthered03 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought a new XPS L502X and I would like to upgrade to the new OCZ SATA 3 drive.

    Does this MOBO support SATA 3? I really hope its not limited to a SATA 2 drive because because thats only max 280MB/s and the OCZ drive can do aprox. 500MB/s. Which is almost double!

    Has anyone benchmarked this computer to see if we get > 300 MB/s (SATA 3) with an SSD ??

    Any help would be appreciated.
     
    ericthered03, May 20, 2011
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    infinity232 Newbie

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    Yes, it supports sata 3. I have the 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 in this laptop. Here is AS SSD:
    [​IMG]
     
    infinity232, May 20, 2011
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    ZippoMan Notebook Evangelist

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    Crucial M4 in L702x

    [​IMG]
     
    ZippoMan, May 20, 2011
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    NoSlow5oh Notebook Evangelist

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    With the Vertex 3, you will get a big performance boost, and bsod's as an added bonus!
     
    NoSlow5oh, May 20, 2011
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    infinity232 Newbie

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    I haven't had a single BSOD with my Vertex 3. I've had it installed since April 12th.
     
    infinity232, May 20, 2011
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    NoSlow5oh Notebook Evangelist

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    If I were you, I'd go buy some lottery tickets, because your one of the luckiest people I know.
     
    NoSlow5oh, May 20, 2011
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    zuffy Notebook Guru

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    Anybody has a C300 benchmark with their L502x or L702x?
     
    zuffy, May 20, 2011
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    Freakish123 Notebook Consultant

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    The LPM bug that is bypassed easily.
     
    Freakish123, May 20, 2011
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    ZippoMan Notebook Evangelist

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    I had to do the same registry fix for my Crucial M4. Never experienced BSOD, just stuttering. Been good as gold after the registry tweak.
     
    ZippoMan, May 20, 2011
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    L502x

    [​IMG]
     
    mattmonger, May 20, 2011
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    squigglyline Notebook Enthusiast

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    Crucial M4 256GB in a L702X
    CrystalDiskMark
    [​IMG]

    Here's the benchmarks using AS SSD
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    The stutter issue was driving me crazy until I applied the patch that's floating around which amends the Windows registry. Another oddity is that my 1st set of results were about 10% faster. I'm not sure why it has slowed a bit however it's still incredibly fast...
     
    squigglyline, May 20, 2011
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  12. Rick 64D

    Rick 64D Notebook Consultant

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    Zuffy, you're still up; where can I download AS SSD benchmarking tool? I can't find it in Bing.
     
    Rick 64D, May 23, 2011
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    benji123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    AS SSD and CDM Results From L502X & 120GB Vertex 3 MAX IOPS. No stutters or BSOD's or any other issues since applying various registry tweaks found on these boards.

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
    benji123, May 23, 2011
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    NoSlow5oh Notebook Evangelist

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    My read speeds have slowed about 5% since I added around 140GB worth of data on mine. Write speeds have not changed. Read/write speeds are still 10% faster than rated speeds, so I'm not worried about it.

    This is of course after the patch, while still running RST.
     
    NoSlow5oh, May 24, 2011
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  15. Rick 64D

    Rick 64D Notebook Consultant

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    Here's my Vertex 3 240GB scores:

    as-ssd-bench OCZ-VERTEX3 ATA 5.25.2011 6-01-53 PM.png

    Now if I can just figure out how to post the full-size image...
     
    Rick 64D, May 25, 2011
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