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    Abnormal Intel X-25 80GB Performance?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MidnightSun, Jan 3, 2010.

  1. MidnightSun

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    I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and an Intel X-25M G2 80GB SSD. After installing Windows and some software, disabling defrag and search indexing (I rarely search anyway), I TRIMed the drive using Intel's SSD Toolbox and ran HDTune 3.50 Pro. I had no other foreground programs running at the time, and I do not think any background activity was occuring. These are the results I got:

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    The read performance seems to be more erratic and below many other benchmarks for this drive, although the access time seems to be normal.

    Any ideas why this might be the case?

    Oh, here's my SMART data just in case, tell me if you see anything unusual. I bought the drive used on Ebay.

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    MidnightSun, Jan 3, 2010
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    Ah, thank you! This benchmark result seems much more reasonable:

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    :) +rep
     
    MidnightSun, Jan 3, 2010
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