Does this benchmark results show my m4 is dying??

I recently notices slooow loads on games and some applications.
Yet the computer boot fine, takes around 25 secs to do that, which is strange,
Anyways, I wanted to know what was going on and ran ATTO to find out and this is a screenshot of the results...
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So tell me how bad is this? I've been running this SSd for nearly a year and had to do several installations of Win7 ultimate, so it is indeed somewhat used.
Does anyone know of a way to get good speeds again??
Thanks!!

 

Not enough information...

How big is this drive - what O/S is installed, how full do you keep it - have you OP it?

What is your most intensive (for the storage subsystem) workflow on this?

Have you installed the latest firmware?

Do you let the drive idle (preferably at the logon screen, or better; at the BIOS screen) for at least 1/2 to an hour each month?

Is TRIM working (closely tied to what O/S you have installed).

Have you done any SSD 'tweaks' for this system?

Do you hibernate (a lot)?

How much RAM do you have?

What generation/platform do you run (Arrandale, SNB, IB, Haswell)?


Anything else that may be beyond the norm?

 

Try these two apps.

John.

SSDlife screenshots

CrystalDiskInfo - Software - Crystal Dew World

 

You're right, that info is quite useful, sorry for not posting it before...
Ok, here we go
It's a Crucial M4 128GB connected to a SATA III port. (62.6GB used. - 56.5GB free.) Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit. (what does OP mean?)
Most intensive workflow... I guess loading games and the OS itself.
Yes, latest FW is instaled 070H
No, I do not let the drive idle either at the logon screen or the BIOS (should I or does doing this damage it?)
Yes, TRIM is working.
The tweaks I've done so far are disable indexing, and making sure TRIM and SMART are working. Reduced the Page File size (3000MB) I don't know if I should completely disable it). And write caching enabled
I used to hibernate... not so much but towards the often I'd say.
12GB RAM, Core i7 2630QM

 

I'll post the screenshots in a minute! Thanks!

 

Everything looks OK, but your read speed has taken a big hit compared to the review of the m4 128gb below, try re-installing/update the ide sata controller driver in the device manger.

Crucial M4 128GB SATA3 SSD Review - Initial Tests | The SSD Review

John.

 

That's a nice idea John! I will look for the drivers, hope there's an update and that something can be done on that side.
BTW that's exactly the review I was comparing my results with. My results seem so depressing in comparison...
I mean this is a Crucial M4!! Not an HDD!

 

when you update the sata driver, try the standard microsoft sata driver i have used this many time and there is virtually no performance difference between microsoft and the intel one, but it might show up a problem.

see photo below.



John.

 

What do you suggest for that? Uninstall current driver, reboot and then let Windows do its work installing the driver automatically?
Thanks again.

 

Yeah, use uninstall and click delete driver if you have the option and then restart you notebook and let it re-detect and replace the sata driver.

John.

 

Latest Intel SATA driver is RST V12.8.0.1016 (8/8/2013) 18Meg setup file.

Go to Intel download center, put RST in search. Click on V12.8 and check the readme doc and PDF doc.
The PDF doc explains fixed issues and known issues for SSD’s and hybrid SSHD’s. No need to uninstall current driver.
The Intel setup.exe will detect the old driver, remove it and install V12.8. I’m running RST V12.8 on an Acer laptop with
a Seagate hybrid SSHD. From bootup, to app startup’s, its in the blink of an eye.

 

If it helps, I notice that the Intel RST drivers tend to delay the boot process by about 3 seconds but this is offset by the much snappier UI performance.
As for your drive, it is almost as if it is operation in SATA II mode as it should be reading close to 500mb/s. The only way to really know is to perform a secure erase, however this may require an external mSATA to USB3.0 adapter plus a working machine with the Crucial utility