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    Is HD Tune killing my ssd, help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by michaeljean, Oct 14, 2011.

  1. michaeljean

    michaeljean Notebook Consultant

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    I have a 64gb Samsung SSD 470 series sata 2 max 250mb read speed and for the past few weeks my speed test results are about equal to a 7200rpm drive. (well max transfer rate is at 105mb sometimes) Now the samsung magic tool says that you should not benchmark your ssd more than once a day as it kills the life of it. Is the hdtune benchmark pretty much killing it as well because I have done that one more.

    Currently I tried clearing out temp files and stuff to free up some space. I have had about 27gb free so not that I need it or anything but I really don't know how these ssd's work, not only are they less space but then your not even supposed to have them more than half filled. I think I'm going back to regular or hybrid hard drives.
     
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    accel Notebook Evangelist

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    try to log off your computer and wait a night... GC will working... see if it helps. btw, what os do you use on it?
     
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    michaeljean Notebook Consultant

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    I use windows 7 x64, I don't understand your response. I'm asking is running a quick benchmark thru hd tune hurting the life of my ssd and performance.
     
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    What IRST driver you using ? Your results look SATA I not a SATA II SSD. Your Bios in ACHI or IDE mode for this drive ?


    Cheers
    3Fees :)
     
    3Fees, Oct 14, 2011
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