The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Samsung 840 EVO: Are these speeds normal

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Amerika, Jan 22, 2014.

  1. Amerika

    Amerika Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    74
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Just installed the Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB into my new Lenovo Y510p. I installed the Samsung Magician software, applied optimizations, and then did some benchmarking. The 10:32 AM (latest) benchmark was done with RAPID mode on. I'm just wondering if the speeds with RAPID disabled are normal? I was expecting them to be a bit higher. Also, does having RAPID enabled at all times negatively affect the SSD?
     

    Attached Files:

    Amerika, Jan 22, 2014
    #1
  2. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

    Reputations:
    7,279
    Messages:
    10,304
    Likes Received:
    2,878
    Trophy Points:
    581
    Nope the SSD is not running optimal.

    Specs of Samsung 840 EVO 120GB is as following:
    Read: 540MB/s (you got 281MB)
    Write: 410MB/s (you got 254MB)

    Read IOPS: 94 000 (you got 51 000)
    Write IOPS: 35 000 (you got 40 000)

    Looks to me like you are running in SATA2 which have a limit on 300MB/s. You need an available SATA3 port to get above 300MB/s speeds.
     
    Cloudfire, Jan 22, 2014
    #2
  3. Amerika

    Amerika Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    74
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Amerika, Jan 22, 2014
    #3
  4. RCB

    RCB Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    644
    Messages:
    1,065
    Likes Received:
    103
    Trophy Points:
    81
    Usually there are only 2 SATA III ports for notebook computers. Unless there is only space for 1 internal drive and the other SATA III port was given to the OD.

    Most likely you're going to have SATA II capability available for that caddy.
     
    RCB, Jan 22, 2014
    #4
  5. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

    Reputations:
    4,740
    Messages:
    8,513
    Likes Received:
    3,823
    Trophy Points:
    431
    Tinderbox (UK), Jan 22, 2014
    #5
  6. Amerika

    Amerika Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    74
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    16
    So you think it's an issue with the caddy? Can I just swap the locations of the HDD and SSD?
     
    Amerika, Jan 22, 2014
    #6
  7. RCB

    RCB Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    644
    Messages:
    1,065
    Likes Received:
    103
    Trophy Points:
    81
    That would be ideal. HDD is much slower so give it the slower port. You can look up the processor and chipset to find out the support it has built in. Check the Mfr. laptop spec. The OD might even be SATA I.
     
    RCB, Jan 22, 2014
    #7
  8. Amerika

    Amerika Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    74
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Here you go. I disabled RAPID mode.



     

    Attached Files:

    • 4.PNG
      4.PNG
      File size:
      48.4 KB
      Views:
      285
    • 3.PNG
      3.PNG
      File size:
      73.9 KB
      Views:
      242
    Amerika, Jan 22, 2014
    #8
  9. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

    Reputations:
    4,740
    Messages:
    8,513
    Likes Received:
    3,823
    Trophy Points:
    431
    Yeah, it looks like the Caddy is only SATA2, can you swap your hdd and ssd around?

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Jan 22, 2014
    #9
  10. Amerika

    Amerika Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    74
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    16
    I will try that tonight and re run the tests. Thanks for all the suggestions.
     
    Amerika, Jan 22, 2014
    #10
  11. Amerika

    Amerika Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    74
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Swapped drives and I'm getting advertised speeds now:

    Sequential Read: 550 MB/s
    Sequential Write: 540 MB/s
     
    Amerika, Jan 22, 2014
    #11
    saturnotaku, Tinderbox (UK), Cloudfire and 3 others like this.