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    Somewhat slow performance of Intel X25-M SSD on a T500

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by smartins, Jun 6, 2009.

  1. smartins

    smartins Notebook Guru

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    I've just received an 80GB Intel X25-M that I installed on a T500.

    I was expecting to see read speed performance similar to what I've seen on several reviews (~220-240 MB/s), but on my T500 it only seem to reach a maximum of 180 MB/s read speed.

    I've updated the X25-M firmware to the latest version, AHCI is selected on the BIOS and windows was installed with AHCI enabled.

    OS: Windows 7 x64 RC1
    SSD: Intel X25-M 80GB
    Disk Usage: 12 GB of ~74GB available (only installed Windows)

    I tried both the generic Windows AHCI drivers and the ones from Lenovo with the same result.

    Any ideas on what might be limiting the performance of the SSD?
     
    smartins, Jun 6, 2009
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  2. martinmach

    martinmach Notebook Evangelist

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    did u try ultrabay?
     
    martinmach, Jun 6, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What is your performance profile? Your notebook might be limiting speed to save power.
     
    sgogeta4, Jun 7, 2009
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    No, I swapped the hard-drive with the SSD, I haven't tried running it from the ultrabay.
     
    smartins, Jun 7, 2009
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    The laptop is plugged in and the profile is set to max performance.
     
    smartins, Jun 7, 2009
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    jessea510 Notebook Consultant

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    what program where you using to get the results? ATTO, hdtune,...
     
    jessea510, Jun 7, 2009
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    HD Tune and HD Tach. Both reported around the same max read speeds.
     
    smartins, Jun 7, 2009
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