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    Slow NVME read speed on MSI GS65

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Laptopnista, Sep 23, 2018.

  1. Laptopnista

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    I just added a second drive to my MSI GS65 Stealth. It's an Adata SX8200 480GB drive and installed it in slot 2 since the first slot is occupied by an m.2 Sata drive.

    For some reason after I benchmark the drive it has an 1700 read and 1700 write speed. The write speed is accurate but the read speed should be around 3000.

    Is there a setting I'm missing that slowing down the read speed on my NVME?
     
    Laptopnista, Sep 23, 2018
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    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    How did you benchmark it? Using CrystalDiskMark?
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Sep 25, 2018
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    Yes, but I found out the issue. It was due to lack of optimizations. I didn't expect to hurt read speeds by that much. I have it now up to 2600 MB/s. Still tweaking thought to get more performance out of it.
     
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    The Samsung NVME driver isn't necessary to use but you can find it here at the Samsung website:

    https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/
     
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    Do you want to share on what optimization you had applied to fix this? Thanks. :)
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Sep 25, 2018
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    Laptopnista, Sep 26, 2018
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    Sorry for reviving a very old thread but I have an update regarding this. Weirdly enough I bought a Samsung 970 Evo and had no issues with it, on the other hand the SX8200 got slower once I migrated windows to it (mind you it was align for an SSD).

    So I was about to RMA the SX8200 when I installed on my desktop, low and behold, it running at full speed in my desktop. I can't explain it why it ran so slow on my laptop while the Samsung doesn't. Anyone else experienced this with any NVME on their GS65?
     
    Laptopnista, Dec 26, 2018
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    All SSD slows down when they are being filled up though just like hard drives do. But SSD are still faster than HDD overall under such scenario.
    The other thing is that the speed/processing is managed by the controller.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Dec 26, 2018
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    Then it seems the SM controller doesn't play nice with the GS65. First time I seen something like this.
     
    Laptopnista, Dec 27, 2018
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    Papusan Jokebook's Sucks! Dont waste your $$$ on Filthy

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    Increase OP above what’s the factory level.
     
    Papusan, Dec 27, 2018
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