Samsung 830 very slow benchmark numbers
- by alekop
I just bought a new SSD, and installed a fresh copy of Windows on it. I didn't see any noticeable difference in boot times, app start-up times, so I decided to benchmark it.
Asus P7P55D-E
Intel i5-760
Samsung 830 256GB SATA III
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
The Windows experience index gave the drive a 7.3 rating, but real-world performance is not particularly impressive.
Any ideas why the numbers are so low?
UPDATE:
It turns out that SATA III support is turned off by default on the P7P55D motherboard. After enabling it in BIOS (Tools - Level Up), the scores went up:
Read Write
Seq 325 183
4K 16 49
IOPS 32K 28K
It's an improvement, but still far below what they should be for this drive.