Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
After wayyyyyyyyyyyy too much formatting/reinstalling. Uninstalling storage drivers, etc etc. I've finally figured out why it was dropping me to 1.5 Gbps -- seems like that the RST drivers when installed on a laptop it enables a feature to 'power save' -- Link Power Management (LPM)
The fix...
After a fresh install of the OS and only installing a couple of patches from WU, I tried Crystal Mark, the sequential read is about 220 and the write is about 215 or so.
After installing drivers and applications (drive is probably around 50% full). I ran CrystalMark again, but this time, I am...
Make that x3. I have the XXX version of XFX 5870. I'm trying to get them to RMA now. My clocks (after BIOS flash) is 900/1250, where before was 875/1300, where it would hard lock completely.