I am creating this new thread regarding the relatively poor performance of my 120GB Vertex 3 because my previous thead was more of an inquiry into my secure erasing options. In this thread, I particularly want to address some phenomena I noticed.
Background:
-- Bought 120GB Vertex 3 second hand off the buy/sell forums. It has ~100 days of uptime on it and was probably not TRIMed because the original owner used it in a Mac.
-- Popped into X58 rig (in sig), updated firmware from 2.02 to 2.25 and secure erased with OCZ Toolbox
-- Moved into Asus U3S notebook from 2007. It runs a C2D proc and Vista Business 32-bit. The chipset is GM965 Express which supports SATA II but no AHCI, only "Enhanced mode." (I don't know what that means)
Bootup and program loading is noticeably faster, but my old drive was only a 160GB 5400rpm snail. Boot time was literally cut in half, but it still takes a good minute to get to the login screen. Running CrystalDiskMark, I got this:
As you can see, 4K and 4K@QD32 is quite poor. My guess is that the lengthy installation process of the OS and programs + OS updates wore out the drive. Given my circumstances, I am not able to TRIM the drive. It was suggested in my previous thread that I try secure erasing unused disk space with CCleaner, a process I am familiar with on HDDs. I had my suspicions, but I didn't have any other leads and thought it wouldn't hurt to try.
Well, it hurt. Here is the result:
So what exactly happened on a logical level? and what are my options now? will SandForce garbage collection restore performance if I let it idle long enough? Looking forward to words of wisdom. Thanks!
Background:
-- Bought 120GB Vertex 3 second hand off the buy/sell forums. It has ~100 days of uptime on it and was probably not TRIMed because the original owner used it in a Mac.
-- Popped into X58 rig (in sig), updated firmware from 2.02 to 2.25 and secure erased with OCZ Toolbox
-- Moved into Asus U3S notebook from 2007. It runs a C2D proc and Vista Business 32-bit. The chipset is GM965 Express which supports SATA II but no AHCI, only "Enhanced mode." (I don't know what that means)
Bootup and program loading is noticeably faster, but my old drive was only a 160GB 5400rpm snail. Boot time was literally cut in half, but it still takes a good minute to get to the login screen. Running CrystalDiskMark, I got this:
As you can see, 4K and 4K@QD32 is quite poor. My guess is that the lengthy installation process of the OS and programs + OS updates wore out the drive. Given my circumstances, I am not able to TRIM the drive. It was suggested in my previous thread that I try secure erasing unused disk space with CCleaner, a process I am familiar with on HDDs. I had my suspicions, but I didn't have any other leads and thought it wouldn't hurt to try.
Well, it hurt. Here is the result:
So what exactly happened on a logical level? and what are my options now? will SandForce garbage collection restore performance if I let it idle long enough? Looking forward to words of wisdom. Thanks!