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AsRock n68c-s UCC/ SSD/ AHCI mystery
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poachedeggs
Feb 22, 2013, 6:04:02 PM2/22/13
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Though nothing calamitous has come of my homebuilt machine's latest tweaks I'm wondering if anything can be done to improve things. I replaced a dual core 3ghz AMD cpu with a quad core 3ghz cpu this morning. The CPU was the only thing that didn't have a WEI score in the 7's, and though I know the WEI scores are a bit bobbins I had an itch and the money was available is has so rarely been the case. My 128gb Samsung SSD drive's score has gone down from I think 7.3 to 6.8 just as the cpu's has gone from 6.5 to 7.3 - the drive's now the weak link. I belatedly understand that my motherboard, an AsRock n68c-s UCC does not have an AHCI option (apparently it is locked in the firmware if that makes sense other than financially for AsRock) partly impeding the SSD, yet until this morning it was doing a little bit better it would seem - it wasn't so impeded then. What's happening there, and can I alter anything to put this particular avenue of OCD to bed? The rest of the spec: 4gb ddr3, ATI HD 5670 1gb, AMD Athlon II X4 640, Windows 7 64 bit. I notice a driver from 2006 is used for the drive, seemingly a generic one. Only some manuals pdf files were on the CD in the Samsung box, and when I attempt to update I get the 'already have the best driver for this' message. I don't think I could be bothered to get a new motherboard just to get this extra feature when it hadn't needed it, but is that the only solution if I wanted one? Ignoring the WEI aspect, I suppose I'm still curious about why the possible performance shift has occurred. A better CPU has made a hard drive slow down a wee bit? (I checked no other hidden aspects of the CPU's spec are worse than what it replaced.)
In anticipation of another volley of uk.comp.homebuilt wisdom, many thanks.
In anticipation of another volley of uk.comp.homebuilt wisdom, many thanks.
John Jordan
Feb 23, 2013, 7:30:37 AM2/23/13
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On 22/02/2013 23:04, poachedeggs wrote:
> Ignoring the WEI aspect, I suppose I'm still curious about why the
> possible performance shift has occurred. A better CPU has made a
> hard drive slow down a wee bit?
Most likely there was some Windows background reorganisation process or
> Ignoring the WEI aspect, I suppose I'm still curious about why the
> possible performance shift has occurred. A better CPU has made a
> hard drive slow down a wee bit?
AV scan running. Try it again a few hours after booting.
IIRC the lack of TRIM support doesn't matter for Samsung drives because
they comprehend NTFS. That's mostly rumour though.
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John Jordan
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