- As SSD prices have moderated, now few who value the power and expansion of a Mac Pro doubt that the performance of an SSD is worth the price compared to a hard drive, or at least in addition to hard drives, but which SSD option is best for you depends on both your budget as well as your storage and performance needs.
- AS SSD Benchmark reads/writes a 1 GByte file as well as randomly chosen 4K blocks. Additionally, it performs the tests using 1 or 64 threads and it determines the SSD's access time.
- By default, Mac OS, unlike Windows, doesn't automatically enable the TRIM command for a self-installed SSD. (If your Mac comes with an SSD, TRIM will already be enabled.) (If your Mac comes with.
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Tips: Since Windows 10, Windows 8.1, or Windows 8is an adaptation of Windows 7 as a base. This guide also applies for SSD optimizationfor Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 8. More tips about SSD optimization and partition management.
1. Make Sure Your System is Running in AHCI Mode
The first step of SSD optimization is to make sure that your system is running inAHCI mode. Normally, if you have a Windows 7 or 8 PC, then all you have to do is toenter the BIOS setup and change the SATA controller mode to AHCI mode.
Tips: the common way to enter the BIOS is pressing the Delete key orF2 key when the computer is booting up.
System may fail to boot up after you change the mode from IDE to AHCI in BIOS. If so,please switch back to the original mode. Normally it should be that if you haveinstalled system, and then enter into BIOS to check whether AHCI is enabled or not.If not, please do not make any changes because it will result in BSOD. In such case,there is another way to enable AHCI in Windows.
After entering into Windows, please follow the way below to enable AHCI mode, whichwon’t make your computer unbootable.
- Use Win+R shortcut to open the Run dialog box.
- Input 'regedit' and hit Enter key to open Registry Editor.
- Navigate to the location 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesmsahci'.
- Set the Start value to '0' (0 means AHCI enabled).
2. Verify If TRIM Is Enabled or Not
SSD has to clean the data marked for deletion before it can be written on, but erasing takes more time. And thus it will reduce SSD speed when it is writing.Therefore, SSD manufacturers introduce TRIM technologies which enable SSD toautomatically wipe the data marked for deletion clean so that it will speed up datawriting. It’s not so easy to verify if TRIM is enabled or not because TRIM is aninstant thing. The following method may help you to verify TRIM status.
- Open Command Line Prompt.
- Input 'fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify'.
- If the result is 0, then it means that TRIM is enabled. On the other hand, ifthe result is 1, then TRIM is disabled.
3. Check Whether SSD Partition Is Aligned or Not
Partition alignment is a new concept of SSD. It refers to the starting location ofevery partition on SSD has to be a multiple of 2048, which is very helpful forimproving the speed of writing and reading data. You can use AS SSD Benchmark orAOMEI Partition Assistant Pro to check whether SSD partitions are aligned ornot.
In AS SSD Benchmark (depicted above), if it shows a '-BAD', then it meanspartition (here is F:) is not aligned. Then, how to align partition of SSD?
AOMEI Partition AssistantPro is an all-in-one partition manager and magic disk management software forWindows 10, Windows 8.1/8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP. It not only allows youto check whether SSD partitions are aligned or not, but also enables you to realizepartition alignment. Besides, it also supports to resize partition, migrate OS fromHDD to SSD, clone HDD to smaller SSD, and so on. Please follow the guide below tocheck or realize SSD partition alignment.
Step 1: You can freedownload AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro Demo version to check. After installingand launching the software, right-click the partition (here is C:) you want to checkor align. In the drop-down menu, choose 'Advanced' -> 'PartitionAlignment'.
Step 2: In the pop-up window, you can partition alignment to avalue. Then,click 'OK' to continue.
Step 3: Click 'Apply -> Proceed' to save changes.
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Test the sequential or random read/write performance without using the cache. AS SSD Benchmark reads/writes a 1 GByte file as well as randomly chosen 4K blocks. Additionally, it performs the tests using 1 or 64 threads and it determines the SSD's access time.
Two extra benchmark tests examine the drive's behaviour when copying a few big files, a lot of small files and a mixture of file sizes by using cached copy functions of your OS as well as reading/writing data depending on the data's compressibility.
The synthetic tests determine the sequential and random read and write performance of the SSD. These tests are carried out without using the operating system cache. In Seq-test the program measures how long it takes to read a 1 GB file to write respectively. 4K test the read and write performance is determined at random 4K blocks. The 4K-64 corresponds to the test Thrd 4K procedure except that the read and write operations are distributed to 64 threads. This test should SSDs pose with Native Command Queuing (NCQ), differences between the IDE operation mode where NCQ is not supported, and the AHCI mode. The additional compression test can measure the power of the SSD in response to compressibility of the data. This is especially for the controllers that use to increase the performance and life of the cell compression, important.
In the first three synthetic tests and the compression test, the size of the test file 1 GB. Finally the access time of the SSD is calculated, wherein the access to read over the entire capacity of the SSD (Full Stroke) is determined. The write access test, however, is done with a 1 GB big test file.
In the first three synthetic tests and the compression test, the size of the test file 1 GB. Finally the access time of the SSD is calculated, wherein the access to read over the entire capacity of the SSD (Full Stroke) is determined. The write access test, however, is done with a 1 GB big test file.
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