Hi all I just upgraded my PC. Got a new motherboard with RAM and CPU, and then installed my old Gfx card, sound, and hard disks. Everything is perfect! Apart from one thing. When I do the windows performance test thingy, it gives my SSD a low score. I checked and I think it is running in IDE mode. I have AHCI enabled in my BIOS but that doesn't seem to help. Does anyone know a way to make it start working as AHCI? I would rather not reformat it if possible.
Is there any mention of AHCI in the device manager under the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers section? and if you view by connection is the SSD connected via it? Most modern motherboards have 2 disk controllers, usually designated by different coloured ports, both of which will have the option to run in AHCI mode but they may not be on the same page in the bios.
Thanks for the reply! It says I have an AHCI controller in that section, and when I did view by connection, it shows the SSD working in that controller too. The only other information I have is that it still comes out as slow in the Windows Experience test. All the components are in the high 7's, apart from the Primary Hard Drive which is only 5.9. Although when I try to perform the test now, it gives me an error saying the score can't be computed due to a fault with a driver. All drivers are latest btw.
Asus P8P67 Pro Rev3, Intel P67 The disk seems fast actually. But I have no real reference point so I'm just going off what these things tell me.
Sometimes the Intel chipset driver doesn't properly detect all the hardware, might be worth re-installing it with the -overall switch.
Oooh Ok thanks! That is very likely actually because I made this computer in a weird way, transporting hard disks and stuff.. I will try that now. Thank you for all the help so far by the way.
Just got the latest chipset driver from the intel website and installed it, didn't seem to help I managed to fix the test though, so that is working again now. Still gives everything 7's apart from the disk which is 5.9. edited: Gah I didn't use that overall switch. Will try that now.
strange, the disk score is usually only limited by 4kb access that spinning disks are poor at and SDD's are far better with. What does it say for 4kb reads and writes if you benchmark the disk with Argus Monitor? Once installed, go to the HD S.M.A.R.T. page and after selecting the SDD you should find the benchmark in the menu that comes up after you click the extended button.
Nice tool! Says BUS: SATA and this test: Here is some of the stuff from more information: Drive Controller: ATA Channel 0 Interface: SATA TRIM Command: Supported
Well that seems healthy, does it match any other benchmarks for your SDD model? Have you got any way of checking if trim is enabled? Perhaps the windows performance test is using your hard disk instead of your SDD to benchmark from. if you go to disk management in computer management (right click my computer and select manage), which disk appears as disk 0?
That's it! I have another (mechanical) disk in 0, and my SSD is number 1. Any idea how I can change that? p.s. Just checked and I have trim enabled.
As far as I know that would be the order the bios assigns them, you could try making sure that the SDD is in the lowest numbered port on your MB, but you may have booting issues if the boot loader is looking for disk 0 and doesn't find what it is expecting. Worth a try though, you can always swap it back. If that doesn't work then you may want to re-install with the SSD in the lowest port, but tbh the windows score isn't exactly vital.
Ok cool, thank you so much for all your help! I will probably do that next time I open the case, but for now I think I'll just enjoy it and I can stop worrying
