GUIDE: SSD Benchmark Comparison

[S.B.G]

It seems I have the worst result out of all others previously posted
what can be wrong ?

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I just upgraded to Mavericks
- Mac Book Pro 15 (mid 2010)
- i7 2800
- 8 Gb memory
and this Kingston v300 120G

yes I had worse results with standard HDD, but I expected more from this upgrade... something closer to other results posted here.

Thanks.

Just a quick guess but I think you may have a SATA II connection which is slower than the SATA III.

 

[RosarioAgro]

Just a quick guess but I think you may have a SATA II connection which is slower than the SATA III.

Thank you for quick reply - Probably it is - see the screenshot - it shows link speed at 3 Gb - which is probably means that it is SATA II.
but does it mean that absolutely all others posted results in this post (and other forums btw ) - has SATA III ? and is it really the case that the difference is so big ?

Thank you

 

[S.B.G]

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Thank you for quick reply - Probably it is - see the screenshot - it shows link speed at 3 Gb - which is probably means that it is SATA II.
but does it mean that absolutely all others posted results in this post (and other forums btw ) - has SATA III ? and is it really the case that the difference is so big ?

Thank you

Yes, the 3Gb speed is SATA II. SATA III is double at 6Gb. Your speeds look consistent with SATA II. Here is my iMac (SATA II) with a Samsung 840.

 

[RosarioAgro]

Yes, the 3Gb speed is SATA II. SATA III is double at 6Gb. Your speeds look consistent with SATA II. Here is my iMac (SATA II) with a Samsung 840.

I see... thank you, good to know and also good that I didn't spend money on "cutting edge" drive as I wouldn't get beyond SATA II anyway

Thanks again.

 

[Hexley]

A SATA version reference for Macbook Pro owners wondering why their SSDs are "slow".

SATA 1.5Gb/s (150MB/s)
2006-Early 2008 Macbook Pro (Non-unibody)

SATA 3Gb/s (300MB/s)
Late 2008-2010 Macbook Pro (Unibody)

SATA 6Gb/s (600MB/s)
2011-2013 Macbook Pro (Non-Retina Display)

 

[willsoriano]

My Samsung 840 250GB SSD Non-Pro

I think I remember somebody asking for shots of the 840 non pro, I just did one and this is what I got.

I forgot to give my specs

Mid-2012 MBP 2.6 GHZ Intel Core i7
16GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mavericks 10.9.3

 

[ron1004]

I see... thank you, good to know and also good that I didn't spend money on "cutting edge" drive as I wouldn't get beyond SATA II anyway

Thanks again.

I just installed a Samsung EVO 750GB drive in my wife's 2009 MBP which is SATA2 and it made her machine a whole lot faster and I feel that the cost of the SSD ($349) was money well spent.

My 2012 MBP has a 1TB EVO drive and it is of course twice as fast - it was an improvement going from 4GB to 8GB RAM, but the upgrade to the SSD was major improvement.

 

[tomhall]

I've just bought a MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013, 2.6GHz i7, 16GB RAM with a 1TB 4-lane PCIe SSD (APPLE SSD SM1024F).

It's seriously fast, I can run several virtual machines at the same time and have no slow down. Here's the results: