SSD Performance seems slow....

[csunflip]

15" Base Model with OCZ Vertex 2 100gb

xBench Readings:

Disk Test 305.99
Sequential 183.06
Uncached Write 250.89 154.04 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 248.85 140.80 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 91.09 26.66 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 348.70 175.25 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 931.64
Uncached Write 1231.95 130.42 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 490.52 157.04 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 2949.13 20.90 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 905.76 168.07 MB/sec [256K blocks]

 

[iBookG4user]

xBench really isn't that reliable. Although is there anything other than benchmarks that make it seem slow?

 

[csunflip]

No...I just got this on yesterday....load all my apps and bootcamp.

Seems slow right?

 

[iBookG4user]

So, other than benchmarks nothing seems slow about the SSD? (If I read your post correctly) Why not just use it then, if everything else is speedy?

 

[csunflip]

Good idea...just acting like a newb ...all caught up in the numbers!

 

[iBookG4user]

Good idea...just acting like a newb ...all caught up in the numbers!

Sometimes getting caught up in the numbers is a curse! (That's when having too much knowledge hurts you )

 

[csunflip]

100%, but when you are paying a premium for an SSD, you want to make sure you get what you paid for

 

[iBookG4user]

100%, but when you are paying a premium for an SSD, you want to make sure you get what you paid for

Also, your scores are fine as far as xbench goes (as it really isn't that reliable). I installed a SSD in a friend's MacBook Pro and your scores are higher than theirs. But it really is a bad habit to get absorbed in things like this were you won't see a difference in the real world.