Vertex 3 not running fast anymore

is it an early 2011 model? if so read on if not ignore the rest of what I've written

now that I recently had what seems as a catastrophic HDD failure as I look back I see in the days leading up my computer had been getting slower and slower, so FOR THE LOVE OF GOD BACK UP NOW, as my hypothesis forms as to what has caused this I and starting to think it may have something to do with the Cougar Point chipset manufacturing issues reported only weeks before the newest MPB's released

(yes I know it only affected the 3Gb/s SATA ports and not the 6Gb/s port the HDD uses but it could be vaguely related)

 

It shouldn't be slowing down due to issues such as 'degration' given current flash memory does not have these issues as people emphasize; furthermore, the SF controllers and wear leveling software should prevent the 'clutter' people speak of (ha!).

You may not have an issue though, as XBench is archaic and not designed for SSDs, let alone SSDs that are SATAIII. Even more modern bench tests seem to do fluky things with SSDs that are SF2k driven. Do you see a slowdown yourself?

 

That sucks, I hope it does not happen to me. I've had it for 2 weeks and it has not slowed down. Only 30% full, no trim enabled as well. Sounds like your drive is bad? Can anyone else chime in?

 

Hmmmmmmm...so...380MB per second is not fast, bad and sucks?

Well, you could return the drive and go back to a regular platter.

Or, you could stop running benchmark software (and leave TRIM off as it causes beachballing) and just enjoy your blazing fast SSD?

 

I got the same results with mine.