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  • Something Doesnt seem right with RAID0

    Hope someone can answer this, or tell me if this is even right, Im using 2 x OCZ Agility 3 in RAID0, both identical drives with identical firmware, the performance just doesn't seem to be there, ive tried block size of 64k, 16k and 128k, currently on 128k, but they all gave roughly the same results, I seem to have a major slow down at the beginning of the drive and the As SSD benchmark is no where near what others are scoring, any idea's what might be wrong.

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  • #2
    Re: Something Doesnt seem right with RAID0

    The problem is with your OCZ Agility 3 drives that use asynchronous Nand.
    AS SSD uses incompressible data and this test provides worst case results with asynchronous Nand ssd's.
    There are many AS SSD web benchmarks that show that asynchronous ssd's have noticeably lower scores.
    Don't get hung up on the sequential read/write scores, the small file 4K scores are much more important.
    Keep in mind that newer synchronous and toggle Nand drives have significantly higher IOPS scores and are much faster.

    The Intel sata3 ports will provide better performance than the Marvell (GSATA3 6~9) ports.


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    Seasonic SS-660XP2 80 Plus Platinum psu (660w)
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    SLI @ 16/4 works when running HyperSLI
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    Asus VH242H 24" monitor [1920x1080]
    MSI N460GTX Hawk (1GB) video card
    Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
    win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium
    HT|Omega Claro plus+ sound card
    CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
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    HT|Omega Striker 7.1 sound card ~~ Asus VH242H monitor [1920x1080] ~~ Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
    win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium ~~ CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD U.P.S
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    • #3
      Re: Something Doesnt seem right with RAID0

      I noticed there are no shortcuts on your desktop,is this a fresh install and if so have you actually installed an RST driver or are you using the windows default one?

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      • #4
        Re: Something Doesnt seem right with RAID0

        This is a fresh install, yes, but I never put shortcuts on my desktop, it actually slows boot times down as the computer whilst loading has to remember what's there and there location etc.

        The IRST drivers are installed, took the ones from the gigabyte site as they are newer than the ones on the supplied disk.

        Thanks for your help so far guys.

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        • #5
          Re: Something Doesnt seem right with RAID0

          Prof Jim's post really covered it all, it's all about the Agility 3 and its async NAND and AS SSD's use of only non-compressible data for testing. The non-compressible data has a large affect on any SandForce (controller) based SSD. The average distribution of compressible to non-compressible data in the real world is about 60% - 40%.

          The ATTO and HD Tach benchmarks, which use all compressible data for their testing, show better results. Those results and the AS SSD result are normal for an Agility 3. The type of data used for testing, compressible and non-compressible, is the main difference between these benchmarks and their results with your SSD.

          The lower speeds shown by HD Tach at the beginning of its test is due to data being stored on the SSD on the first ~20GB. The offset shown in AS SSD shows you have an OS installed on the RAID volume, so that makes sense.

          There is very little to nothing that can be done to change the results you now have.

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          • #6
            Re: Something Doesnt seem right with RAID0

            the atto benchmark looks right,the as ssd favours non sandforce controlled drives,
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            • #7
              Re: Something Doesnt seem right with RAID0

              Originally posted by parsec View Post
              The average distribution of compressible to non-compressible data in the real world is about 60% - 40%.

              There is very little to nothing that can be done to change the results you now have.
              Oh yes there is!

              Look at the Anvil disk benchmark settings on the left side of the window and you will see that you can select the compressible/non-compressible ratio for your test.

              Also note that you can run Trim from within Anvil.

              Anvil's Storage Utilities thread at XtremeSystems, has almost 500 posts and a lot of additional information.

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              Q9650 @ 4.10GHz [9x456MHz]
              P35-DS4 [rev: 2.0] ~ Bios: F14
              4x2GB OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 1094MHz @5-5-5-15
              MSI N460GTX Hawk Talon Attack (1GB) video card <---- SLI ---->
              Seasonic SS-660XP2 80 Plus Platinum psu (660w)
              WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data)
              Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD (boot)
              SLI @ 16/4 works when running HyperSLI
              Cooler Master 120XL Seidon push/pull AIO cpu water cooling
              Cooler Master HAF XB computer case (RC-902XB-KKN1)
              Asus VH242H 24" monitor [1920x1080]
              MSI N460GTX Hawk (1GB) video card
              Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
              win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium
              HT|Omega Claro plus+ sound card
              CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
              E6300 (R0) @ 3.504GHz [8x438MHz] ~~ P35-DS3L [rev: 1.0] ~ Bios: F9 ~~ 4x2GB Kingston HyperX T1 PC2-8500, 876MHz @4-4-4-10
              Seasonic X650 80+ gold psu (650w) ~~ Xigmatek Balder HDT 1283 cpu cooler ~~ Cooler Master CM 690 case (RC-690-KKN1-GP)
              Samsung 830 128GB SSD MZ-7PC128B/WW (boot) ~~ WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data) ~~ ZM-MFC2 fan controller
              HT|Omega Striker 7.1 sound card ~~ Asus VH242H monitor [1920x1080] ~~ Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
              win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium ~~ CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD U.P.S
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              • #8
                Re: Something Doesnt seem right with RAID0

                Thanks for your help guys, you've explained a lot.

                My main concern was the slow down at the beginning of the drive, Thanks to Parsec for clearing that up.

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