Benchmark Performance SSD Testing: AHCI vs IDE

jbloggs · 13 Apr 2010 at 10:31

Benchmark Performance SSD Testing: AHCI vs IDE

Solid State Drive technology is unfamiliar to many consumers, and so long as there are different ways an SSD can operate there always be questions that need answering. Benchmark Reviews offers various SSD tests, but proving performance speeds and matching manufacturer claims is only part of the story. Each SSD processor has unique behaviors, with some working well with TRIM and offering improved performance in AHCI mode, while others include Garbage Collection (GC) and work best in IDE mode. In this article Benchmark Reviews demonstrates how SSDs are tested by the manufacturer, and illustrates how real-world performance is different for end-users...

Full article can be found Here

Razor Time · 13 Apr 2010 at 11:11

Bookmarked, cheers.

Trunks9486 · 13 Apr 2010 at 12:34

O_o

I thought that users here reported that having it to IDE reduced performance substantially.

Any comments from SSD users?

Stonedofmoo · 13 Apr 2010 at 12:43

Based on the results obtained in these tests, here is how the various SSD controllers function in connection with the Intel ICH10 SATA-3.0 controller:

You can always trust a hardware site to deliver a good conclusion when they don't even know the specifications of the controller they used...

ICH10 is a SATA 2 (SATA300 controller).

Mick-1965 · 13 Apr 2010 at 13:35

Stonedofmoo said:
You can always trust a hardware site to deliver a good conclusion when they don't even know the specifications of the controller they used...

ICH10 is a SATA 2 (SATA300 controller).

Also known as 3.0 Gb/s

Maybe where the confusion lies

jbloggs · 15 Apr 2010 at 10:51

PC Perspective - Benchmark Performance SSD Testing: AHCI vs IDE (or perhaps not)

dave_beast · 15 Apr 2010 at 11:22

I lost a few (8mb/s) mb/s read/write time swapping to AHCI on my Kingston SSDNow, it's the latest Kingston SSD with trim, so if anyone's thinking of getting one, stick with IDE.

Trunks9486 · 15 Apr 2010 at 13:33

See the post above yours.

AHCI is superior to IDE for SSDs. The original benchmark site was fishy and PC
perspective confirmed that.

dave_beast · 15 Apr 2010 at 13:41

I tried AHCI and as well being slower, Windows lost it's snappiness that it had with IDE. I guess it's hardware dependant really, but the only way for an overclocker is to try both ways and find the max.

jbloggs · 16 Apr 2010 at 11:26

Benchmark Reviews.com's Update To Their Initial Article