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post #31 of 39

12/25/12 at 2:00am

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You can shrink your current partition in Disk Management, and then create a new one and assign a drive letter - that'll split the drive.
Your current benchmark looks like a drive under heavy load and lots of interference. If you go into safemode, what sort of graph do you get?
Did you install Windows in AHCI mode, and install AMD AHCI drivers?
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/raid_windows.aspx#2

so this is bench after installing amd ahci drivers you sent me

and this one is right after it, in safe mode

much better, but there are still some drops
and i am not sure what does installing windows in ahci mode mean

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12/25/12 at 2:13am

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They look fine now.

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12/25/12 at 2:55am

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well... i didnt install windows in ahci mode (according to bios settings), so i am going to try that wdidle thing in msdos

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12/25/12 at 7:45am

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Before you reinstall use the windows hotfix.

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12/25/12 at 1:13pm

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Quote:

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much better, but there are still some drops
and i am not sure what does installing windows in ahci mode mean

Drops are normal. I've only got about 1/5 drives that have no drops whatsoever. Access times look good now, and overall the graph is pretty stable.

Oh - I meant when you installed Windows you were in AHCI mode in the BIOS. Sean has a good guide on how to avoid having to reinstall Windows to flip modes.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1227636/how-to-change-sata-modes-after-windows-7-installation/0_100

If you do get AHCI mode turned on properly, reinstall those AMD AHCI drivers again and then re-test after a reboot.

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12/25/12 at 2:26pm

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so should I turn on that AHCI mode? currently its off, and I didnt plan to change it, but if you say its better turned on, i might

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12/25/12 at 2:50pm

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so should I turn on that AHCI mode? currently its off, and I didnt plan to change it, but if you say its better turned on, i might

I would turn it on.

Without AHCI, NCQ is disabled - NCQ allows drives to rearrange reads/writes into a more optimal order. It's a very good thing to have enabled, but you'll have to follow Sean's guide to do it without a Windows reinstall.

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I would turn it on.
Without AHCI, NCQ is disabled - NCQ allows drives to rearrange reads/writes into a more optimal order. It's a very good thing to have enabled, but you'll have to follow Sean's guide to do it without a Windows reinstall.

NCQ is useful for SSDs or multiuser systems.... it can actually hurt single user performance due to offerhead.

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12/25/12 at 7:48pm

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Quote:

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NCQ is useful for SSDs or multiuser systems.... it can actually hurt single user performance due to offerhead.

Not really. May have been the case in the past, but with the average number of processes creeping up to 80-100 for most Windows boxes, it's highly unlikely it'll hurt performance. There's a lot of I/O happening in the background now. Every time you launch a program NCQ helps speed that up by making sure the conflicting I/O happens in the most optimal way. Even when playing a single game it helps, by allowing writes to step aside and let more critical reads happen first. (Something programmers could code in, but usually don't.)

For SSDs it's particularly useful, since you need to flood SSDs with requests to get all the NAND channels operating at once.

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Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Samsung 2343BWX 23" (2048x1152)	I-Rocks KR-6170-BK	Corsair HX620	Fractal Design Define R3
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio	Audio
Razer Abyssus 3500DPI	Mousepad + Desk	Onboard Realtek® ALC 892	Cyber Acoustics CA-2992 2.0 Speakers
Other	Other	Other
Razer Krait 1600 DPI	nGear G-C1601 Card Reader	Pisen Card Reader
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
VIA Eden C7 1200mhz	Jetway J7F4K1G2ES-LF	VIA Onboard	512MB PC2-4200
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
A-Data FlashDrive	None	Fanless	Linux
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Headless	None	65w Power Brick	Antec ISK300-65
Mouse	Audio
None	Onboard VIA
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Barton XP-M 2400+ FJQ4C	Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe	256MB BFG 7800GS OC	2x512MB Samsung PC3200
Hard Drive	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Raptor 74GB/Seagate 120GB	Windows 2000 Pro	60hz 17" CRT	Brandless PS2 Keyboard
Power	Mouse
Antec Neo HE 550w	Logitech G5
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