RAID: Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver for Intel Desktop Boards
Installs the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RAID) driver version 9.6.0.1014 for Intel Desktop Boards.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sear...p+Board+DX58SO
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...15251&lang=eng
Those links don't seem to work but this one does: http://downloadmirror.intel.com/1525....0.1014_PV.exe
Edit: no speed increase on an AS SSD Benchmark run. :(
Awefull drivers, stear clear by a mile, not even TRIM in Raid0 would get me to use these...... They loose 100mb/s sequential read, same on random QD#32, gain some in a few areas, but the good does not weigh up for the bad.. Single drive users might not notice any difference, but raid0 sertainly will...Quote:
Originally Posted by audienceofone
Agreed. Highly disappointing that Intel can't optimise performance over an MS driver. Comparative score below.
AS SSD Benchmark 1.4.3645.3568
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Name: INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC
Firmware: 2CV1
Controller: iaStor
Offset: 103424 K - OK
Size: 149.05 GB
Date: 20/03/2010 09:12:32
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Sequential:
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Read: 249.51 MB/s (WAS 255.64)
Write: 104.98 MB/s (WAS 105.06)
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4K:
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Read: 21.29 MB/s (WAS 21.69)
Write: 44.96 MB/s (WAS 52.24)
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4K-64Threads:
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Read: 146.40 MB/s (WAS 158.81)
Write: 64.09 MB/s (WAS 65.58)
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Access Times:
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Read: 0.082 ms (WAS 0.057)
Write: 0.096 ms (WAS 0.084)
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Score:
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Read: 193 (WAS 206)
Write: 120 (WAS 128)
Total: 412 (WAS 441)
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Sad to hear about it. I suppose is Intel's first attempt. Let's wait for the v2.
@audienceofone,
When did you bench that 441 score?
Was it right before installing the 9.6 package or some time ago?
(I'm just thinking it could be caused by degrading perfomance on your G2)
I noticed firmware 2CV1?
Looks like AS SSD Bench can't pick up the full f/w version with the RST driver. I'm running 2CV102HD. I don't think degradation is a problem as the score does not change after a manual trim, but I will switch back to the MS driver and do a fresh AS bench run just to check.
Results after a switch back to MS drivers.
AS SSD Benchmark 1.4.3645.3568
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Name: INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC ATA Device
Firmware: 2CV102HD
Controller: msahci
Offset: 103424 K - OK
Size: 149.05 GB
Date: 20/03/2010 11:10:23
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Sequential:
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Read: 247.17 MB/s
Write: 104.36 MB/s
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4K:
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Read: 20.23 MB/s
Write: 44.28 MB/s
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4K-64Threads:
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Read: 153.03 MB/s
Write: 64.94 MB/s
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Access Times:
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Read: 0.085 ms
Write: 0.102 ms
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Score:
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Read: 198
Write: 120
Total: 420
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Do a QD#32 CDM test, see if its anywhere near what I loose in raid0, loss from 270mb/s to 182mb/s is somewhat tragic imho.... Only ~50mb/s on QD#64 though..
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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RST 9.6.0.1014
Sequential Read : 255.792 MB/s
Sequential Write : 109.595 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 188.210 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 110.796 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 23.297 MB/s [ 5687.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 66.615 MB/s [ 16263.5 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 154.345 MB/s [ 37681.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 98.916 MB/s [ 24149.4 IOPS]
Test : 50 MB [C: 31.5% (37.7/119.7 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2010/03/20 13:41:13
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)
it sounds like this version allows trim via raid? or am i misunderstanding?
That would be awesome! Wondering the same thing. Let's hope if it support trim, that they'll come out with a new version soon enough, to bring the performance numbers back to where they were. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Computurd
Look what we have here: :yepp:
http://webpages.charter.net/campb292/thetext.PNG
^ where did you get that little gem from?
I haven't downloaded the driver yet myself. Intel's site seems to be down. But on OCZ forums they are discussing the drivers, and it seems that description show on the screenshot can be found inside the driver's GUI.Quote:
Originally Posted by audienceofone
Here's the link to the OCZ thread: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...t-coming/page2
Wow that was sneaky, but its defiantly there in the help documentation.:up:
Do you think this is news worthy? Would it be a good idea to post it in the news section? I don't think the news section may be used for new drivers, right? A lot of people might miss this news, though, while it's quite big IMO :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by audienceofone
My two 80GB G2s are sitting on a shelf until TRIM can be passed to a RAID0 array. I hope this is for real. If it is it's news worthy!
If it’s true it’s a bit more that a just a driver update. It changes things quite a bit. There is still no way of knowing if trim is working or not (other than benchmark). It would be nice to see if the Intel Toolbox recognised a raid array and let you manually trim.
Intel's site is back online. Currently compressing some data, so I can't install the drivers yet, but as soon as that is done, I'll see if Intel's SSD Tool can manually TRIM the raid array now. I wouldn't hold my breath, though. As far as I know, SATA TRIM and manual TRIM are two different things, so these drivers allowing SATA TRIM, doesn't necessarily mean the manual TRIM will work too.Quote:
Originally Posted by audienceofone
Maybe not but if it did it would confirm 100%
wow this is an exciting day if it holds true! i wonder how long before we start to see firmwares from the raidcard companies? guess this will end the endless argument of picking either trim or raid. i swear i see twenty posts a week on various forums with that same question.
ich10r doesnt do raid 6 right? if it does wonder why they can get it to pass in 6 but not 5?
ICH10R doesn't support raid6 AFAIKQuote:
Originally Posted by Computurd
well now if the driver passes trim its on to nuts and bolts. how is this going to affect performance? there has been some slowdown seen when ssd were initially upgraded to trim functionality, is this extra layer of i/o transactions going to effect the iop performance of the controllers? and if so, how badly? then we can have people still wondering if trim is worth it in raid ! :)
serious though from what ive read above, there seems to be a performance impact in certain cases...will be interesting to see how this pans out.
Intel's Toolbox still says "Raid is not supported"
Just deleted ~6gb worth of data to try and trigger TRIM and reran AS SSD Benchmark. The benchmark run on the left was with the older Intel Matrix Storage Manager. That run was right after Window's installation was done. On the RIGHT we have the new drivers. I'd say these are keepers! :up:
Rebenching every test a few times can net you some very nice scores indeed :D
bahh too bad.. me likey Raid 5Quote:
Originally Posted by Musho