AMD SB850/890GX with SSD RAID-0 first look

[F@32]

try altering SB voltage ? i have/had the same on my crosshair IV ..

Figured it out. After flashing BIOS I flipped SATA3 mode back on when setting everything up. And it screws RAID up. Now with 1024K alignment and SATA3 off I think I unlocked the performance of the SB850 I expected all along. Posting fresh benchies shortly...

Quick preview:
4K random read QD16 before 1024K alignment and SATA3 mode turned ON


4K random read QD16 with 1024K alignment and SATA3 mode turned OFF

[CrimInalA]

This is mine on SB850 (CHIV)

[F@32]

This is mine on SB850 (CHIV)

Niiice. OK, first post has been updated with benchies using correct set-up. I think I'm finally happy with SB850

[Oliverda]

Nice results!

[TassadarDavid]

Hi all,

First of all, I have to say I'm new in this forum, this is my first post, although I've read you many times.

I come from some spanish forums like hardlimit, Noticias3D, Esoeslodemenos or hard2mano, where my nick is Tassadar. I suppose anyone of you will know who I am.

I'm here becouse I've spent a lot of time trying to configure correctly this mobo:

-Mainboard: Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3.
-Processor: Phenom x6 1090T
-2x SSD Corsair Force F60 in raid 0
-8 Gb 1600 mhz Mushkin CL6

And I'm not capable (is this the appropiate word?) of reaching the results of the master: F@32

-I have activate NCQ in both disks in RaidXpert
-I've set off C1E and C&Q in bios
-I've configure SATA2 in bios instead of auto or SATA3
-I've disable auto-defrag in win7
-I've enable write back caching in RaidXpert
-I've align partition (I really have use this calculator, and it says my partition is ok)

Here is a shot RaidXpert, in which can be appreciated that NCQ y and write back caching are on (using driver RAID 3.1.1540.151):

RaidXpert view:



View of RAID driver used (the one that comes with AMD Catalyst 10.7):



Nevertheless, using revisions 3.2.1540.24 and 3.2.1540.35, ever when are newer, AMD RAID console doesn't appear on device administrator...



...as a consequence, it becomes impossible activating NCQ, since disks are not recognized under RaidXpert:



My best results are those:





As you can see, can't even the results of F@32:





In this point, I don't know what to do.....

The only stranger thing I see is in the shot of "AS SSD Benchmark", it is in the detail under "ahcix64s"; where I have "103424 K -OK" and in F@32 image the number is "1024 K - OK". Al the rest seems the same. Can this be my problem?

Any help????

thank you very much to all, and I hope you can sorry my english, whose is not as good as I would like

[TassadarDavid]

Hi again,

I've download a newer version of RaidXpert, the 3.2.1540.10, and it support the hard drives even when using driver RAID 3.2.1540.35.

As I told in my first post, my results are not good at all, and I would like you to help me

Today I've made tests with driver 3.1.1540.151 and 3.2.1540.35 and with stripe size 64 kb and 128.

Those are my results, in every picture there are 4 different scenarios, using different stripe sizes and raid drivers:

CrystalDiskMark:




ATTO BenchMark



AS SSD



I sincerely would appreciate and thank any help

[Oliverda]

v3.2.1540.75 WHQL certified RAID/AHCI driver is available.

donwload

[felix_w]

Hi again,

I've download a newer version of RaidXpert, the 3.2.1540.10, and it support the hard drives even when using driver RAID 3.2.1540.35.

As I told in my first post, my results are not good at all, and I would like you to help me

Today I've made tests with driver 3.1.1540.151 and 3.2.1540.35 and with stripe size 64 kb and 128.

Those are my results, in every picture there are 4 different scenarios, using different stripe sizes and raid drivers:


I sincerely would appreciate and thank any help

Did you wipe drives before each scenario ?

Also, can you update AS-SSD results with image showing all 4 scenarios ?

Thanx