Benchmark read graphs do not show flat line

[idata]

Benching with HDTach/HDTune, I'm not getting the flat relatively smooth lines on my read graphs that I was expecting and have seen in reviews of this SSD and others.

Do I have a bum drive? I have a few large dips in performance, one right near the beginning of the drive.

It is a Win 7 OS drive, however, the testing is done when the drive is not the current running OS, I use a Raptor with Win XP to bench the Intel 160 G2.

SSD was made in March of this year. No RAID. AHCI enabled (ICH10R). Intel Toolbox ran.

[RGiff]

But James is right you have to stop all programs from running in background , like norton or anyother security program and you have to be off line .

[RGiff]

Correct Voltage is something else to look at a PSU that fluctuates can cause the same thing.

[idata]

It's a shame you don't have another system to quickly throw it in and compare. (Ideally with ICH9 or 10 chipset).

I suspect you will do a lot tinkering just to find out it is hardware system related issue and it would be really quick to find that out by running it on another system.

[idata]

What else are you running when you do the benchmark?

To get consistient results, stop all applications and disconnect from the Internet (just unplug modem if you have cable).

[idata]

I have a couple of ideas, but first please post your drive configuration. In my BIOS it is found under DRIVE CONFIGURATION / ADVANCED. Include all SATA devices shown in priority order. Do NOT move any SATA cables, just post the information.