SSD Performance problem on H67

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I recently built a Demonstration PC to show my customers the speed of the latest Intel Sandy Bridge CPU, Windows 7 and SSD's.

The specs are:

Gigabyte H67MA-D2H Intel Core i5 23002x2GB Kingston DDR3-1333MHZ OCZ 60G Vertex II E Series SSD Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64

No dedicated graphics card.

I noticed the SSD was not performing like it should (below) and could not work out why.

I opened a thread over on the OCZ forum but as SB is new they could not work it out iether.

So I set about working it out for myself and found the problem. I'm hoping Intel provide a solution.

I found the same problem on a new PC I built over the weekend using the new B3 mobo with the fixed chipset so that is not the problem.

Fault Finding Log:

Loaded optimized bios defaultschanged bios to AHCIInstalled Win 7 HP x64 SP1 to 1TB WD Black WD1002FAEX on SATA III Deleting all partitions first.Installed Lan DriverTurned off UACSecure erased SSD with OCZ toolbox v2.33initialised, partitioned and quick formatted SSDRan ATTO v2.46

As you can see the performance is back so it isn't a hardware problem or a Windows problem or an SP1 problem!

Installed latest Intel INF 9.2.0.1025

No great change.

Installed Latest Intel HD Family GFX driver 15.21.12.64.2321

Bingo!!! That certainly looks like the problem. Who would have guessed a graphics driver could do that!

Has anyone else seen performance problems with SSD's on the H67 chipset?

Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

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I opened a service ticket with Gigabyte but don't hold your breath for any news from them. Here is the only response I have got in over a week.

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your kindly mail and inquiry. About the issue you mentioned, we do not guarantee all 3rd party H/W monitor/benchmark utilities will work properly with our motherboard because most of the S/W does not know our H/W design and impossible optimize their S/W for our motherboard. However, if you still think it is a driver issue, we suggest you to try to use other utility and see how it works. You could also contact with the Intel Chipset driver vendor for further help directly. Sorry if there is any inconvenience.

At last, if you still have any further question to this issue or suggestion about our products/service, please do not hesitate to contact with us. If you have any issue different from original, make sure you issue a new form in order to get proper assistance and it may be response faster as well. We will try our best to help you resolve the problem ASAP.

Best Regards,

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY

Sure.. The benchmark is wrong?? But only sometimes it seems. I have asked them to suggest a benchmark they will believe. So I may be able to convince them they at least have a problem. The above tests were not enough apparently.

I will try an ASUS mobo for my next build.

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I just built a PC with a http://www.theoldergamers.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_listn... Asus P8H67-M V3 mobo and it has no SSD performance problem after the Intel GFX driver. So it looks like it is a Gigabyte problem and not an Intel Driver or chipset problem after all. Gigabyte support have passed my results on to the relative department. Hopefully they will be able to fix it with a bios update.

I was not an ASUS mobo fan until tonight but the http://www.theoldergamers.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=http://support.asus.com/download/Options.a... new fast driver site and the gorgeous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUvrXJ2fT_M&feature=player_embedded EFI bios and experiencing the glacial slowness of Gigabyte support. Not to mention a performance problem that just shouldn't be there in a well tested mobo. I would hate to guess how many hours they owe me over the past couple of weeks. It really looks like ASUS are way ahead of the game and I will be buying ASUS from now on.

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I just got a link from Gigabyte to a new bios update F9b. F8 is the latest on the download site. Will test it over the weekend but its too little too late.

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same here been waiting for a fix definately graphics driver

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Just installed the lastest Intel Graphics Driver version 8.15.10.2342. This fixed the BSOD from the HDMI output that I reported last month. It also restored the read/write speed of my Patriot Inferno SSD!