Very Slow SSD 530 240Gb on Mac Mini 2010

[KPros]

Why is this device so slow ?

I am extremely disappointed with this SSD.

Apart from the issue with the unable to reboot (device not detected on reboot)

it's very slow, I can't believe it, something is wrong !

I was hoping for a performance boost, this is ridiculous.

Here are the results for Intel SSD 530 240Gb

Results 56.75

System Info

Xbench Version 1.3

System Version 10.9 (13A603)

Physical RAM 8192 MB

Model Macmini4,1

Drive Type INTEL SSDSC2BW240A4

Disk Test 56.75

Sequential 37.20

Uncached Write 371.49 228.09 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 55.47 31.39 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 14.01 4.10 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 64.81 32.58 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 119.56

Uncached Write 130.65 13.83 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 86.43 27.67 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 117.97 0.84 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 173.79 32.25 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Here is the Macbook Air 2010 stock SSD 128Gb

Results 295.13

System Info

Xbench Version 1.3

System Version 10.9 (13A603)

Physical RAM 4096 MB

Model MacBookAir4,2

Drive Type APPLE SSD SM128C

Disk Test 295.13

Sequential 181.97

Uncached Write 228.29 140.17 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 289.90 164.03 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 84.75 24.80 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 425.15 213.68 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 780.50

Uncached Write 755.91 80.02 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 502.32 160.81 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 1607.90 11.39 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 840.83 156.02 MB/sec [256K blocks]

[DZatz]

PS> The mid-2010 Macbook Pro is 3G at best.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.4-aluminum-13-mid-2... MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 13" Mid-2010 Specs (Mid-2010 13", MC374LL/A, MacBookPro7,1, A1278, 2351*) @ EveryMac.com

So for that one davey_speeds was rude but right. The lighter side is it's still a good solid computer. It would have been better if Apple had updated their SATA faster but they were hardly the only ones to still be at 3G. Ignore the benchmarks and consider the Intel drive to be a durability upgrade. I chose Intel for that reason, not for speed, which other companies can do better.