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Posted January 20, 2010 by email

SSDs, TRIM, and Available Disk Space

There is a lot of discussion on forums about the impact of
available disk space on SSD performance. A pertinent question was raised;
At what point does drive utilization impact SSD performance? Running some
quick tests, the results proved rather insightful. ... These test results
demonstrate that drive performance is not directly related to available
disk space performance is relatively equivalent between a drive that's
half full and a drive that's almost completely full. ... So if drive
utilization is just a bit of seasoning in the SSD performance cuisine, why
are people seeing the advantages they are seeing from over
provisioning/short stroking? The improvements they are leveraging are a
direct result of how TRIM/GC is implemented at the firmware/OS level. This
implementation limits the drives performance relative to the amount of
available disk space which can be utilized for TRIM/GC. More available
space, lends itself to more efficient TRIM/GC operation, thereby improving
real world performance.

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Posted January 14, 2010 by Overclockers

X58 vs. P55 Quick Memory Comparison

Some may have noticed that P55 (Lynnfield) systems seem to overclock
memory “better” than X58. I did. Most notably, memory that would barely
run 1100 MHz on X58 for me was magically running over 1300 MHz on P55
after some tweaking. If all other things are equal, that would be
amazing, so we’ll take a very quick peek at how memory performs on both
platforms.

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Posted December 29, 2009 by Overclockers

Windows Showdown: 8 Operating Systems in 6 Benchmarks

"Since its debut, Windows Vista has taken nothing but flak from almost
every demographic one could think of. Windows 7 on the other hand has been
hailed as being noticeably better performing, and supposedly as light as
XP. And what about XP? How do they really stack up to one another? The
examination of these questions follows."

Here's a glimpse at the benchmark results, but be sure to read the article
to get all of Gautam's insight on this one - it's the best benchmarking
work I've seen anywhere!

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