Zitat von Nizzen im Beitrag #91

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Time for benchmark RST 13.1.0.1058 ? :)

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@ chinobino:
Thanks for the RAID0 benchmark results, which are looking good.

@ all:
Next weekend I will test the Intel RST(e) drivers v13.1.0.1058 as well.

Since I am home again and now got access to my Z77 RAID0 and AHCI systems, I have done some additional benchmark tests with Intel's newest AHCI and RAID drivers.

Update of the Start Post

Changelog:

1. updated: AHCI/RAID0 test results running Intel's RST(e) driver v12.9.3.1000 WHQL (replaced the previously published results with v12.9.2.1000)
2. updated: AHCI/RAID0 test results running Intel's RST(e) driver v13.0.3.1001 WHQL (replaced the previously published results with earlier v13.0 series drivers)
3. new: AHCI/RAID0 test results running Intel's RST(e) driver v13.1.0.1058 BETA

@ all users with an Intel 6-Series Chipset RAID0 system:

In April I had published >here< some benchmark comparison test results I got with my old Z68 system.
Since we recently got some new and interesting Intel RST(e) drivers, which belong to the v12.9, v13.0 and v13.1 series, I decided to do some additional tests with these drivers using the Z68 RAID0 system (same configuration as in April).

Here are the results:

1. Intel RST(e) v12.9.3.1000 WHQL (in combination with Intel EFI SataDriver v12.9.0.2006):
   
   
2. Intel RST(e) v13.0.3.1001 WHQL (in combination with Intel EFI SataDriver v13.0.2075):
   
   
3. Intel RST(e) v13.1.0.1058 BETA (in combination with Intel EFI SataDriver v13.1.0.2030):
   
   

• Although it is not the newest, the "classical" Intel RST driver/OROM combo v11.2.0.1006/v11.2.0.1527 is still giving the best performance to my Intel 6-Series chipset RAID0 system.
• The newest Intel RST(e) drivers of the v12.9, v13.0 and v13.1 series are faster than the previous driver versions of the same series, which I had tested in April this year.
• The performance differences between the tested latest Intel RAID driver/OROM combos v12.9, v13.0 and v13.1 are minimal. Users with an Intel 6-Series chipset RAID0 system, who are searching for the "best" combo, should focus their tests on the system stability.

Since there are new Intel RST(e) drivers v12.9.4.1000 WHQL available, I have done some additional benchmark tests.

Update of the Start Post

Changelog:

• updated: AHCI/RAID0 test results running Intel's RST(e) driver v12.9.4.1000 WHQL (replaced the previously published results with v12.9.3.1000)

Here are the benchmark results, which I got with my Z68 RAID0 system after having flashed a BIOS with the newest Intel RAID ROM and SataDriver v13.1.0.2126 and installed the Intel RST(e) RAID driver v13.1.0.1058 WHQL:



This confirms my previous statement, that the Intel RST(e) v13 series is not the best choice for Intel 6-Series chipset RAID0 systems.

@ Ghostearth:
Thanks for the benchmark results, which are very good.
By the way: Since you obviously are running the SSD in AHCI mode, the Intel RAID ROM version doesn't matter.

@ jones23:
Thanks for the benchmark test.

Zitat von jones23 im Beitrag #103

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I was too scared to downgrade to 11.2 ;). Didn't want to risk my OS Installations.

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Since there are new Intel RST(e) drivers v13.0.4.1000 WHQL available since yesterday, I installed them onto my Z77 system and its 512 GB Samsung 840 PRO SSD running in AHCI mode.
Furthermore I installed the new version 4.4 of Samsung's SSD tool named Magician, which now is able to use up to 4 GB RAM for caching purposes (1 GB was the limit with v4.3).
The Magician RAPID mode results are nearly unbelievable!!!!

Here are the benchmark results:

a) RAPID mode disabled:




b) RAPID mode enabled: