This is a Win 7 Pro machine that was my every day machine from June 2018 thru June 2021, with light use before that for 2-3 years. It no longer connects to the internet - those days are over for this machine. But it still serves me - as an archive for my personal data and as a gaming machine.
Periodic ReadSpeed runs were showing the performance slowly and steadily degrading over time (and especially the last year). I concluded that I should not wait for SpinRite 6.1.
ReadSpeed run today 02-05-2022 before SpinRite-ing
Then I ran SpinRite 6.0 at Level 3. And then a ReadSpeed run after the SpinRite L3 scan:
Wow! What a difference. Note: This SSD is a SATA III device running on a SATA II controller, which is all this machine has.
It took SR 6.0 a bit over 4.5 hrs to do the L3 scan. I expect SR 6.1 will be a tad faster.
Yup, start up, run performance, and shut down are all faster. Not by enormous amounts, but very definitely noticeable.
Periodic ReadSpeed runs were showing the performance slowly and steadily degrading over time (and especially the last year). I concluded that I should not wait for SpinRite 6.1.
ReadSpeed run today 02-05-2022 before SpinRite-ing
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Driv Size Drive Identity Location: 0 25% 50% 75% 100
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81 250GB Samsung SSD 840 Series 48.9 60.8 64.7 175.6 273.9Then I ran SpinRite 6.0 at Level 3. And then a ReadSpeed run after the SpinRite L3 scan:
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Driv Size Drive Identity Location: 0 25% 50% 75% 100
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81 250GB Samsung SSD 840 Series 274.0 273.9 273.9 273.9 273.9Wow! What a difference. Note: This SSD is a SATA III device running on a SATA II controller, which is all this machine has.
It took SR 6.0 a bit over 4.5 hrs to do the L3 scan. I expect SR 6.1 will be a tad faster.
Yup, start up, run performance, and shut down are all faster. Not by enormous amounts, but very definitely noticeable.
