New SSD is slower than my previous SSD

[SHINRA-CORP]

Recently upgraded from a Samsung 1tb Gen 4 nvme SSd to a Crucial T500 2tb after running the crystaldiskmark test on both SSD's I find my old one if a little faster. How reliable are the diskmark test results?

Infact everytime I run the diskmark test the write speeds on my new T500 seem to get slower. And I also notice micro stutters in games that were not there before when using my old SSD

[NHCaptain]

Not all SSD's are created equal. Just like HD's they all have different Access speeds and if you look up the two drives you might see that the older one has a better access time than the newer one. Crucial is a decent brand so it might just be the access speed that is different between them.

[SHINRA-CORP]

I've been watching reviews and see my diskmark results are way worse than others. I'm tempted to send it back and request a replacement or refund.

[nullable]

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-2tb-t500-ssd-review

I mean you were a little vague about the Samsung drive's model. But compared to a 990 pro they're very close in performance, if the difference is small I wouldn't really worry. Neither drive is significantly faster in a way a human being can notice.



So... what's the difference you're seeing between the two drives? You didn't state it so could be 1MB/sec for all we know.

How much slower is the T500 getting with each run? Is it 2MB/sec slower each time? And that's consistent like clockwork?

I mean sure there could be some kind of issue. It's not impossible for the T500 to be defective. Or that your system needs a tweak to configuration. But it's also possible you're anomaly hunting.

So if you think there's a problem you're going to have to start dealing with hard numbers and not this slower/faster/more/less/different vagueness.

[SHINRA-CORP]

Well I have googled the T500 benchmarks and I see people are getting 50% better speeds than me across all areas.

I would happily share screenshots but not sure how to do that here.

The samsung SSd that came with my laptop isnt a 990 Pro its fairly generic it just says Samsung on there but doesnt specify the model.

[nullable]

Originally posted by SHINRA-CORP:

Well I have googled the T500 benchmarks and I see people are getting 50% better speeds than me across all areas.

I would happily share screenshots but not sure how to do that here.

The samsung SSd that came with my laptop isnt a 990 Pro its fairly generic it just says Samsung on there but doesnt specify the model.

Nothing is stopping you from typing a few numbers...

I guess the other question would be, does your laptop have a full speed Gen4x4 m.2 slot? Because if it doesn't, then that could explain the throttled performance. You could link to the laptops product page to help out that research.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by SHINRA-CORP:

Well I have googled the T500 benchmarks and I see people are getting 50% better speeds than me across all areas.

I would happily share screenshots but not sure how to do that here.

The samsung SSd that came with my laptop isnt a 990 Pro its fairly generic it just says Samsung on there but doesnt specify the model.

The thing is it is entirely up to you.

If it causes a problem, then return it. Get another one. It doesn't do what you wanted or expect so you should be good.

If you get another, different one, and it still has similar issues then you can rest assured the issue lies with your PC and might be the I/O connection to that hard drive.

Are you sure that where you're plugging it in isn't a slower port?