Recently I've got mSata SSD and install it in my laptop.
According to the specification of this SSD, the read rate is approximately 450 MB/s.
I tested the read rate (in menu Application > Accessories > Disks > Benchmark Disk
) and got the smaller value 280 MB/s.
Digging around I got the following result:
$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep SATA
SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
How can I enable the full speed 6.0 Gb/s?
OR
How can I check the maximal speed of SSD/port/something?
How can I identify the device (SSD/port/something) reducing the resulting speed?
Thank you in advance!
Additional information:
$ sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdb | grep SATA
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0
$ sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdb | grep speed
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
$ lspci | grep SATA
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
$ dmesg | grep ata
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000baf9f000-0x00000000baffefff] ACPI data
[ 0.000000] Memory: 7968868K/8242108K available (12300K kernel code, 2481K rwdata, 4012K rodata, 2368K init, 2372K bss, 273240K reserved, 0K cma-reserved)
[ 0.122082] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[ 1.186115] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 18432k
[ 1.448965] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: WQBC data block query control method not found
[ 1.489423] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xd0618000 port 0xd0618100 irq 26
[ 1.489478] ata2: DUMMY
[ 1.489508] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xd0618000 port 0xd0618200 irq 26
[ 1.489555] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xd0618000 port 0xd0618280 irq 26
[ 1.490239] ata5: DUMMY
[ 1.490268] ata6: DUMMY
[ 1.802539] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 1.802567] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 1.802591] ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 1.802676] ata3.00: ATA-11: MT-64, 1.74.00, max UDMA/133
[ 1.802685] ata3.00: 125045424 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[ 1.802787] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 1.811416] ata4.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW SN-208BB, D300, max UDMA/100
[ 1.813156] ata1.00: ATA-8: ST9750420AS, 0005DEM1, max UDMA/133
[ 1.813160] ata1.00: 1465149168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[ 1.815466] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 1.850643] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 8.712553] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 9.973968] EXT4-fs (sdb2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 11.987641] EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 12.056330] EXT4-fs (sda6): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
UPD:
$ dmesg | grep AHCI
[ 1.471403] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 6 ports 6 Gbps 0xd impl SATA mode
Best Answer
First of all look for software on the manufacturer's website. In my case I have the drive intel s3700 I install software called:
At the moment I'm doing this from under Windows 8.1 but similarly it should be on linux
run command line / terminal from admin rights and browsing where my drive is:
isdct show -intelssd 0
Fix the speed of the disk
isdct set -intelssd 0 physpeed=6
restart the system and everything works!