{"id":861,"date":"2013-01-11T23:40:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T12:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/?p=861"},"modified":"2013-01-11T23:40:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T12:40:23","slug":"laptop-ssd-upgrade-love-ssds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/index.php\/2013\/01\/11\/laptop-ssd-upgrade-love-ssds\/","title":{"rendered":"Laptop SSD Upgrade &#8211; I Love SSD&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ntsbl-1470694090\" class=\"ntsbl-before-content ntsbl-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6288941070289539\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6288941070289539\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"9356781486\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>I just have to say. I love SSD&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>I have a HP Pavilion dv6 3030tx. Its not the fastest machine.<br \/>\nIt is a 1st generation Intel Core i5 540M, with 4GB of memory.<\/p>\n<p>If you read the posts on this site I recently upgraded to 8GB of memory.<br \/>\nThis made little performance difference.<\/p>\n<p>I rebuilt my PC with Windows 8 and upgraded to a Samsung 830 256GB SSD.<\/p>\n<p>To give you an indication of a general performance improvement, read on.<\/p>\n<h3>Performance Benchmark Prior to SSD upgrade<\/h3>\n<p>I am a software developer and I do all of my development in Virtual Machines.<br \/>\nMy current VM platform of choice is Virtual Box.<\/p>\n<p>On battery on my daily bus trip I do the following:<\/p>\n<p>1. Login to Windows.<br \/>\n2. Start Virtual Machine &#8211; Windows Server 2012<br \/>\n3. Login to Windows VM<br \/>\n4. Start Visual Studio 2012<br \/>\n5. Load solution I am working on.<\/p>\n<p>All the above tasks generally take approx 12 &#8211; 15 minutes before I am at a working visual studio solution in my VM.<br \/>\nAs an example it was taking approx 1.5 minutes to reach my desktop alone.<\/p>\n<p>The windows performance score was 5.9 with the lowest score being the Hard disk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/index.php\/2013\/01\/11\/laptop-ssd-upgrade-love-ssds\/memoryperformance-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/index.php\/2013\/01\/11\/laptop-ssd-upgrade-love-ssds\/memoryperformance-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MemoryPerformance1.png\" data-orig-size=\"540,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DefaultPerformance\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MemoryPerformance1-300x104.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MemoryPerformance1.png\" src=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MemoryPerformance1.png\" alt=\"HP Pavilion Performance SATA Drive 8GB Memory\" width=\"540\" height=\"188\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MemoryPerformance1.png 540w, https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MemoryPerformance1-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Performance Benchmark after windows 8 and SSD upgrade<\/h3>\n<p>All of the above tasks can now be completed in under 2 minutes, that&#8217;s about a 600% improvement.<\/p>\n<p>The windows 8 boot time is unbelievable. I can be at a working desktop in about 15 seconds, including typing my password. Did I also mention shutdown is about 5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The other noticeable benefit is the improvement in battery life.<br \/>\nOn my daily 2 hour commute to and from work, I would generally be running below 10% battery and being asked to find power or shut down.<\/p>\n<p>Today on a full trip and working the entire time, I still had 40% battery life left.<\/p>\n<p>The windows experience score is now 6.6 with the disk now 7.6 up from 5.9<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/index.php\/2013\/01\/11\/laptop-ssd-upgrade-love-ssds\/ssdperformance-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"865\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/index.php\/2013\/01\/11\/laptop-ssd-upgrade-love-ssds\/ssdperformance-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SSDPerformance1.png\" data-orig-size=\"543,220\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SSDPerformance\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SSDPerformance1-300x121.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SSDPerformance1.png\" src=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SSDPerformance1.png\" alt=\"SSD Performance\" width=\"543\" height=\"220\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SSDPerformance1.png 543w, https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SSDPerformance1-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of this start up improvement may be coming from the Windows 8 upgrade  (don&#8217;t get me started on metro&#8230;), but its still awesome, I&#8217;ve been restarting just to see how fast it is.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t throw out your old PC, just upgrade to a SSD, you will not be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>FYI this is what AS SSD showed about my drive in the laptop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/index.php\/2013\/01\/11\/laptop-ssd-upgrade-love-ssds\/as-ssd-bench-samsung-ssd-830-26-12-2012-12-18-35-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/index.php\/2013\/01\/11\/laptop-ssd-upgrade-love-ssds\/as-ssd-bench-samsung-ssd-830-26-12-2012-12-18-35-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/as-ssd-bench-SAMSUNG-SSD-830-26.12.2012-12-18-35-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"503,502\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"as-ssd-bench SAMSUNG SSD 830  26.12.2012 12-18-35 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/as-ssd-bench-SAMSUNG-SSD-830-26.12.2012-12-18-35-AM-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/as-ssd-bench-SAMSUNG-SSD-830-26.12.2012-12-18-35-AM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/as-ssd-bench-SAMSUNG-SSD-830-26.12.2012-12-18-35-AM.png\" alt=\"AS SSD benchmark on Samsun 830 256 GB\" width=\"503\" height=\"502\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/as-ssd-bench-SAMSUNG-SSD-830-26.12.2012-12-18-35-AM.png 503w, https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/as-ssd-bench-SAMSUNG-SSD-830-26.12.2012-12-18-35-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/as-ssd-bench-SAMSUNG-SSD-830-26.12.2012-12-18-35-AM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/as-ssd-bench-SAMSUNG-SSD-830-26.12.2012-12-18-35-AM-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just have to say. I love SSD&#8217;s. I have a HP Pavilion dv6 3030tx. Its not the fastest machine. 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