I accidentally formatted my new x220 as IDE, so I ran some benchmarks of before :
[zp src=”m4-crystal.png” album=”blog/CrucialM4/” width=”600″]
and here are some now AHCI benchmarks.
[zp src=”m4-crystal-ahci.png” album=”blog/CrucialM4/” width=”600″]
resolution : AHCI + 6GB/s = faster then IDE!
9 replies on “Lenovo X220 IDE vs AHCI comparision with SSD Sata 6GB/s”
Wow, this is with the M4 right ??
Whats the boot time ? UEFI only ?
Boots on legacy bios in about 15 seconds.
I’ve not had a chance to try uefi.
Dear Sir
Could you pleae let me know how to reach 6Gbps for C300? (Lenovo X220)
Check your BIOS, is it set to 6GBPS? What do your benchmarks show?
I was configure to AHCI mode in BIOS and Clean Install WINDOWS 7 Ultimate and Install “INTEL RST Driver” Version : 10.8.0.1003
But RST show my SSD still 3GBps…..Not 6GBps…
My C300 firmware number is 0006
Thank you so much for quick reply…
I run Crystal Disk Mark 3.01 (x64) for Seq :
READ : 265.8 MB
WRITE : 141.2 MB
You are definitely on SATA II and not III.
You are sure you have an X220? What type-model do you have? If you flip it over, it will say on the bottom.
MY Machine Type is : X220 4286-CTO
i7 2620M/USB 3.0
i Reboot my laptop and check BIOS setting “SATA” section
NO 3GBps or 6GBps let me choose….Only have Compatible / AHCI options
I update BIOS from v1.20 (2011/07/07) to v1.26 (2011/12/01)
But I still cannot found 6GBps….
Could you please let me know what firmware version about your C300?
I have the Crucial M4 C300, and I am running firmware 009. you can get the newest one here : http://www.crucial.com/support/firmware.aspx Make sure you select YOUR version/space size and all that.
Are you sure BiOS is set to AHCI and not compatibility? Mine is set to AHCI.