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Used Transfer Mode
I'm trying to understand why Speccy is showing "Used Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s" instead of "Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s"?
I assume "Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s" is what the MB is capable of. And for instance, if the pc had a SATA-II HDD in it, I would expect the "Used Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s" to be SATA-II? But with this SSD, I would expect Max. Transfer Mode to be SATA-III at 6.0Gb/s? So what gives guys, am I just missing something simple here or what. Is it possible that this SSD is SATA-II, I could not find that info at their site. Transfer numbers at Crucial Site suggest SATA-III at 6.0Gb/s.
It works fine, just curious as to why I'm seeing these numbers.
Dell Optiplex 3010 with a Crucial BX100 SSD
Intel Core i3 3220 @ 3.30GHz 37 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 042P49
Thanks, Monkeyman haha
Tesla1856
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May 2nd, 2018 14:00
See what Crystal Disk-Info says, and then see what Crystal Disk-Mark benches it at.
Anything over 300 sequential is using SATA-3/600.
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March 22nd, 2021 09:00
I have the same issue.
speccy show me:
Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Crystal disk info show me:
Transfer mode: SATA/300 | SATA/600
but samsung ssd disk work in SATA2 becouse max speed is about 240 MB/s
in4matik
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March 22nd, 2021 10:00
My computer model is Dell Vostro 3300
Motherboard Dell 030DMJ
User1190
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March 22nd, 2021 10:00
This means your computer is only SATAII but the SSD is SATAIII
Post the exact model of your computer
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March 22nd, 2021 11:00
If I am correct in what I'm seeing this is a 10yr old computer, so yes, it is SATAII Only. I'm not posing again because Dell Forums and it is too much hassle.
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March 22nd, 2021 17:00
Profanity, haha That's called criticism, if you can't fix the site then you'd better expect that.
in4matik
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March 23rd, 2021 02:00
I don't understand why you are mocking
WIKI says: The full 3.0 standard was released on May 27, 2009.
my laptop Dell Vostro 3300 was manufactured in 2010
it is possible that it supports sata III
I really like to give my computers a second life, not throw them away and buy new ones
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March 23rd, 2021 05:00
Thank you speedstep for posting the facts! Speedstep is very knowledgeable you can trust what he is saying. He is showing you that the chipset is only capable of "3 Gb/s Transfer Rate"
in4matik2 While that standard may have some out in 2009 I have not seen it on many home computers in 2010 and a little beyond. And surely not in many laptops. I can see by the Speccy output that this is true of your computer also. "Max." Represents your SSD. "Used" Represents what your laptop is capable of. I know it's not super clear but I've been reading speccy results for a long time now. SATAIII Being on mostly upper end computers at the time of release, and most likely only business class and servers in 2009-10. That's just a rough guess though because I'm not super familiar with the timeline.
Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s