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.
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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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.
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
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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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Microsoft Windows and Apple iOS Developer (Retired)
- Like many of you, I can appreciate a good game-engine.
- I answer questions here, but I'm not a Dell employee.
- Consider giving posts you like a "thumbs-up"
- Posting models-numbers and software versions speeds trouble-shooting.
- Click "Mark as Accepted Answer" on any post that answers your question best.