RAID 0 speeds?

I have a raid 0 setup on my Asus p8p67 deluxe on a marvel controller.

Im using two of these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-136-497&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo

I ran a benchmark & the results are kinda worrying me?

im guessing its the marvel controller, but even then should the results be that bad? Tbh i never installed teh raid drivers since windows didn't let me during setup. can I install them now?

Raid is only really good with SSDs or with a dedicated raid controller card.

Why would those results worry you?markop2003

it is the .05MB/s for the 4K test that worries me to be more specific.

Why are you using the marvel controller? The results look ok, but not that impressive. I don't know what to tell you about the 4k tests though. Also you bought green drives, they are slow.

Don't use the marvell controller, use the intel ones. They are faster speeds. I use 2 xwd caviar black in raid 0 with asus p8p67 pro and i get an average read of 224MB

Also your stripe size will have an impact, i use 128kb because i use it mainly for gaming and it doesn't matter if i'm doing work.

Also your stripe size will have an impact, i use 128kb because i use it mainly for gaming and it doesn't matter if i'm doing work.

mc_conor

Why are you using the marvel controller? The results look ok, but not that impressive. I don't know what to tell you about the 4k tests though. Also you bought green drives, they are slow.

JigglyWiggly_

Im guessing that since it uses a PCIe bus that may be the problem? Don't know why im using that. ill try to witch it with the intel. Yeah i didn't realize I was buying green drives at the time. Need to learn to read a bit more throughly :? My strip size is 64k. Thats the max that the controller allowed anyway. Seems like a good balance tho. Maybe i should install the drivers? Windows didn't let me install them during the install.

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Why are you using the marvel controller? The results look ok, but not that impressive. I don't know what to tell you about the 4k tests though. Also you bought green drives, they are slow.

painguy1

Im guessing that since it uses a PCIe bus that may be the problem? Don't know why im using that. ill try to witch it with the intel. Yeah i didn't realize I was buying green drives at the time. Need to learn to read a bit more throughly :? My strip size is 64k. Thats the max that the controller allowed anyway. Seems like a good balance tho. Maybe i should install the drivers? Windows didn't let me install them during the install.