Whereas it is potential to overclock PC elements like CPUs, GPUs, and even screens now, one factor you have seemingly by no means seen overclocked is an SSD. Nevertheless, tech fanatic Gabriel Ferraz has just lately detailed how he was capable of overclock a decade-old SATA III SSD with actual efficiency enhancements. Though this demonstration proves that SSD overclocking is feasible and has advantages, it may also show that it is in all probability not going to catch on with in the present day’s SSDs for just a few essential causes.
Ferraz used a 240GB RZX Professional SATA III SSD, which options Toshiba NAND flash reminiscence, a Silicon Movement controller, and a SATA III to USB converter, permitting the drive to be plugged right into a USB port. To be able to load the SSD with new clock speeds, Ferraz modified an current model of the SSD’s firmware and put in it onto the drive. Ferraz determined to not give a exact step-by-step information on how he precisely completed all of this, as he cautioned SSD overclocking would definitely void any warranties, and will even trigger {hardware} harm and knowledge loss.
The tip consequence was a 100MHz overclock on the controller, bringing it as much as 500MHz, and a 207MHz overclock on the NAND flash to place it at 400MHz. Ferraz notes that 400MHz is the traditional frequency of this specific flash chip, which is why he was assured that 400MHz was potential. These increased clock speeds did not actually do a lot for rising efficiency in sequential workloads or latency, however there was a big increase in random efficiency, which result in a lot increased scores in 3DMark’s storage benchmark and PCMark10’s full system drive benchmark. Temperatures elevated to 45 C, which had been nonetheless under the throttling level of 54 C for this drive.
