Very Slow Disk Transfer Rate

aldeniey · Aug 5, 2013

I have a brand new ASUS N76V laptop. The specs are:

Intel i7 2.4ghz 3rd gen
8gb RAM
Two 1TB hard drives--5400 rpm (Two partitions each)
GEFORCE GT 635M (2gb) graphics
Windows 8

The computer has not been running as fast as expected. The primary issue is data transfers and opening new programs. I know that 5400 will now be as fast as a SSD, but often when I open a program the HD goes up to 100% in the task manager performance section. The disk transfer rate also only goes up to about 10 mb/s, and is sometimes as low as 1mb/s. I downloaded a benchmark program which said I should be getting more like 55 mb/s. Both RAM and CPU stay below 25% when opening programs and during disk transfers.

I'm leaving for college in two weeks and I would like to know if there's a quick fix for this or if I need to send the computer back for a replacement/repair.

On another note, I may install my own SSD to replace one of the hard drives, but I think I should resolve the issue in case of faulty components before I replace any hardware.

Any advice on this would be helpful, but if it is the manufacturer's fault, I don't want to use any third party software to fix this or do anything to jeopardize the computer itself or the warranty.

Thanks

Pinhedd · Aug 5, 2013

aldeniey :

What are the make and model of the hard disks? I'm assuming Western Digital Green by the speed, but I'd like to know for sure.

Western Digital Green drives are absolutely atrocious for boot disks. They're designed for energy efficient mass storage, holding movies and music.

aldeniey · Aug 6, 2013

It appears to be a pair of samsung spinpoint M8s.

Here's an ID for it and a Newegg link: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB
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/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152291

Pinhedd · Aug 6, 2013

aldeniey :

Oh yeah, notebook drives are even worse. You're not going to get much throughput at all from those. I would expect close to the 55MBps mentioned with ~20ms read latency.

If you really want to kick your laptop up a notch grab some Seagate Momentus XT hybrid hard disks.

aldeniey · Aug 6, 2013

But I've never reached 55mb/s. Or even 20 to account for reading and writing simultaneously. For example, I'll open up a game like GTA IV and the Transfer rate drops to about 1 mb/s. Is this common? If it is I'll be buying a new SSD asap, but it seems like drives on other laptops I've used that are even more dated don't ever go that slow.

TylerThePainter · Nov 24, 2013

I have a similar problem. My specs are very similar on my lenovo laptop (3rd gen i7, 8 gb ram, 1TB hard drive (5400), nvidia GT640M). I get less than 1 mb/s read and write speed with the same maxed out disk but cpu and ram are very low still. Sometimes itll max out without doing anything and i never get read speeds near 55 mb/s. If anyone can help with this issue I would also be really appreciative.

Thanks!

SebastianH · Nov 22, 2014

I have the same problem. Similar specs, with a HDD Western Digital blue (as the site said after i entered the serial) and although its going to 50-60mb/s speeds showing in task manager, it always gets high usage (100%) even at 0,10mb/s speed. I dont know what else to do, im studying this problem for several days continuously

arcanite4475 · Nov 23, 2014

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SebastianH :

i havea similar case too, mine is toshiba though, with similar spec i7 but amd hd7670, and toshiba HD, the disk is peaking@100% sometimes and made everything froze and i noticed the slow response like 2k+ms when it peaking, because i just bought i go for warranty. they ran a few test on it like checking for bad sector format everything and even set the cache again (tho, i did the same thing myself before i goes for warranty claim, with the problem still persist)you know what what they say? it's all fine, no bad sector error etc,etc they did replace the HD with the same model and it have the same isue. :'I

the solution? i took the HD from my old laptop and put it in this new laptop, that's solved my case

Valle641 · Jun 2, 2015

I got the same problem: Tho i've got the Lenovo Y500 With similar specs(3rd gen i7, 8gb ram, GT650 1gb and This drive, but only 1TB. I think we've got the same drive, is there anyway to speed it up?

homerslmpson · Jun 2, 2015

Just a thought - hold (Windows button) and press "R" to open a run dialog box.
In the dialog box type devmgmt.msc then press ENTER to open the Device Manager.
Expand DISK DRIVES and you should see your hard drive.
Right-click on your hard drive and click PROPERTIES.
Under the POLICIES tab check to make sure all of the check boxes are checked.
Anyone with a laptop has a built-in battery so you shouldn't have to worry about losing data if there is a power outage (unless of course your battery is no good).
This may help with the speed a bit.

ninggubao · Sep 6, 2018

I have one of this drive in my Lenovo idepad 310 notebook too. From my experience, the main reason behind the extremely slow down in performance/respond for this Seagate Samsung drive ST1000LM024 (HN-M101MBB) model is the 8MB Cache built-in. It's ridiculous to have such a small cache on a 1TB large size HDD! Just replace the HDD with another brand/model that has at least 64MB/128MB cache and you will see a huge performance increase on your notebook boot up and system responds. If you could afford to get a SSD drive that would be even better. True story.

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