- Nov 12, 2019
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Hello since quite a time im experiencing a huge performance loss on my MSI GE 62 Apache 6QF gaming Laptop running a 1TB HDD. I was searching in the web for some solutions what till now didn't help at all.
Windows 10 allowed me to see the cause of the sluggish behavior, as task manager reports 100% disk usage during startup. The problem is, no program in the list actually uses the disk activity, and idles around 0.3MB/sec. After startup, if left for a long while, it will eventually finish and drop to idle around 0%. But if I open a program for the first time like Spotify, various Games, Chrome etc. it spikes to 100%. For most programs, it will return to 0%, after some time. I am able to browse with no problem, but it will occasionally still spike to 100%, though this seems random. It is most noticeable when playing games, such as Witcher III. Lover graphic settings seam to help but it still hits 100%. If I play on max settings, it almost always stays at 100% although my laptop could easily handle max settings. Other games are similar, but the less complex the game is, the less spikes happen. Here is a list of things I have tried to fix the 100% disk usage:
Im running out of options, as I've tried nearly everything suggested by other people on various forums.
Windows 10 allowed me to see the cause of the sluggish behavior, as task manager reports 100% disk usage during startup. The problem is, no program in the list actually uses the disk activity, and idles around 0.3MB/sec. After startup, if left for a long while, it will eventually finish and drop to idle around 0%. But if I open a program for the first time like Spotify, various Games, Chrome etc. it spikes to 100%. For most programs, it will return to 0%, after some time. I am able to browse with no problem, but it will occasionally still spike to 100%, though this seems random. It is most noticeable when playing games, such as Witcher III. Lover graphic settings seam to help but it still hits 100%. If I play on max settings, it almost always stays at 100% although my laptop could easily handle max settings. Other games are similar, but the less complex the game is, the less spikes happen. Here is a list of things I have tried to fix the 100% disk usage:
- Turned off cloud protection and real time protection for windows defender- no effect
- Updated Nvidia drivers, and Geforce experience - no effect,
- Increasing the RAM cache - no effect
- turning off disk fragment scheduling
- disabled Windows Search and few other local Services
- disabled all startup programs - startup takes a lot less time, but disk usage is still 100% during startup
- did a clean boot - also didn't help
- disabled diagnostic tracking
- tried resetting virtual memory
- installed latest Win 10 updates
- checked AHCI PCIe Config
- disabled automatic Win updates
- set disc running time from 20 to 0 in advanced options of my power profile
- uninstalled the preinstalled skype app
- Link State Power Management is OFF
Im running out of options, as I've tried nearly everything suggested by other people on various forums.
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