[SOLVED] 100% disk usage when downloading

[jj2499]

Hello there, so I've recently brought a PC and the following specs are as follows:

i5 8600k
GTX 1060 6GB
931GB Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 (SATA )
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z370P D3-CF (U3E1)
8GB 2666 DDR4 (Single stick)

So I've began downloading a game on steam and as soon as I began installing it, the hard disk jumps to 100%, drops down occasionally, but when I pause the download, it goes off 100 but constantly jumps around between 15 - 60% usage. I heard that this could be an issue if the motherboard drivers are not updated, now I have no idea how to check if my motherboard drivers are updated, as I had sent this PC to be built by someone and they did say that they updated all the drivers, but I just want to be sure that they have. Is there a way I could?

TLDR:

Is there any way I can check if all my motherboard drivers are updated?

Is there a way to solve 100% disk usage issue when downloading games?

 

[Traditore]

you are downloading compressed game files, then uncompressing them. Your HDD is literally busy and the only solution is to get separate fast SSD for games

 

[seagate_surfer]

jj2499, run SeaTools on the drive just to make sure the drive is not at fault here and post the results.

 

[jj2499]

jj2499, run SeaTools on the drive just to make sure the drive is not at fault here and post the results.

Should I download seatools bootable? Mind giving me a direct link to the download? Thanks for the help

 

[dudeman509]

you are downloading compressed game files, then uncompressing them. Your HDD is literally busy and the only solution is to get separate fast SSD for games

Even then, I have seen Steam thrash a SATA SSD to within 100% of its capacity.

This is fairly normal for Steam. It really depends on the game it's trying to install.

 

[seagate_surfer]

jj2499, run SeaTools on the drive just to make sure the drive is not at fault here and post the results.

Should I download seatools bootable? Mind giving me a direct link to the download? Thanks for the help

Here is the user guide for SeaTools for Windows and you can download it from here from the download section. (Last option)