Question Extremely slow write speed on internal HDD

[Stryo]

EDIT: I reinstalled a fresh windows and the problem seems to be solved for now.




Hi there! I've had this computer little over a year now, everything was brand new. Recently within the last month or so my secondary hard drive started to slow way down. I've looked around a lot and was not able to solve my problem. I've tried everything from disabling background processes, to switching out the Sata cable to a brand new one, even tried reformatting the drive and nothing has worked. The read speeds seem just fine but the write speeds are absurdly slow. Could anyone have any ideas?

The drive in question is a 4 TB Seagate Barracuda ST4000DM004-2CV104

The rest of my specs if needed:
1 TB WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 M.2 Drive
Z390 Aorus Master Motherboard
i9-9900K CPU
32 GB Ripjaws V DDR4 (2x16)
2080 Super GPU

Here's some pics of benchmarks and tests taken at the time of writing this post. Please note that I don't really know what any of this means but I can recognize that the write speeds on CrystalDiskMark are very slow.

https://imgur.com/BReg0yX

View: https://i.imgur.com/BReg0yX.png

https://imgur.com/rHiWvc4

View: https://i.imgur.com/rHiWvc4.png


I don't know how to use Hard Disk Sentinel so those pics are just what was on the screen when I launched it. Dunno if I need to run a test or something.

https://imgur.com/AFEbPRB

View: https://i.imgur.com/AFEbPRB.png

https://imgur.com/VdcDXDo

View: https://i.imgur.com/VdcDXDo.png

https://imgur.com/oWmXeuF

View: https://i.imgur.com/oWmXeuF.png

https://imgur.com/GmBLpwC

View: https://i.imgur.com/GmBLpwC.png

https://imgur.com/Q4EaKj5

View: https://i.imgur.com/Q4EaKj5.png

https://imgur.com/8Dwwo0X

View: https://i.imgur.com/8Dwwo0X.png

https://imgur.com/ypbsoGO

View: https://i.imgur.com/ypbsoGO.png


Taken while the disk is in use (Transferring files)

https://imgur.com/IhWb4LE

View: https://i.imgur.com/IhWb4LE.png


It says it has low disk usage there but according to task manager it's this:

https://imgur.com/dNAer7s

View: https://i.imgur.com/dNAer7s.png



If anyone knows what the issue could be I would appreciate any help! Thank you!

 

[Bob.B]

Hi there! I've had this computer little over a year now, everything was brand new. Recently within the last month or so my secondary hard drive started to slow way down. I've looked around a lot and was not able to solve my problem. I've tried everything from disabling background processes, to switching out the Sata cable to a brand new one, even tried reformatting the drive and nothing has worked. The read speeds seem just fine but the write speeds are absurdly slow. Could anyone have any ideas?

The drive in question is a 4 TB Seagate Barracuda ST4000DM004-2CV104

The rest of my specs if needed:
1 TB WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 M.2 Drive
Z390 Aorus Master Motherboard
i9-9900K CPU
32 GB Ripjaws V DDR4 (2x16)
2080 Super GPU

Here's some pics of benchmarks and tests taken at the time of writing this post. Please note that I don't really know what any of this means but I can recognize that the write speeds on CrystalDiskMark are very slow.

https://imgur.com/BReg0yX

View: https://i.imgur.com/BReg0yX.png

https://imgur.com/rHiWvc4

View: https://i.imgur.com/rHiWvc4.png


I don't know how to use Hard Disk Sentinel so those pics are just what was on the screen when I launched it. Dunno if I need to run a test or something.

https://imgur.com/AFEbPRB

View: https://i.imgur.com/AFEbPRB.png

https://imgur.com/VdcDXDo

View: https://i.imgur.com/VdcDXDo.png

https://imgur.com/oWmXeuF

View: https://i.imgur.com/oWmXeuF.png

https://imgur.com/GmBLpwC

View: https://i.imgur.com/GmBLpwC.png

https://imgur.com/Q4EaKj5

View: https://i.imgur.com/Q4EaKj5.png

https://imgur.com/8Dwwo0X

View: https://i.imgur.com/8Dwwo0X.png

https://imgur.com/ypbsoGO

View: https://i.imgur.com/ypbsoGO.png


Taken while the disk is in use (Transferring files)

https://imgur.com/IhWb4LE

View: https://i.imgur.com/IhWb4LE.png


It says it has low disk usage there but according to task manager it's this:

https://imgur.com/dNAer7s

View: https://i.imgur.com/dNAer7s.png



If anyone knows what the issue could be I would appreciate any help! Thank you!

Look in device manager/disk.
Verify...... policies.....enable write caching is checked.

 

[Stryo]

Look in device manager/disk.
Verify...... policies.....enable write caching is checked.

Write caching is checked. I've already messed around with that. It hasn't changed anything.

 

[Nemesia]

If you look in task manager processes or resource monitor what is actually taking that 100% HDD usage?

 

[Stryo]

If you look in task manager processes or resource monitor what is actually taking that 100% HDD usage?

Those are the only two things affecting the D drive according to resource monitor

https://imgur.com/WicZPz4

View: https://i.imgur.com/WicZPz4.png

 

[Nemesia]

And what is that file path that we can't see? D:\W.. the rest?

In the task manager processes can you see them there taking 100% HDD usage too?

 

[Stryo]

And what is that file path that we can't see? D:\W.. the rest?

In the task manager processes can you see them there taking 100% HDD usage too?

Thats what it shows because I'm moving games from gamepass pc from my C drive to my D drive and you need to do that through the apps and settings thing. But the exact same issue happens when normally transferring files or downloading something directly to the D drive

https://imgur.com/1zdgwyi

View: https://i.imgur.com/1zdgwyi.png

 

[Nemesia]

XVI is associated with Xbox. Take a look at everything xbox related.

 

[Stryo]

XVI is associated with Xbox. Take a look at everything xbox related.

What would I be looking for? I'm not super super tech literate but I know a few things. The HDD goes to 100% usage regardless of if its gamepass pc or steam, or transferring files normally from C drive to D drive

 

[Stryo]

XVI is associated with Xbox. Take a look at everything xbox related.

Like it goes back down to zero once the copying is done. It just copies at 2 mb/s

 

[Stryo]

Like it goes back down to zero once the copying is done. It just copies at 2 mb/s

The game pass transfer is done and now Im trying a steam game download. Once again, this is the only thing affecting the D drive according to resource monitor and the drive is at 100% usage and writing between 0 and 1.1 mb/s. But every read test seems just fine.

https://imgur.com/Gz8WG4c

View: https://i.imgur.com/Gz8WG4c.png

 

[Stryo]

Update: So I bit the bullet and just reinstalled windows, now it seems to be working normally.