Is my Hard Drive to slow?

[fraser11]

Hi, I have a Hitachi Hard Drive in my laptop and I done a Crystal Disk Mark and the results came out as http://imgur.com/HKHHeJq .

Thanks,
Fraser

 

[Onus]

Media sharing sites are blocked at work, so consider these as general observations, not specific to your situation.
Laptop hard drives are most often optimized for power-saving, not speed. What is the RPM of your drive? Many laptop drives are only 5400RPM. If that is the case, getting a 7200RPM drive will help, but will likely apply a hit to battery life.
For the fastest speeds and an actual boost to battery life, consider getting a SSD for your laptop. Note that the power consumption of SSDs varies just like mechanical drives. Samsung drives are real power-misers, despite being fast. Cheaper drives, e.g. Adata, may be close in speed, but use 3x the power (still less than a mechanical drive).

 

[ak47jar3d]

Yeah. In general, that pretty slow.The fastest ssd goes for 300-600 read and write. Fast hard drives can write at about 150.

 

[fraser11]

Hi, I have a 5400rpm hard drive
Seq Read 55.71 MB/s and Write 53.44MB/s
512K Read 15.51MB/s and Write 12.85MB/s
4K Read 0.203MB/s and Write 0.501MB/s
4K QD32 Read 0.448MB/s and Write 0.476MB/s

Thanks

 

[Onus]

Ok, it's a slow drive. If you want better performance, it will depend on your budget and your power requirements.
Not long ago, I put a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO into my Lenovo X140e and it made a huge difference.
If your budget is smaller, you can use a smaller SSD (if it will be big enough for you), or you can get something like a 2.5" WD Black laptop drive. They are 7200RPM and among the fastest mechanical laptop drives available.

 

[fraser11]

I think I will upgrade to the 500GB Samsung, Will that increase boot times and loading files?

 

[Onus]

It will decrease loading times, and time to load files. It will also likely increase your battery life.
Get something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0VN-0003-000H1 to go with it, and use a program like Acronis True Image to clone your existing drive onto the new one. That is what I did.