My HDD reading speed in gaming

[Casper Traberg-Larsen]

I was just wondering: When i am loading a map in Battlefield 4, my HDD is reading at ~4 mb/s.. Why is it not using all of its 150 mb/s?

WD black 4tb

 

[neohq]

Because there are more types of reading and writing.
Games usually have a lot of small files, for example you can't read a 4mb file with 150mb/s.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Casper Traberg-Larsen,

You can just run some speed benchmark tool and see what the results are. Also, it will not hurt to test the drive with WD's DLG tool in order to see whether there is something wrong with it: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=yFJ6vA

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[Casper Traberg-Larsen]

Because there are more types of reading and writing.
Games usually have a lot of small files, for example you can't read a 4mb file with 150mb/s.

Ah, okay! Thanks, that makes sense

Hi there Casper Traberg-Larsen,

You can just run some speed benchmark tool and see what the results are. Also, it will not hurt to test the drive with WD's DLG tool in order to see whether there is something wrong with it: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=yFJ6vA

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

I will! Thanks for the tip.