Question New Maxtor external drive video stutter

[babicdusko]

I had WD Passport which I replaced with a brand new Maxtor 4TB. On WD I could watch video straight from the disk unlike Maxtor which has constant split-second freezes, say every 15sec. If I copy the video to either of my local disks, ssd or hdd, it plays smoothly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[rgd1101]

speed of the 4TB?

 

[babicdusko]

Maxtor M3 portable, 5400RPM, USB 3.0. Just like WD Passport.

 

[fzabkar]

Could we see the SMART report?

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

Does the drive click when the freeze happens?