Question New Seagate 2TB 256mb HDD running extremely slow

[Zn4tcher]

So i recently built a new computer and currently i'm using a NVMe Corsair Force mp510 as my main system drive and also i have an old SATA 2 hdd plugged in and a new 2TB Seagate Barracude drive. When i tried to Userbenchmak it, the results told me that the new seagate drive was ram caching but i have tried everything to stop that and still the same, steam games take forever to allocate when installing them in this drive and also in any storage bench i make, the drive is getting half writing and reading speeds than the old SATA2 one (), which actually runs slower than it should.

i've been thinking of backup and format everything then reinstall windows from start. i've run crysaldiskinfo and seatools tests to check if the drive is damaged or something but it passes all the tests. Any idea what's happening?

The drive is a ST-2000DM008-2F102 bought on newegg

 

[rgd1101]

which one is slow? why are you posting the result of MP510?

full system spec?

 

[popatim]

Both screenshots are of the MP510

Regardless, Seagates 256MB cache drives tend to be SMR drives and tend to have issues due to the way SMR works.
Newer ones do perform better so you might want to check if there is a firmware update for your model.
https://apps1.seagate.com/downloads/request.html?userPreferredLocaleCookie=en_US_

 

[falcon291]

Can you download CrytalDiskInfo and share the results of both your HDD and NVMe MP510?

 

[Zn4tcher]

which one is slow? why are you posting the result of MP510?

full system spec?

AsRock b450m pro4
Ryzen 5 2600x
MSI Ventus OC GTX 1660 Super
2x8gb g.skill Ripjaws V CL15 3000mhz

None of the screenshots are from the mp510. FIrst one is from an old Sata 2 HP/WD 1tb drive (gb1000eamyc) and the second one is the Seagate, the one that's running way slower than it should.

Here are some CrystalDiskMark results


Seagate Barracuda 2tb 7200rpm 256mb cache (st2000dm008 - 2fr102)

Sata 2 HP/WD 1tb drive (gb1000eamyc)

Corsair Force MP510

 

[Zn4tcher]

Newer ones do perform better so you might want to check if there is a firmware update for your model.
https://apps1.seagate.com/downloads/request.html?userPreferredLocaleCookie=en_US_

I bought this drive on newegg on december and I already tried to look for firmware updates on that site but it sait that there's no newer firmware avialabe for download

 

[popatim]

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/57eosc/smr_drives_aka_archive_drives_a_word_of_caution/
https://www.storagereview.com/what_is_shingled_magnetic_recording_smr/

 

[Zizo007]

AsRock b450m pro4
Ryzen 5 2600x
MSI Ventus OC GTX 1660 Super
2x8gb g.skill Ripjaws V CL15 3000mhz

None of the screenshots are from the mp510. FIrst one is from an old Sata 2 HP/WD 1tb drive (gb1000eamyc) and the second one is the Seagate, the one that's running way slower than it should.

Here are some CrystalDiskMark results


Seagate Barracuda 2tb 7200rpm 256mb cache (st2000dm008 - 2fr102)

Sata 2 HP/WD 1tb drive (gb1000eamyc)

Corsair Force MP510

Your MP510 have extremely slow writing speed. Install the latest chipset drivers from AMD, the latest Corsair NVMe driver, the latest MP510 firmware and update your motherboards bios to the latest.

 

[Zn4tcher]

So there is no solution to my hdd speed?

 

[Zizo007]

So there is no solution to my hdd speed?

Try what I said it might fix all of your speed issues as they are related.

 

[Zn4tcher]

Try what I said it might fix all of your speed issues as they are related.

Since there's no corsair nvme driver nor downloadable firmware for the mp510, the only choice left i have is bios update, but i'm worried about that tbh