Question New SSD didn't affect loading times

[OdiumFM]

So I recently purchased a Samsung 870 EVO SSD because I was tired of loading times for certain games. I installed it, making sure to use the SATA 3 port. I then cloned my old hard drive across to it and then removed the old one. I have noticed no improvement in loading times for anything really, which leads me to believe I have done something wrong. When I go into device manager, it comes up as unknown device, despite the fact that Samsung magician picks it up fine.

Also, when running userbenchmark, it does not even pick up the new drive, despite all the data still being accessible.

Anyone experienced anything similar? I can't seem to find any solutions that improve it.

 

[OdiumFM]

I would like to add that Samsung Magician gives a read speed of 543 MB/s and write of 510 MB/s

 

[USAFRet]

Was this the OS drive as well as games?

You removed the original drive, and are running with only the new one?

 

[OdiumFM]

Was this the OS drive as well as games?

You removed the original drive, and are running with only the new one?

No, not the OS drive, just for games.
Yes, I removed the old one.

 

[USAFRet]

No, not the OS drive, just for games.
Yes, I removed the old one.

What kind of times are we talking about?

Generally, moving from an HDD to SSD reduces times for this.
Generally.

Also, what is the rest of your hardware?

 

[OdiumFM]

What kind of times are we talking about?

Generally, moving from an HDD to SSD reduces times for this.
Generally.

Also, what is the rest of your hardware?

BG3 takes like 1:10 to launch, with some quick loads clocking in at over 40s.
Siege takes nearly 2 minutes to launch.
This is pretty similar to what I was getting before switching.

CPU: i5-3570k
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
RAM: 32GB DDR3
OS: Windows 10 64b

 

[USAFRet]

BG3 takes like 1:10 to launch, with some quick loads clocking in at over 40s.
Siege takes nearly 2 minutes to launch.
This is pretty similar to what I was getting before switching.

CPU: i5-3570k
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
RAM: 32GB DDR3
OS: Windows 10 64b

It might be a case of your older CPU.

 

[OdiumFM]

It might be a case of your older CPU.

That would significantly affect the load times?

 

[USAFRet]

That would significantly affect the load times?

Maybe.
The CPU also does a lot of processing during that loading.

It may be that any potential time reduction is absorbed by the CPU processing efforts.

 

[OdiumFM]

Maybe.
The CPU also does a lot of processing during that loading.

It may be that any potential time reduction is absorbed by the CPU processing efforts.

Is it not weird to see practically no reduction though?

 

[USAFRet]

Is it not weird to see practically no reduction though?

Its hard to say.
I've not used a CPU of that generation in a looong time.

How full is this 870?

 

[OdiumFM]

Its hard to say.
I've not used a CPU of that generation in a looong time.

How full is this 870?

635GB/931GB used.
Yeah it's annoying since if I wanted to upgrade my CPU then it would have to be a mobo + RAM upgrade too

 

[USAFRet]

635GB/931GB used.
Yeah it's annoying since if I wanted to upgrade my CPU then it would have to be a mobo + RAM upgrade too

Not full enough for that to be the issue.

Yeah, a CPU change means a whole new PC.

 

[OdiumFM]

Not full enough for that to be the issue.

Yeah, a CPU change means a whole new PC.

Rough, guess I'll have to just live with it, thanks so much for the help!

 

[USAFRet]

Rough, guess I'll have to just live with it, thanks so much for the help!

On the bright side...that IS a decade+ old platform.

Good luck!