Random 100% Disk usage spikes - Windows 10 (SSD)

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
F

flashman722

Jan 5, 2019
6
0
10
Hi,
I bought my new Desktop 3 months ago and this problem has started showing up cca 2 months ago. I'm going literally crazy and sick from this... When the spike happens everything is on 0mb/s in taskmanager and everything freezes for the minimum of 20 seconds. I've tried nearly everything.... I've read about this problem on forums, watched maybe hours of "fixing" videos and even reading books about it.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

List of things i have tried:

Microsoft forums (they didn't even help me ofc)
Reinstalling clear official W10
Disabling Superfetch
Disabling Windows Search
Disabling DiagTrack
Putting "0" instead of "1" to MSISupport
Disabling Windows updates
Updating all drivers
CHCKDSK
Putting system power to High Performence
Disabling SkypeApp
Checking System for Spywares, viruses, malwares ...
Installing and also uninstalling Antivirus
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

My System:

CPU Intel Corei7-7700(3.6GHz,8M,1151,VGA)
MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS
2 x 8GB DDR4-2133MHz ADATA CL15 1024x8
480GB A400 Kingston SATA3 2.5 500/450MBs SSD
Cooler Master MWE 500W aPFC v2.3, 12cm fan
WIN HOME 10 32-bit/64-bit Czech USB (I have 64-bit now)
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC (single fan - I had no problems in my old pc setup)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

One thing what I've learned (and I'm not even joking) is that When it's after or nearly 00:00 problems are magically gone. Problems are happenning randomly - no game or app needed (I can just turn my pc on, open taskmanager and watch random mountains appearing in graphs)...

I will be thankful to everyone for every single advice.
I'm sorry for my mistakes/misspelling - My mother tongue is Czech.


 
Solution
G


The best solution was to return it.

I'm back on my trusty MLC 256gb SSD and am glad to be rid of Kingston. Never again.
Sort by date Sort by votes
Have you tried this?
https://www.kingston.com/en/support/technical/ssdmanager

got latest BIOS on motherboard?

tried a clean boot? might tell you if its a startup program causing it - carefully read instructions and make sure not to disable any Microsoft services or PC may not boot right - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

can try running process explorer, it might help figure out whats using hdd space. If it was a ram problem we could blame a driver. Download Process explorer and run it as admin (it comes from Microsoft so its safe)

the default view is tree structure meaning like your task manager screen, it will show what processes are under each service, but unlike task manager, it shows the storage usage of each part so you can see what is eating your hdd

Private bytes = actual ram usage
Working set = Ram + page file usage (this is likely the column you need)

This page shows what all the colours and headings mean, link at bottom of it shows how to use it to find problems.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Ok and TY for responding,

so I tried Clean boot - the problem stilll remains and even when the pc turned up there was +30 seconds 98% - 100% disk usage BUT no freeze (I could interact with my pc normaly but it was just slowed). My smile was immediately shutted down (after couple of minutes) when the Disk usage went up again on 100% (Reading - 0mb/s, writing - 0mb/s, latency - 0 ms).
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I also tried "Process Explorer" and even when the spike/spikes happen/s there is no deflection in column "Working Set". I'm running this as Admin.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I also tried install that Kingston program for SSDs and it says that my SSD is 100% healthy and drivers are updated...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Last thing that I'm going to try is try updating BIOS.

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Task manager shows 100% activity but no read/write activity. My ssd only shows 0 response time when its idle.

If SSD is fine, it must be a driver in windows that is to blame.

Updated bios yet?
Did you update drivers using MSI utility called Live Update 6 (See here) as it checks motherboard matches its latest drivers.

does it happen in safe mode?
on start menu, open power menu
while holding down shift, click restart button
this restarts PC in windows recovery
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose start up options
click the restart button
choose a safe mode (it doesn't matter which) by using number associated with it.
PC will restart and load safe mode

Behaviour here will tell us if its drivers or hardware. If ssd is normal, it is likely a driver problem.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote


I have the same problem and I just got this same drive this week, I cloned it from my previous drive which was a Transcend with MLC chip. I never had this crappy problem with my Transcend SSD.

https://ctrlv.cz/b9B0

Even while I'm typing this message it hangs for a few seconds at 100% activity then back to normal, wtf.

Going to return this drive if I don't find any solutions....
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
I'm glad I'm not the only one here.. Isn't that suspicious..? We both have the same problem with the same SSD.. I've already tried Live update and unfortunately it did nothing ofc..

Looking forward to receive more information from you mate.

 
Upvote 0 Downvote


http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2122876/slow-kingston-ssd.html - This is maybe our problem... Read the "Best solution"

 
Upvote 0 Downvote


The best solution was to return it.

I'm back on my trusty MLC 256gb SSD and am glad to be rid of Kingston. Never again.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
Colif said:
Have you tried this?
https://www.kingston.com/en/support/technical/ssdmanager

got latest BIOS on motherboard?

tried a clean boot? might tell you if its a startup program causing it - carefully read instructions and make sure not to disable any Microsoft services or PC may not boot right - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

can try running process explorer, it might help figure out whats using hdd space. If it was a ram problem we could blame a driver. Download Process explorer and run it as admin (it comes from Microsoft so its safe)

the default view is tree structure meaning like your task manager screen, it will show what processes are under each service, but unlike task manager, it shows the storage usage of each part so you can see what is eating your hdd

Private bytes = actual ram usage
Working set = Ram + page file usage (this is likely the column you need)

This page shows what all the colours and headings mean, link at bottom of it shows how to use it to find problems.
Click to expand...

This was the fix for me! Thanks a lot!!, I seriously looked and looked for around a week for a solution following everystep anyone posted with no avail. Finally stumbled upon this post!, Downloaded the SSDManager, and the manager downloaded a firmware update. After the update, its perfectly fine now! and hella quick
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom