Question SSD near 100% all the time?

[Rhombs]

Hello all,

I built my computer back in 2016 and the SSD and HDD have not been upgraded/replaced since. Recently my computer has been running very slow, it being the worst at startup. In task manager my SSD runs near or at 100% when trying to do anything. The disk is not full (I use it only for Windows and some programs; file storage goes on the HDD); and there are not any programs running in the background I can see either. Given that it is 8yo I am assuming I probably just need to buy a new one? I included my SSD benchmark results (which I do not know how to interpret) and task manager. Let me know what you think, thanks!

https://imgur.com/TkRFBPr

https://imgur.com/a/yuaBOvG

 

[CountMike]

Hello all,

I built my computer back in 2016 and the SSD and HDD have not been upgraded/replaced since. Recently my computer has been running very slow, it being the worst at startup. In task manager my SSD runs near or at 100% when trying to do anything. The disk is not full (I use it only for Windows and some programs; file storage goes on the HDD); and there are not any programs running in the background I can see either. Given that it is 8yo I am assuming I probably just need to buy a new one? I included my SSD benchmark results (which I do not know how to interpret) and task manager. Let me know what you think, thanks!

https://imgur.com/TkRFBPr

https://imgur.com/a/yuaBOvG

That's abnormally slow write, possibly malware. Did you check drive's health ? In case nothing is wrong with it:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoeG8uxPxZY

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-BaZH2RNyI

 

[SkyNetRising]

In task manager my SSD runs near or at 100% when trying to do anything.

Use Resource Monitor to find out, what is causing disk usage.

Open Resource Monitor,​

switch to Disk tab.​

locate Disk Activity section (not Processes with Disk Activity section),​

order section by column Total,​

make sure column File is fully readable and​

show screenshot.​

(upload to imgur.com and post link)​

This will tell you, what process is causing disk activity and what file is being operated on.

Example of Resource Monitor window:

Spoiler

 

[Bob.B]

Hello all,

I built my computer back in 2016 and the SSD and HDD have not been upgraded/replaced since. Recently my computer has been running very slow, it being the worst at startup. In task manager my SSD runs near or at 100% when trying to do anything. The disk is not full (I use it only for Windows and some programs; file storage goes on the HDD); and there are not any programs running in the background I can see either. Given that it is 8yo I am assuming I probably just need to buy a new one? I included my SSD benchmark results (which I do not know how to interpret) and task manager. Let me know what you think, thanks!

https://imgur.com/TkRFBPr

https://imgur.com/a/yuaBOvG

Is the optimize feature enabled for the ssd?

 

[Rhombs]

Use Resource Monitor to find out, what is causing disk usage.

Open Resource Monitor,​

switch to Disk tab.​

locate Disk Activity section (not Processes with Disk Activity section),​

order section by column Total,​

make sure column File is fully readable and​

show screenshot.​

(upload to imgur.com and post link)​

This will tell you, what process is causing disk activity and what file is being operated on.

Example of Resource Monitor window:

Spoiler

Okay this is what mine was showing at 100%.

https://imgur.com/a/VGwUv9c

I will say most of the time System is the highest on the list, but occasionally TiWorker.exe, or MsMpEng.exe would be at the top instead.

 

[SkyNetRising]

It's downloading windows updates and
running windows Defender scan.
Also Nvidia broadcast is writing to the drive.

But disk activity is 0%.
Make a screenshot, when 100% disk activity is happening.