Question SSD super slow/non existent game boot times

[Brendon_Austin]

I have a Samsung 870 EVO 1Tb which I've had for 4 months without any notable problems. Few days ago whenever booting a game from that drive it takes absurdly long which even put HDDs to shame. Other drives work normally and when moved same games between drives. Yesterday, after a while, it just started to work normally, reaching 100s of MB/s read and write, but while the problem is occurring it barely reaches 1-2 MB/s and keeps at 100% usage.

 

[Lutfij]

How much free space do you have on the SSD? Does Samsung's Magician app say anything about a firmware update for said SSD?

We're going to need a little more info, please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

keeps at 100% usage.
If you're on Windows 8 or above, it could be a memoryleak for the OS or the controller for your SSD is thermal throttling.

 

[Brendon_Austin]

600gb free from 1tb, up to date firmware

CPU: Ryzen 7 5700x
Motherboard: asus prime b450m-k
Ram: 32gb 3200mhz viper 4
SSD/HDD: Samsung 870 EVO 1Tb, 2Tb Seagate Baracuda, random 240gb boot ssd
GPU: rx6600
PSU: Deepcool DN650 with 2.5 years mileage
OS: windows 11 pro 10.0.26100
Bios: 4622 29.09.24

100% only when launching the game and Sam Magician showed 30-33C