Is 30MB/s Normal For a 7200RPM 320GB HDD
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I recently started noticing some texture loading issues in a couple of games. I had noticed these problems long ago and have now realized that from that time I have replaced every component in my PC other than the HDD and I am starting to think that this is the culprit.
My hard drive came from a Dell Latitude laptop, it is a Seagate Momentus Thin SATA ST320LT007 320GB.
Anyways I did some file copying tests and found that when copying a 3GB rar file from my desktop to my documents folder it started with around 40-50Mb/s but then dropped down to around 30MB/s for the rest of the transfer. Is this a normal speed you could expect from a HDD?
I also ran CrystalDiskMark and here is the screenshot of the results:
hard-drive performance sata speed
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I recently started noticing some texture loading issues in a couple of games. I had noticed these problems long ago and have now realized that from that time I have replaced every component in my PC other than the HDD and I am starting to think that this is the culprit.
My hard drive came from a Dell Latitude laptop, it is a Seagate Momentus Thin SATA ST320LT007 320GB.
Anyways I did some file copying tests and found that when copying a 3GB rar file from my desktop to my documents folder it started with around 40-50Mb/s but then dropped down to around 30MB/s for the rest of the transfer. Is this a normal speed you could expect from a HDD?
I also ran CrystalDiskMark and here is the screenshot of the results:
hard-drive performance sata speed
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Performance degrades over time. Yours is probably very old.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:03
So is the performance that mine was showing very bad?
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:03
They aren't good for sure, especially with small files. I've seen the same "mistake" too many times: User replace parts willy nilly just to find out the actual bottleneck is the HDD.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:05
At least I didn't pay for most of the parts or had a different reason to change them, my PCIE port on my mobo fried both the mobo itself and the GPU. Then I got a new mobo + free cpu combo and bought a new gpu aswell. Then I upgraded my ram from 4 to 6GB aswell. I thought the problems were with my windows install...
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:13
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@Mihkel And the drive model dates back from 2010 or 2011. Your purchase and using the drive might only be 4-5 years old, but it could be older. Regardless that drive is dying and the only solution is to get a new drive.
– JakeGould
Nov 13 at 18:00
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I recently started noticing some texture loading issues in a couple of games. I had noticed these problems long ago and have now realized that from that time I have replaced every component in my PC other than the HDD and I am starting to think that this is the culprit.
My hard drive came from a Dell Latitude laptop, it is a Seagate Momentus Thin SATA ST320LT007 320GB.
Anyways I did some file copying tests and found that when copying a 3GB rar file from my desktop to my documents folder it started with around 40-50Mb/s but then dropped down to around 30MB/s for the rest of the transfer. Is this a normal speed you could expect from a HDD?
I also ran CrystalDiskMark and here is the screenshot of the results:
hard-drive performance sata speed
edited Nov 13 at 17:59
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I recently started noticing some texture loading issues in a couple of games. I had noticed these problems long ago and have now realized that from that time I have replaced every component in my PC other than the HDD and I am starting to think that this is the culprit.
My hard drive came from a Dell Latitude laptop, it is a Seagate Momentus Thin SATA ST320LT007 320GB.
Anyways I did some file copying tests and found that when copying a 3GB rar file from my desktop to my documents folder it started with around 40-50Mb/s but then dropped down to around 30MB/s for the rest of the transfer. Is this a normal speed you could expect from a HDD?
I also ran CrystalDiskMark and here is the screenshot of the results:
hard-drive performance sata speed
hard-drive performance sata speed
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Performance degrades over time. Yours is probably very old.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:03
So is the performance that mine was showing very bad?
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:03
They aren't good for sure, especially with small files. I've seen the same "mistake" too many times: User replace parts willy nilly just to find out the actual bottleneck is the HDD.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:05
At least I didn't pay for most of the parts or had a different reason to change them, my PCIE port on my mobo fried both the mobo itself and the GPU. Then I got a new mobo + free cpu combo and bought a new gpu aswell. Then I upgraded my ram from 4 to 6GB aswell. I thought the problems were with my windows install...
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:13
1
@Mihkel And the drive model dates back from 2010 or 2011. Your purchase and using the drive might only be 4-5 years old, but it could be older. Regardless that drive is dying and the only solution is to get a new drive.
– JakeGould
Nov 13 at 18:00
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Performance degrades over time. Yours is probably very old.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:03
So is the performance that mine was showing very bad?
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:03
They aren't good for sure, especially with small files. I've seen the same "mistake" too many times: User replace parts willy nilly just to find out the actual bottleneck is the HDD.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:05
At least I didn't pay for most of the parts or had a different reason to change them, my PCIE port on my mobo fried both the mobo itself and the GPU. Then I got a new mobo + free cpu combo and bought a new gpu aswell. Then I upgraded my ram from 4 to 6GB aswell. I thought the problems were with my windows install...
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:13
1
@Mihkel And the drive model dates back from 2010 or 2011. Your purchase and using the drive might only be 4-5 years old, but it could be older. Regardless that drive is dying and the only solution is to get a new drive.
– JakeGould
Nov 13 at 18:00
2
2
Performance degrades over time. Yours is probably very old.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:03
Performance degrades over time. Yours is probably very old.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:03
So is the performance that mine was showing very bad?
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:03
So is the performance that mine was showing very bad?
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:03
They aren't good for sure, especially with small files. I've seen the same "mistake" too many times: User replace parts willy nilly just to find out the actual bottleneck is the HDD.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:05
They aren't good for sure, especially with small files. I've seen the same "mistake" too many times: User replace parts willy nilly just to find out the actual bottleneck is the HDD.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:05
At least I didn't pay for most of the parts or had a different reason to change them, my PCIE port on my mobo fried both the mobo itself and the GPU. Then I got a new mobo + free cpu combo and bought a new gpu aswell. Then I upgraded my ram from 4 to 6GB aswell. I thought the problems were with my windows install...
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:13
At least I didn't pay for most of the parts or had a different reason to change them, my PCIE port on my mobo fried both the mobo itself and the GPU. Then I got a new mobo + free cpu combo and bought a new gpu aswell. Then I upgraded my ram from 4 to 6GB aswell. I thought the problems were with my windows install...
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:13
1
1
@Mihkel And the drive model dates back from 2010 or 2011. Your purchase and using the drive might only be 4-5 years old, but it could be older. Regardless that drive is dying and the only solution is to get a new drive.
– JakeGould
Nov 13 at 18:00
@Mihkel And the drive model dates back from 2010 or 2011. Your purchase and using the drive might only be 4-5 years old, but it could be older. Regardless that drive is dying and the only solution is to get a new drive.
– JakeGould
Nov 13 at 18:00
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Your disk is showing S.M.A.R.T. errors.
If we combine this with degraded performance, the prognostic is not good.
I suggest to backup quickly your data, before the disk fails, then replace it.
The saved data should be verified, as much as you can, since you did have
unrecoverable errors on the disk.
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Your disk is showing S.M.A.R.T. errors.
If we combine this with degraded performance, the prognostic is not good.
I suggest to backup quickly your data, before the disk fails, then replace it.
The saved data should be verified, as much as you can, since you did have
unrecoverable errors on the disk.
answered Nov 13 at 18:03
harrymc
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Your disk is showing S.M.A.R.T. errors.
If we combine this with degraded performance, the prognostic is not good.
I suggest to backup quickly your data, before the disk fails, then replace it.
The saved data should be verified, as much as you can, since you did have
unrecoverable errors on the disk.
answered Nov 13 at 18:03
harrymc
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Your disk is showing S.M.A.R.T. errors.
If we combine this with degraded performance, the prognostic is not good.
I suggest to backup quickly your data, before the disk fails, then replace it.
The saved data should be verified, as much as you can, since you did have
unrecoverable errors on the disk.
answered Nov 13 at 18:03
harrymc
247k10256542
Your disk is showing S.M.A.R.T. errors.
If we combine this with degraded performance, the prognostic is not good.
I suggest to backup quickly your data, before the disk fails, then replace it.
The saved data should be verified, as much as you can, since you did have
unrecoverable errors on the disk.
answered Nov 13 at 18:03
harrymc
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answered Nov 13 at 18:03
harrymc
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answered Nov 13 at 18:03
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answered Nov 13 at 18:03
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Performance degrades over time. Yours is probably very old.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:03
So is the performance that mine was showing very bad?
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:03
They aren't good for sure, especially with small files. I've seen the same "mistake" too many times: User replace parts willy nilly just to find out the actual bottleneck is the HDD.
– GabrielaGarcia
Nov 13 at 17:05
At least I didn't pay for most of the parts or had a different reason to change them, my PCIE port on my mobo fried both the mobo itself and the GPU. Then I got a new mobo + free cpu combo and bought a new gpu aswell. Then I upgraded my ram from 4 to 6GB aswell. I thought the problems were with my windows install...
– Mihkel
Nov 13 at 17:13
1
@Mihkel And the drive model dates back from 2010 or 2011. Your purchase and using the drive might only be 4-5 years old, but it could be older. Regardless that drive is dying and the only solution is to get a new drive.
– JakeGould
Nov 13 at 18:00