High Disk I/O

alexslx

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May 5, 2012
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Hello,

Below is my computer configuration:
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5Ghz - 3rd Generation (Ivy Bridge)
Zalman CNPS11X
GIGABYTE Z77 GA-Z77X-UD5H
32GB DDR3 (4x8GB) 1.6Ghz Corsair Vengeance
1.0TB Western Digital Black Caviar (64MB Buffer @ 7200RPM)
ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 580 AMP! Edition (Overclocked)
Cooler Master HAF X (942) Full Tower Case

I have a problem that my disk I/O is very high, specially the reading I think. I have a RAMDISK created and moved all temporaries and others folders to RAMDISK to improve these I/O on my harddrive, but when I light up my computer and login into my system, the system was unusable for some minutes because of these high IO.

Before anyone asks, I have my computer startup cleaned up, and I didn't use too many programs. My computer login with teamviewer, skype, dropbox, IDM and just it.

Can someone help with tracing and reducing these disk load?
 
Solution
Download and install "Process Explorer" (it's free). From the View menu, choose "Select Columns".
Click on the "Process Disk" tab, tick the box for, "Delta Total Bytes", and any others you're interested
in, though DTB is the main one. You can then more easily monitor what is happening.

Ian.

dgingeri

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I don't see an OS here. What OS are you running? If it is Windows 7, that could be Superfetch precaching programs. Windows 7 is usually better behaved that this, though.

Try disabling the Superfetch service and see if this stops.
 

mapesdhs

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Download and install "Process Explorer" (it's free). From the View menu, choose "Select Columns".
Click on the "Process Disk" tab, tick the box for, "Delta Total Bytes", and any others you're interested
in, though DTB is the main one. You can then more easily monitor what is happening.

Ian.

 
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