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To be quite honest, it's probably just due to the fill rate, but I just want to be sure.
I have two Western Digital Black Performance 6 TB Drives. (More storage than you need is always a good thing)
And these drives are fast. Extremely fast for Hard Disk Drives. Without a cache they read/write at about 230 MB/s.
HDD_0: 950 GB / 5.5 TB Used - 190 MB/s Read and Write Avg.
HDD_1: 100 GB / 5.5 TB Used - 235 MB/s Read and Write Avg.
I figured this out when using a benchmark on the rest of my computer.
Anyways, I keep my PC clean, up-to-date and fast by:
- Windows Disk Cleanup (For those pesky Update files)
- CCleaner (Internet Junk)
- Driver Booster 6 (Drivers)
- Power Profile: Highest Bitsum Performance (Aggressive Turbo)
- Advanced System Settings: Highest Performance (Disabling Aero effects, etc.)
- Windows Drive Optimization (TRIM + Defrag)
I don't know if maybe I am missing anything else? I am only concerned because if every 1/5 of drive utilization costs 40 MB/s, it will be a really slow drive when I max out at 80% utilization.
That being said, I don't think the Allocation Unit Size was modified to a higher amount.
RAM Caching usually is on for the drive, I turned it off for benchmarks.
The only other thing I can think of is a bad SATA cable, but I've never had problems before. When I had it at about 500 GB used, it was performing normally.
The benchmarking program I used to figure this out was Userbenchmark, though I did double check in CrystalDiskMark to only confirm the loss in speed.
Thoughts?
I have two Western Digital Black Performance 6 TB Drives. (More storage than you need is always a good thing)
And these drives are fast. Extremely fast for Hard Disk Drives. Without a cache they read/write at about 230 MB/s.
HDD_0: 950 GB / 5.5 TB Used - 190 MB/s Read and Write Avg.
HDD_1: 100 GB / 5.5 TB Used - 235 MB/s Read and Write Avg.
I figured this out when using a benchmark on the rest of my computer.
Anyways, I keep my PC clean, up-to-date and fast by:
- Windows Disk Cleanup (For those pesky Update files)
- CCleaner (Internet Junk)
- Driver Booster 6 (Drivers)
- Power Profile: Highest Bitsum Performance (Aggressive Turbo)
- Advanced System Settings: Highest Performance (Disabling Aero effects, etc.)
- Windows Drive Optimization (TRIM + Defrag)
I don't know if maybe I am missing anything else? I am only concerned because if every 1/5 of drive utilization costs 40 MB/s, it will be a really slow drive when I max out at 80% utilization.
That being said, I don't think the Allocation Unit Size was modified to a higher amount.
RAM Caching usually is on for the drive, I turned it off for benchmarks.
The only other thing I can think of is a bad SATA cable, but I've never had problems before. When I had it at about 500 GB used, it was performing normally.
The benchmarking program I used to figure this out was Userbenchmark, though I did double check in CrystalDiskMark to only confirm the loss in speed.
Thoughts?
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