ssd to ssd transfer really slow ??? :: Hardware and Operating Systems

All Discussions > Steam Forums > Hardware and Operating Systems > Topic Details

Andrius227 Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:13am

ssd to ssd transfer really slow ???

I decided to transfer gta5 from my primary 1tb ssd to a dedicated 1tb ssd. But it seems really slow, like 15-30 MB/s. Anyone know whats up with that ?

< >

Showing 1-7 of 7 comments

Bad 💀 Motha Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:19am

Should do a Copy, not Move.
When the copy is completed then u can delete the original on the HDD Library Loction.
After this u will have to load up Steam Client > click Delete Local Content to remove GTAV entry from the HDD Steam Library Location; then click Install and select the other Steam Library Loction on C drive, at which it should see and validate the GTAV files that are now on C Drive / SSD

Data transfer will be as slow as your slowest driver, so for example if the 1TB is a 5400rpm HDD or a much older 7200rpm drive, it will only transfer as slow as the system can read from that drive.

Also ensure your Motherboard Chipset / SATA / AHCI Drivers are up to date; as this can help aid in best overall SATA drive read/write speeds.

For example I have an older WD Blue 500GB 7200rpm and WD Black 2TB 7200rpm here; the 500GB one only gets around 50-85Mb/s on average; where as the 2TB gets closer to 200MB/s

Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:21am

Andrius227 Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:22am

Both drives are 1tb ssd's. One Samsung 840 EVO, other Samsung 850 EVO. And i am in fact copying, because thats the default action it does when dragging a file to a different drive.

Last edited by Andrius227; Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:23am

Bad 💀 Motha Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:26am

Oh I mis-read... my bad...

Well IDK, since having two Samsung SSDs will not allow you to use the Samsung RAPID Driver; but that sounds VERY slow, regardless of RAPID being installed/active anyways.

Also Samsung has recently updated all Firmware for their SSDs, u can check this and update without SSD data removal by running Samsung Magician. Make sure u keep Magician up to date, it helps.

Overall it sounds like your Chipset/SATA drivers are either still using the OS built-in ones; or they're way out-dated.

And due to lack of support; I would think about making the 850 model of SSD your primary one for OS, then install RAPID Driver and have it be active for the 850 EVO; as 840 EVO are not supported by Samsung RAPID; only 840 Pro and later models are.

Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:29am

Andrius227 Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:58am

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:
Oh I mis-read... my bad...

Well IDK, since having two Samsung SSDs will not allow you to use the Samsung RAPID Driver; but that sounds VERY slow, regardless of RAPID being installed/active anyways.

Also Samsung has recently updated all Firmware for their SSDs, u can check this and update without SSD data removal by running Samsung Magician. Make sure u keep Magician up to date, it helps.

Overall it sounds like your Chipset/SATA drivers are either still using the OS built-in ones; or they're way out-dated.

And due to lack of support; I would think about making the 850 model of SSD your primary one for OS, then install RAPID Driver and have it be active for the 850 EVO; as 840 EVO are not supported by Samsung RAPID; only 840 Pro and later models are.

Thanks. I installed Samsung magician and updated firmware on all my ssd's... I am now getting ~100-130 MB/s transfer speed while transfering the same game again.

And i do plan to replace my primary ssd. I actually have already installed a fresh copy of windows 10 on a brand new Samsung 850 EVO 1TB. I'm just not using it yet, because i'm lazy, and don't really want to waste time installing all the drivers and transfering all the data... I'm used to windows 8 anyway. But i do plan to switch eventually, when games can actually benefit from windows 10 and dx12 and all that.

Bad 💀 Motha Dec 26, 2015 @ 8:05am

Yes basically want to do this:
- Update to latest Motherboard Chipset Drivers (if Intel, install Intel Chipset INF from Intel site; if AMD; install AMD Chipset Drivers Crimson 15.12 from AMD site.

- Use updated Samsung Magician (currently 4.9) and allow to run in background and on OS Startup; then click RAPID and install this, which is a software driver that should also improve SSD read/writes due to Samsung SSD design can take advantage of it.

Optional:
- You could also do at some point of just clone the 840 EVO to 850 EVO using Samsung Data Migration 3.0; then have everything the way you currently have your OS, on the 850 instead and then just change BIOS to boot from 850 EVO by default. Then this would allow u to use Samsung RAPID on your 850 SSD.

Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Dec 26, 2015 @ 8:06am