![]() ![]() SSDs have better controllers and gen have a better speed rating across the board especially in random writes/reads making them better suited to running an OS. Or 1MB sequential tests with 1Mb chunks with 8 queues. There are many speed different speed metrics like 4k random write vs sequential write. Run it, and take a screenshot if you wanna share it here.Ģ- Encrypt your drive using VeraCrypt and run Crystaldiskmark again (share if you care)ģ- is it too slow for you? Then go for windows bitlocker/driver encryption (if you are on windows ) and test it again to see the differenceĤ- share your result here to help others: Having said that, you probably just want an answer, but I forgot and I think to some level it is subjective and based on your needs, for me I prefer security over performance, but as far as I remember, I didn't mind it, why? I don't remember, but I think it was not that much, and I remember reading that in many places that the impact on new hardware is minimum. You really should use an NVME or SSD as your boot drive snd be careful not to buy a cheap SSD, as a lot of those are cheap because they don't have a DRAM cache.įor the speed impact, just test it yourself, I am sure you don't need step by step instruction but if you do let me know :)Ġ- in VeraCrypt, you can go to Tools>Benchmark and get result (screenshot it to share it here) If you want to see what the true read write performance is turn the computer on and let it sit idle for 30 minutes or however long it takes for the hard drive to stop thrashing, then do a test with Crystal Disk Mark SMR drives are the worst possible choice for a boot drive. SMR are also great for use as archival or backup drives because the per TB cost is so cheap. I don't really care about the write performance just that the data is reliably written and read. I have a five 8tb SMR drives in my PC but I only use them to store my media files.The read performance is good, but the write performance is horrible. Also with these SMR drives after Windows shows that the disk operation is over you can still hear the drive reorganizing data on the drive. When an SMR drives writes to the disk some data overlaps other data so it has to rewrite part of the existing data. I'm going to take a stab in the dark here. You'll have to reboot and cannot use your pc for other things while it's checking, and it can take a long time, so if possible, I'd suggest letting it run overnight. You can start it by typing in "mdsched" in the start menu. Let it run for at least 3 tests, as the test is not guaranteed to find all problems. If the above things do not give results that could show the cause of the issue, you can try to run a RAM check. Have you also tried to run a malware scan? Just to make sure that's not the cause of the issue. The only tool I've ever used is CrystalDiskMark, but any other tool should be fine as well. ![]() If there is no difference, then the chances it's a problem with your drive(s) are smaller. ![]() If there is a significant difference in speed, then it's indeed likely a problem with your drive(s). You can also try to do a disk speed test when your pc is running normally and when it's running slow. When your computer is slow, does task manager show that any component is constantly being used 100% (in the performance tab)? Or do the drives have a flat line at a percentage other than 0?
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