Slow USB transfer speeds?

Craterloads · 6 Jan 2013 at 16:53

I'm trying to transfer some large files (60GB worth) over on to a Integral 128GB USB 2.0 stick, but at this rate is going to take hours!!

Starts off really fast like 180MB/s, then slows down to a crawl, currently 7.3MB/s. Heck i can download faster than that.

Storage drive is a Seagate 3TB, 7200RPM drive / ST3000DM001
http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/barracuda/?sku=ST3000DM001

USB Flash Drive - Integral 128GB Evo USB 2.0
http://www.integralmemory.com/product/evo-usb-flash-drive

USB connected to the rear i/o panel headers on Asus X79 Pro motherboard

Craterloads · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:21

Now at 5.8 MB/s + PC is becoming unresponsive, web pages taking ages to load

wazza300 · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:24

thats the trouble with usb sticks,painfully slooooow,usb3 memory stick is much faster,i used to do what your doing to watch movies on my tv,but the best way is to stream them from your pc to your tv,aslong as your tv has an internet or wifi support

Craterloads · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:29

wazza300 said:
thats the trouble with usb sticks,painfully slooooow,usb3 memory stick is much faster,i used to do what your doing to watch movies on my tv,but the best way is to stream them from your pc to your tv,aslong as your tv has an internet or wifi support

For my brother, i stream at home for myself.

Surely the USB should work at specificated USB 2.0 speeds? do you think it getting bottlenecked somewhere?

wazza300 · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:31

yeah the bottleneck is your usb2 memory stick,your lucky i only get 5 mb per sec with a kingston datatraveller

ive not used a usb3 memory stick but there rated speeds are much faster

you have to look at each usb sticks rated transfer read/write speeds

Craterloads · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:36

Just bloody bought the thing too for 40 odd quid :mad:

Might have to flog it and get a USB 3.0 one

Do you know if it would be significantly faster transfering to another hard drive via Sata II

For example i have a external 320gb hardrive, can remove the drive itself from the casing and connect via SATA, transfer files then put drive back into its casing (USB again)

Will that be quicker over sata?

wazza300 · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:41

yeah sata is faster than usb

not sure on usb3 memory stick over a usb2 port,ive never tried

usb3 stick on a usb3 port will be faster though depending on the stick you use

Ripshod · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:42

Craterloads said:
For example i have a external 320gb hardrive, can remove the drive itself from the casing and connect via SATA, transfer files then put drive back into its casing (USB again)

Will that be quicker over sata?

Yes indeed it would. It is after all a SATA drive, just with a USB bridge.

wazza300 · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:45

you need some hot swappable drive bays,then you can plug in and out your hdd when needed ect

they mount in a 5.25" bay at the front of pc,saves a lot of hassle,some cases have them built in