Why is this Sammy F1 running so slow?

MikeHunt79 · 3 Feb 2011 at 18:26

Ok, this is on a fairly old PC running XP.

Why is the HDD running so slowly? I've scanned the machine, no viruses, sector scan turned up no bad sectors... What could be wrong here?

Let me attach this screenshot:

InfiniteNoise · 3 Feb 2011 at 19:04

Damn, that's slow.

Have you tried using the drive in a different PC? Connected it to a different port?

Craig321 · 3 Feb 2011 at 19:09

If you go to the info tab in HD Tune, what does it say under "supported" and "active"? Should say UDMA mode 6 or similar.

matthab · 4 Feb 2011 at 14:20

Mines the same model ill check mine tonight as I dont feel its running as fast as it was. Before anyone asks it is on the unaffectd 6gb ports and ive been having doubt over it in my last build.

Tried another cable?

rpstewart · 4 Feb 2011 at 15:02

That's a very odd trace. It's not running PIO mode because it's clearly capable of > 10MB/s and the CPU usage is pretty low.

Was there anything else accessing the disk during the benchmark?
Are there any disk errors showing in the Event Viewer?
Do you get a similar trace if you run HDTach

matthab · 4 Feb 2011 at 16:51

Heres mine, not great but alittle better than what you got.

spleenharvester · 4 Feb 2011 at 17:22

Yeah check for service hogs, and if you can find an ISO benchmarker (I think there's one but I forget the name) to rule out windows' involvement.

My bro's Sammy F1 160Gb runs at about 93mb/s for reference.

chippy08 · 5 Feb 2011 at 00:43

will be posting about mine tomorrow thats running on a sata 6 socket and is slow on one test then next test is fine then changes to slow again

chippy08 · 5 Feb 2011 at 00:59

MikeHunt79 said:
Ok, this is on a fairly old PC running XP.

Why is the HDD running so slowly? I've scanned the machine, no viruses, sector scan turned up no bad sectors... What could be wrong here?

Let me attach this screenshot:

Have you checked the health of the hard drive mine gives calibration warning.

chippy08 · 5 Feb 2011 at 01:01

matthab said:
Heres mine, not great but alittle better than what you got.

Have you checked yours as well matt as yours dont look good as well. Mines on a 6gb ports but it might not be the problem.