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HDD running very slowly
Since the beginning my laptop HDD has always been too slow. I get an average of 15MB/s when copying files inside the hard disk.
My specs:
Intel i3, 2100M, 2.1GHz Sandybridge
2GB DDR3 RAM 1333MHz
500GB Seagate SATA HDD 5400RPM
Windows 7 ultimate 32bit
This is the HDD spec from Speccy(similar to cpu-z):
Hard Drives
ST9500325AS ATA Device
Manufacturer Seagate
Form Factor 2.5"
Heads 16
Cylinders 16383
SATA type SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
48-bit LBA Supported
Serial Number 6VESF4PH
Interface SATA
Capacity 488GB
Real size 500,107,862,016 bytes
RAID Type None
S.M.A.R.T
01 Read Error Rate 112 (099 worst) Data 0002EBA872
03 Spin-Up Time 098 (098) Data 0000000000
04 Start/Stop Count 100 (100) Data 000000015D
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
07 Seek Error Rate 074 (060) Data 00018EB0BD
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 099 (099) Data 00000003B2
0A Spin Retry Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
0C Device Power Cycle Count 100 (100) Data 000000015D
B8 100 (100) Data 0000000000
BB 100 (100) Data 0000000000
BC 100 (099) Data 0000000003
BD High Fly Writes (WDC) 100 (100) Data 0000000000
BE Temperature Difference from 100 069 (052) Data 001F1E001F
BF G-sense error rate 100 (100) Data 0000000003
C0 Power-off Retract Count 100 (100) Data 0000000004
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 100 (100) Data 00000003E8
C2 Temperature 031 (048) Data 000000001F
C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 054 (050) Data 0002EBA872
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 200 (200) Data 0000000000
FE Free Fall Protection 100 (100) Data 0000000000
Temperature 32 °C
Temperature Range ok (less than 50 °C)
Status Good
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0
Size 992 KB
Partition 1
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #1
Size 100 MB
Partition 2
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #2
Disk Letter C:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number 287106E3
Size 39.0GB
Used Space 21.3GB (55%)
Free Space 17.6GB (45%)
Partition 3
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #3
Disk Letter D:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number DA2D9397
Size 230GB
Used Space 127GB (56%)
Free Space 103GB (44%)
Disk Letter E:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number B20669C5
Size 96GB
Used Space 24.9GB (26%)
Free Space 71GB (74%)
Disk Letter F:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number 10405BD3
Size 101GB
Used Space 95GB (95%)
Free Space 5.49GB (5%)
I get an average write speed of 15MB/s which i think is too slow. I've seen 5400RPM HDDs write at 50+MB/s. Is 15MB/s what i should get or can i change some settings to get more speed? Another thing, speccy shows my ram speed to be 665MHz but I've a 1333MHz RAM. I read somewhere 1333MHz is shown as 665MHz in the OS is this true?