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Suggestions for Optimizing USB Transfer Rate
I recently bought Komplete 9 Ultimate from Native Instruments from their summer sale. Since all of the programs that come in that bundle total 370 GB, and that I might be running Komplete from two different computers, I bought an external usb 3.0 drive to install the samples. I know that running such a program from an external drive may not be ideal, but I do not have room on my internal drive and I do not have another sata port. My desktop does have two usb 3.0 ports and the hard drive I am getting is a 3.0 drive, but in my experience, usb was never good at transfer rates when considering their theoretical maximum. In the past, I have always gotten, on average 20 mbps on usb 2.0 (reading and writing). I have recently been transferring files back and forth to my usb 3.0 flash drive in a 3.0 port, and that only transfers on average 30 mbps (reading and writing). Of coarse these aren't 100% accurate averages. I know that the transfer rate will never hit the theoretical maximum, but considering that number is 4 gigabits per second (625 mbps), and that usb 3.0 is supposed to be ten times faster than usb 2.0, I would expect it to be better than 30 mbps (or am I completely out of the ballpark?) My question is what can I do to optimize the transfer rate between my desktop and an external usb 3.0 hard drive? I will post stats below:
-NZXT Technologies Source 210 Computer Case (Black)
-WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX
-2 Crucial Ballistix Sport Very Low Profile 8GB Single DDR3-1600 1.35V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory Module BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0
-MSI Socket FM2/AMD A75/DDR3/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard FM2-A75MA-E35
-AMD Quad Core A10-Series APU for Desktops A10-6800K with Radeon HD 8670D (AD680KWOHLBOX)
-Coolmax 600W 140mm Blue LED Fan Power Supply VL-600B (Black)
The flash drive I use is: Silicon Power Blaze B20 64 GB Entry Level USB 3.0 Flash Drive Read/Write 55/20 MB/s (Black)
And the Hard Drive that I will be getting is a WD My Passport Ultra 1TB Portable External USB 3.0 Hard Drive with Auto Backup - Blue
Any help will be greatly appreciated!