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Macrium image seemed slow
I used Macrium (free) latest version tonight to create a full image of my C drive (Samsung evo SSD), 230 gb used plus the secondary mechanical I drive, 180 gb used. So about 410 gb in all to do the image from scratch. It took about 1 hour 50 minutes. The transfer rate generally averaged out at 450 - 500 Mb/s, some short periods where it hit 750 Mb/s but generally sustained at what I said. The drive I was backing up to was a USB 3 Toshiba 3TB external HD (about 66% full). Should the transfer rates be as low as that? I am sure several images ago it was closer to 900 Mb/s, albeit I haven't done an image in quite a few months and probably it was an older version of macrium. I ensured I am plugged in using USB 3 cable to a front USB 3 port on the PC. The main thing is the image got done but I felt it was a bit slow, not terrible but certainly could be faster. I presume the external HD even though it is USB 3 is the bottleneck here? Especially as backing up from the main C: SSD wasn't really all that much quicker than when it moved onto the mechanical 7200 rpm secondary I hard drive. What transfer rates do others see on the current macrium version if imaging to an external HD via USB 3?
Thanks,
Wayne