SSD Disk Active time 100%

Hi,
I have a relatively fresh installation of Windows 10 but it often gets very laggy.
- Any window takes a while to open
- Even typing on the keyboard has a delay
- Programs not responding

I did the usual checks such as
- Antivirus / Antispyware
- Drivers update

I noticed that my C: SSD disk is often at 100% "Active Time". There are some processes writing/reading from the SSD but that something the SSD should handle without freezing the entire OS.





Any ideas what's wrong?

cheers,
Tex

So the disk check went through without errors. When I am in a complete idle, the disk activity does drop to 0%.

I've just run disk speed test and it looks like my SSD is kind of slow. Isn't a SSD supposed to be faster that that? Mine is indeed kind of old ...

dalchina said:

Hi,
1. Before you ran that, what was your disk activity? Did you do what I suggested first?

Yes, I run the test when the disk was completely idle and 0% usage.

dalchina said:

2. If what you have posted is a fair representation, then we can ask if you have AHCI enabled in your Bios.
IDE- slower SSD. AHCI- better performance.

AHCI is enabled. I also run the same test on my 2nd SSD and this one much faster:



I will clone my current system on that 2nd SSD and see if that help. I'm pretty sure that this was the problem.

I'll post back the results.

cheers

Hi,
so the after using the PC for a while with the new SSD, I can confirm that this was the problem.

The problem on the older SSD was not high usage but the fact that even a "normal" usage was creating a bottleneck on everything.

Here, I'm downloading at 370Mbps and the disk activity is only at 10% where the older disk would be at 100%



Those are my disk speeds now:



Thanks for your help.

cheers

dalchina said:

Hmm, well done.. so a failing SSD in some manner? Sure it wasn't the slot or whatever connection you were using?

That SSD is around 5+ year old so I think it was just his time to go