USB 2.0 Transfer speed FAR under spec?

[LiquidSky98]

So I have experienced this issue for years across nearly every computer I have used. Google tells me that USB 2.0 should transfer at ~60 Mb/s, but I have never seen a drive transfer that fast. Usually I get speeds no higher than 10 Mb/s, and much of the time it CRAWLS at around 500 Kb/s. I don't know how to fix it and it's very annoying. Why does this always happen?

[Firewrath9]

for what, usb flash drive?

the speeds are vastly overrated, like wifi.

[Enderman]

Sequential speeds are not the same as all the other 4k speeds.

The file transfer speeds depend on the file type and file size.

 

[badreg]

USB 2.0 has a theoretical speed of 480mbps (60MB/s), but after accounting for overhead, it's around 45MB/s. This is for sequential transfers only. For random I/O, you're limited by the performance of the storage, and not the transfer protocol.