In-game stuttering

[Zack Brown]

The games installed on my HDD (WD Black 2TB 7200RPM) suddenly started stuttering. I'm sure that this is an issue with my HDD because when installing the same games on my SSD, they run flawlessly.

 

If not for the in-game stuttering, I wouldn't have noticed that there was anything wrong with my HDD as everything else runs smoothly.

 

Will I have to replace my drive, or is there anything I can do to try and fix the problem? I tried defragging it, but Windows already does that weekly anyway, and it did not fix the issue.

 

Specs are in my signature.

Edit: I ran a SMART test and it looks like I got a faulty drive. http://prntscr.com/uxyuc4

[RejZoR]

Run CrystalDiskInfo too.

[Zack Brown]

2 hours ago, RejZoR said:

Run CrystalDiskInfo too.

 

[RejZoR]

Seems like your HDD is on its way out. Slowdowns and these warnings are usually associated with some issues that's trying to correct them during operation and becomes unbearably slow as a result.