Slow HDD - Sometimes

[Nagasaki]

I got a 4TB External Seagate HDD and I took it out its caddy and put it in my PC. It is a 5400RPM drive.

 

When doing a speed test on it I get around 130mb read speeds and around 80mb write and its the same when moving files around as well so no issues there.

 

BUT when downloading games be it on steam, blizzard or epic the download goes SLOW as hell as the download is waiting for the drive all the time. Task manager will show 100% usage but only a few mb of reads/write.

 

So, Why is it so bloody slow? Is it just the fact its only a 5400rpm drive?

[Electronics Wizardy]

What model is the drive? Its likely a smr drive which may cause these issues.

[Nagasaki]

Drive #1 - ST4000DM004-2CV104 (3726 GB)

 

I cant see anything that says either way

[Electronics Wizardy]

7 minutes ago, Nagasaki said:

Drive #1 - ST4000DM004-2CV104 (3726 GB)

 

I cant see anything that says either way

yup thats a smr drive, that would probably explain those issues. Just let it sit idle and it should speed up.

[Nagasaki]

Oh god... guess Ill get rid then and get a different drive.