Problems with the new SSD drive (WD Black SN850X)
Problems with the new SSD drive (WD Black SN850X)
Hey everyone, I've been facing some problems with the new drive I recently bought and was looking for advice on what might be going on. I purchased a WD_Black SN850X (expected performance: 7300mb/s read, 6350mb/s write) to swap in for my old WD_Black SN750SE (expected: 3600mb/s read, 2900mb/s write). After installing it as the main drive and even transferring the data from the SN750SE, I finally got it running. However, I noticed the speeds weren't quite what I hoped for. When I opened the command prompt (winsat disk -drive ""), my readings were around 6000mb/4500mb. Is this variation typical? My SN750SE performed closer to its rated speeds. *I confirmed the NVMe ports on the motherboard (X570 Gigabyte Aorus) and also have another question—shouldn't my games and apps load quicker now?* I made sure all drivers were updated, but performance remained similar to the older model. In Task Manager/WD Black Dashboard, I saw speeds spike briefly to 2000mb/s before settling. Would you believe this is considered normal? *I also checked the speed tests: WD Black SN850X C:\WINDOWS\system32>winsat disk -drive e Windows System Assessment Tool...* The numbers were impressive, but still not matching expectations.