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Suhidu · Jan 11, 2013, 01:13 PM

Fragmented file system(s), damaged drive(s), non-optimal southbridge(or SATA Controller) driver(s), outdated BIOS... these are my ideas. Or perhaps you're just trying to transfer 500,000 2KB files, and that's slower to do than a sequential copy of several gigabytes?

Also, 150MB/s is the theoretical peak of SATA 1, and despite common SATA 1 performance being somewhat less than that (depending on chipset), the limiting factor here would be your 5+ year old mechanical hard drives...
...or likely any brand new mechanical hard drive.

System Name:	Suhidu (I am sentient & do post here on occasion.)
Processor:	Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 -2.4GHz & 3MB L2
Memory:	6GB (4GBx1, 2GBx1) -DDR2 800
Video Card:	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT -512MB DDR2
Hard Disk:	HGST 2.5" 1TB (5K1000); Seagate 2.5" 500GB (5400.6)
Optical Drive:	Lite-On iHAS124 Rev.C (via USB)
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PSU:	HP 90W Power Brick
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Jan 11, 2013, 01:13 PM	#8
Suhidu Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 158 (0.19/day) Thanks: 9 Thanked 75 Times in 48 Posts	Fragmented file system(s), damaged drive(s), non-optimal southbridge(or SATA Controller) driver(s), outdated BIOS... these are my ideas. Or perhaps you're just trying to transfer 500,000 2KB files, and that's slower to do than a sequential copy of several gigabytes? Also, 150MB/s is the theoretical peak of SATA 1, and despite common SATA 1 performance being somewhat less than that (depending on chipset), the limiting factor here would be your 5+ year old mechanical hard drives... ...or likely any brand new mechanical hard drive.