RatKing
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So I have recently been having an extreme slowdown on my OS, takes very long to boot, constantly hangs and freezes, installations take ages etc. I probably shouldn't be running an OS in an HDD in 2021 but thats besides the point because I know its slow but not this slow. Anyways, I ran some tests in HD Tuner and the results I got are pretty weird, my HDD is an Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM008.
Benchmark:
So I know the oscilations are due to me doing the benchmark while running the OS but thats not the problem, the problem is that(I think) the graph should start at the max speed and gradually go down to the min speed like a normal HDD would, this is clearly not the case even increasing at around the 1400-1500 gb mark. I am also under the impression from the research I've done that those yellow dots shouldn't be near the bottom of the graph, that is only supposed to happen on an SSD. Coincidently the blue line being kinda stable and not decreasing over time is also an SSD characteristic.
Now I know my HDD is not an SSD because its slow to the point it makes me want to punch my monitor, so wtf is up with the graph above ?
I should also mention a funny thing that happened the first time I ran the HD tuner benchmark, the graph was even weirder but I took it as a bug since it never happened again, I'm gonna leave that graph here just in case it wasn't a bug and its an indication the HDD is faulty.
- Imgur link since file is too large
I assume you guys would also request a SMART health screenshot and a error scan screenshot so I also did those and everything appears to be normal.
Last but not least I also did a crystal Disk check
Would really appreciate any feedback because this HDD is driving me insane. Is it faulty ? Should I return it ? Does seagate accept returns on HDDs roughly 1 year and half after buying them?
Benchmark:
So I know the oscilations are due to me doing the benchmark while running the OS but thats not the problem, the problem is that(I think) the graph should start at the max speed and gradually go down to the min speed like a normal HDD would, this is clearly not the case even increasing at around the 1400-1500 gb mark. I am also under the impression from the research I've done that those yellow dots shouldn't be near the bottom of the graph, that is only supposed to happen on an SSD. Coincidently the blue line being kinda stable and not decreasing over time is also an SSD characteristic.
Now I know my HDD is not an SSD because its slow to the point it makes me want to punch my monitor, so wtf is up with the graph above ?
I should also mention a funny thing that happened the first time I ran the HD tuner benchmark, the graph was even weirder but I took it as a bug since it never happened again, I'm gonna leave that graph here just in case it wasn't a bug and its an indication the HDD is faulty.
- Imgur link since file is too large
I assume you guys would also request a SMART health screenshot and a error scan screenshot so I also did those and everything appears to be normal.
Last but not least I also did a crystal Disk check
Would really appreciate any feedback because this HDD is driving me insane. Is it faulty ? Should I return it ? Does seagate accept returns on HDDs roughly 1 year and half after buying them?