I recently built a new PC, and I'm experiencing an issue where the disk speed occasionally plummets to nearly zero during regular use. This problem lasts anywhere from 30 seconds to 15 minutes, after which it returns to normal. During these drops, the Task Manager indicates that the disk is at 100% active time, but the read speed is around 0.2 MB/s, and response times can exceed 30 seconds. Additionally, the CPU utilization spikes to nearly 100% until the issue resolves itself. I'm trying to determine which component might be causing this problem and whether it can be fixed or if I need to replace it. Here's what I'm working with:
- KLEVV CRAS C910 M.2 NVMe SSD 1TB
- AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
- ASRock B850M-X R2.0
- V-COLOR Manta XSky DDR5 2x16GB
- Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070
2 Answers
Have you checked whether your SSD is in slot 1 or 2? Placement can sometimes affect performance.
That NVMe drive doesn't seem to have the best reviews online. It looks like the controller has been changed multiple times during manufacturing, and all variations might overheat, leading to the issues you describe. Can you check the SMART health status and the SSD temperature during the slow-down?
The HWMonitor shows the health status at 100%, and the temperature is around 58-60°C when the issue happens. Is that temperature acceptable?
It's currently in slot 2.