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- Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
I have an nvme external drive and by backups were very slow from SS USB 3.1/2 ports. Even manual copying of files was at max 40 MB/s. I know I should get nearer 500-600 MB/s (real world speeds).
I tried all the usual advice - checking cables, updating drivers, checking bios up to date etc.
Googled around and surprising little advice (same advice from MS regurgitated by wannabe tech reporters - almost word for word)
I persisted google, and was on some forum, and the guy explained most usb cables just did not live up to claims, and most pcs default to usb2 speeds if anthing is not perfect. It recommended you ensure cables are marked 20Gbps (or 10 GBps) or SS (superspeed but my cables marked SS just did not cut the mustard!).
It seems ost usb c cables are really only designed to charge mobile phones rather than high speed transfer.
So I went on Amazon and found these cables
and decided to try them (great thing about Amazon is returning stuff is easy).
Bam - my copy / backup speeds went from 40 MB/S to around 600 MB/s.
So, it is obviously important to get quality cables.
I am sure this is well known to many users here, but I thought it was worth posting to others frustrated by slow external drive speeds as a possible solution.
I tried all the usual advice - checking cables, updating drivers, checking bios up to date etc.
Googled around and surprising little advice (same advice from MS regurgitated by wannabe tech reporters - almost word for word)
I persisted google, and was on some forum, and the guy explained most usb cables just did not live up to claims, and most pcs default to usb2 speeds if anthing is not perfect. It recommended you ensure cables are marked 20Gbps (or 10 GBps) or SS (superspeed but my cables marked SS just did not cut the mustard!).
It seems ost usb c cables are really only designed to charge mobile phones rather than high speed transfer.
So I went on Amazon and found these cables
and decided to try them (great thing about Amazon is returning stuff is easy).
Bam - my copy / backup speeds went from 40 MB/S to around 600 MB/s.
So, it is obviously important to get quality cables.
I am sure this is well known to many users here, but I thought it was worth posting to others frustrated by slow external drive speeds as a possible solution.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ16 GB solderedIntegrated Intel Iris XE
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS Zenbook 14
- CPU
- I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
- Motherboard
- Yep, Laptop has one.
- Memory
- 16 GB soldered
- Graphics Card(s)
- Integrated Intel Iris XE
- Sound Card
- Realtek built in
- Monitor(s) Displays
- laptop OLED screen
- Screen Resolution
- 2880x1800 touchscreen
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
- PSU
- Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
- Case
- Yep, got one
- Cooling
- Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
- Keyboard
- Built in UK keybd
- Mouse
- Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
- Internet Speed
- 900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
- Browser
- Edge
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)
Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
