weak usb performance

dosaris

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hi there,

perhaps someone could shed some light on this issue:

i/o performance when copying to an external usb3-disk was up to 120 MB/s under XP.
This is what I expected.

Since upgrading to WIN 8.1 i/o performance dropped down to a peak of 25 MB/s.

No Hardware change!
based on device manager no problems are reported, driver's up to date.
corresponding I/O port is recognized as USB-3 but performance is only about USB-2 .

anyone any idea to regain USB-3 performance?

thanx in advance

(HW: ASUS M5A88-V MoBo, AMD FX8350 proc )
 
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  • OS
    8.1
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    PC/Desktop
You didn't make a hardware change, but you made a major software change - you went from XP to Windows 8.1.

Go to the website for your motherboard, select your OS (Windows 8.1 64-bit or 32-bit), and download and install the latest USB driver. See if that fixes the problem.

M5A88-V EVO Driver & Tools | Motherboards | ASUS USA

If that doesn't fix things, then consider purchasing and installing an internal USB3 card for your computer.
 

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thanx a lot 4 reply.

I've allready checked for new drivers and such at ASUS's server.
No success so far.

My question came up because of another reason:

I remember I've found in XP a config choice between reliable and hi-performance xfer
(or somehow similar terms) for USB(3) ports.
My guess is for reliable xfer they omitted a connection status check b4/after each
block transfer. But I can't find this choice any longer in 8.1.

Maybe this feature became some kind of a hidden feature?
If yes: where/how can I find it?
 
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System One

  • OS
    8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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