Slow SSD Speed on Aspire 3 A315 24p and planning to upgrade to a Crucial P5 plus

satantik

I am having Slow SSD speed on my notebook , (drive encryption is off) According to HWinfo I have WD SN 740 , which is giving me speeds arround 1.7gbps read and write , I had another Gen gen 3 drive in my desktop it is giving the same speed on laptop and on the desktop its giving greater speed , I cant determine if its a motherboard problem . I am giving out some screen shots please look at them , I was planning to upgrade to a Crucial P5 plus , will it give me any benifit ?

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Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/701903/slow-ssd-speed-on-aspire-3-a315-24p

the WD SN740 is a Gen4 SSD that should run at half speed in the Gen 3 x4 PCIe slot. Western states only 2 lanes (x2) so there is an issue with the slot (should be 4 lanes) or the SSD. As you cannot upgrade RAM, you have to uninstall some programs, Check Task Manager what is running at the background that you don't need, uninstall trial and 3d-party browsers and AV programs and disable syncing with Cloud is my recommendation to improve performance. If no improvement, consider "Reset this PC" without losing your files or run in the Command Prompt opened as administrator: Dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth while online, followed with SFC /scannow to repair the system files.

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/701903/slow-ssd-speed-on-aspire-3-a315-24p

The A315-24P laptop has a PCIe3 x2 lane speed and the max speed for these drives is read/write of what you are getting on your CrystalDiskMark benchmark or read 1783MB/s and 1750MB/s write is normal, The WD SN740 is a PCIe4x4 and it will not run any faster on an M.2 laptop that is bus lane speeds are at PCIe3x2 as even a PCIe3x4 will not run at read 3475MB/s and write at 3300MB/s like a normal PCIe3x4 M.2 SSD does, so be aware of that.

A315-24P M.2 SSD slot speed

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satantik

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1263888#Comment_1263888

so I should not waste money on a same capacity Crucial p5 plus for more speed ?

William_mk2

@satantik

First of all , please determine whether it is a hardware or software problem

Here are some of the steps to speed up your computer software wise.

Try windows + r -  on the run window - type msconfig  - click ok  
click on services
check - hide all microsoft services 
click on disable all
click on startup 
disable all the startup items 
click on apply - ok  - restart the computer.     Loading process will be very fast now..

Note: You can always enable the services and startup items later or set it to normal startup from selective startup later on the General tab  

Try windows + r - on the run window - type appwiz.cpl  - click ok  
it will show you the list of programs
remove all the unwanted third party programs. 
Please don’t remove any drivers.  
If you are not sure , please don’t remove it.  

Try windows + r - on the run window type temp - click ok -  it will show you the bunch of files -  try ctrl + a - select all files - press the shift key and click on delete files 

Try windows + r - on the run window type  %temp%  - click ok  - It will show you the bunch of files -  try ctrl + a - select all files - press the shift key and click on delete files 

If you are not able to remove some files - click on skip and then click click on continue.. 

Try windows + r  - on the run window - type cleanmgr - click ok
click on all the boxes except recycle bin and thumnail
Delete the items which are checked 

Try windows x - on the menu - chose command prompt admin or power shell admin 
click on yes 
on the blue or black window  type sfc /scannow 
It will be running till 100 %

Try to do a chrome reset 
open chrome
click on three dots on top right corner 
click on settings
Scroll down - go to advanced
click on restore setting to default
you will see reset settings - cancel
click on reset settings 
Open chrome 
it will work faster now

If it is still not working then we have to do a refresh and reset

click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started 

or 

on start - type here to search - type reset this pc - click on reset this pc on the top  - click on get started 

or

Try windows + r using keyboard
on run window - type systemreset

It will show you keep my files and remove everything
chose keep my files 
chose the account - type the password - click on local reinstall - click on reset 
It will be in progress.. 
login to computer and start using the computer. 
If it is still not working 

click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started 
chose remove everything 
click on local reinstall - just remove my files - click on reset
It will be in progress

Note:

If you do refresh ( keep my files ) -  all your personal files like pictures, music , documents , videos  will still be intact.   Only the applications will be lost

If you do reset  ( remove everything )  - you are doing a factory default.   It will become like a day one computer.    It will wipe out everything and take your computer to day one like a new computer. 

You can also do the recovery in an alternative way..

There are two alt keys on the keyboard.  If you look at the bottom row of keyboard you can see the one on the left side of space bar and the other on the right side of space bar.  The alt key on the right side will be looking like alt, alt gr or alt car.  Turn off the computer.  Hold the alt key on the left and tap f10 continuously.   It will go to repair mode. It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshoot.   If it is not going to repair mode, turn off the computer.  Turn on the computer.  Hold the right alt key ( alt gr or alt car or alt )  and then tap f10 continuously.  It will go to chose an option continue and troubleshoot..

It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshoot
Go to troubleshoot  -  click on reset this pc
click on keep my files  ( only applications will be lost )   chose your account and type your password   - click on local reinstall  - click on reset
It will be in progress 

If the keep my files option is not working 

Go to troubleshoot  -  click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – just remove my files – click on reset 
It will reinstall windows. 

If the just remove my files is not working..

Go to troubleshoot  -  click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – Fully clean the drive – click on reset 
It will reinstall windows. 

Note: You can also go to chose an option , continue , troubleshoot by holding the alt key + tapping f10  or alt gr + tapping f10 on the keyboard while turning on the computer.    Once you see the troubleshoot option, you can stop tapping the f10 and stop holding the alt key.    Then you can try the keep my files and remove everything ( just remove by files and fully clean the drive ) by following the steps which was mentioned above. 

William_mk2

@satantik

I would like to provide some additional info which will really help you. 

Kindly go through the details given below.  The info provided below will be very helpful to get the current memory and ssd details of your computer and the options to upgrade it.  

Please visit the website given below.  There is an option to  "start your scan "  and " select your computer " .  Please chose the options and try it.  It will show you the memory and SSD’s details and the best upgrade options for you.. 

https://www.crucial.com/

It will tell you what you currently have and what you can add for memory and SSD's. 

Note: If you decide to buy you can always compare the prices by visiting other websites or stores and then you can decide.  We are providing the info of scan app just to show you the upgrade options.  You can even download similar scan apps from other memory upgrade websites too. 

To check the compatibility of ram which you can use on your computer.. Get CPUz and check it with that in SPD section of all the RAM and specs that you have, its a quick and simple way to check all OEM specs and what you have in your system. 

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1263890#Comment_1263890

Yes, don't waste your money on a Gen 4 M.2 SSD drive, as your laptops M.2 SSD slot is a PCIe3x2 slot that its max read/write speeds is at max 2000MB/s (which is never reached) while the PCIe3x4 M.2 SSD slots are max at 4000MB/s (which are also never reached) and your 1700MB/s speeds are NORMAL speeds for a PCIe3x4 or a PCIe4x4 M.2 drive in a PCIe3x2 slot. Its a very simple equation how how these drives work as they are backward compatible.

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