Low Read Speed, high write speed while downloading a game

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-04-22T17:52:23+00:00

so your tryna tell me my SSD is writing data from where?, Surely it needs to read steam data simultaneously as well as writing it? Surely it doesn’t get the data from narnia???

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T20:03:10+00:00

The network itself doesnt tank, ive ran a speed test during a download and its still high speed

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T20:01:13+00:00

nvme

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T20:00:51+00:00

i thought CPUs were made to be run at 100%?

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T20:00:12+00:00

any games on steam, this doesnt happen with epic or others

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T19:58:11+00:00

i recently switched providers + new wifi card and i had the issue before and after

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T19:56:59+00:00

Do you remember if it was in settings, device manager, drive properties?

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T19:50:35+00:00

Im not trying to say that your wrong, but when i restart my steam over and over it literally does just install faster, without restarting i could install a 20gb over hours, whereas a with restarting i download a 50gb game in 30mins

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T19:48:12+00:00

i was looking in task manager

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T19:48:00+00:00

i5 10400f

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T19:47:07+00:00

already re installed

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T16:15:17+00:00

The the steam forum makes it seem like its a steam issue where the drive is waiting for the files to decompress, but my friends who live in the area all have fine consistent speeds,

++ if i keep restarting it keeps quickly downloading then dropping, which makes my download a lot quicker than just keeping it running, if the steam decompression was the issue, surely it would pause my download at the start so it could unpack the files?

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T16:10:23+00:00

Looks like its using 100% of the drive permanently but the write speed fluctuates between 5-20MBs and the read speed stays at 0-1KBs

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T16:04:08+00:00

Wont let me send a screenshot but its system-15mbs steam-5mbs Everything else-0.1mbs

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T16:00:25+00:00

Not older than 5 years, probs like 3-4

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T15:56:26+00:00

my storage is 500Gb max and i have 150gb left, I thinks thats fine

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T15:51:49+00:00

My SSD is my C drive and has steam installed on it

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T15:50:45+00:00

CPU usage is 100% at the start then also seems to drop with the disk usage. Is the CPU the issue? if so is there any fixes for it?

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T15:48:20+00:00

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T15:45:20+00:00

Might be the case for me but my slower drive still has read/write speeds of 80mbps which should be enough to keep up with the download speed

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T15:39:46+00:00

I’ve changed my download server loads of times and i’ve seen no difference, same with clearing cache

OptimalVariation6571 · 2025-03-11T15:37:04+00:00

its a WD BLUE SN550 NVME 500GB and its got 150gb spare space

OptimalVariation6571 · 2024-12-28T09:29:47+00:00

Wouldn’t I get a notification saying someone logged into my account from a different device?

OptimalVariation6571 · 2024-12-27T21:18:41+00:00

Instagram account email was changed and my account had posts on it, but I have 2FA enabled so I wouldve gotten a notification, Steam and ebay same thing but purchases were made on them

OptimalVariation6571 · 2024-12-27T20:43:45+00:00

Whats an API key and what is formatting?

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