Windows 10: Slow USB 3.0 speed at Windows 10

Hi, in Windows 10, USB 3.0 ports doesn't work at full speed. I will show you two examples.

Write speed in Windows 10 [47MB/s]




Write speed in random live Linux distro [114MB/s]




It is the same USB 3.0 port and same removable HDD, the issue shows up all USB 3.0 devices like flash drives or removable HDDs.

Here is my hardware:




What should i do?

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I have an external Seagate 5TB usb 3.0 hdd. When I first got my laptop the usb 3.0 worked beautifully and had very fast transfer speeds.

<Original title: USB Transfers Slow>

I have an external Seagate 5TB usb 3.0 hdd. When I first got my laptop the usb 3.0 worked beautifully and had very fast transfer speeds. That was on Windows 7. I upgraded to 10 and lost my 3.0 usb port all together. My 2.0 ports worked fine. Windows just
updated and now my 3.0 port works but now my transfer speeds are very slow at 8mb/s on all ports. I only seem to have problems when I update Windows. Is there other settings I can change? I've tried changing the quick removal setting in device manager to better
performance, with no changes noticed.

 

D: drive disappeared in 12/12/2017 update; still works in Linux

Hi,

You might investigate installing newer ChipSet (INF) driver from either Intel or the machines manufacturer...

I have had issues with newer builds in which my SATA and USB 3.0 drives work, but are sluggish... The USB 3.0 drives run at a slow USB 2.0 speed... The latest SetupChipset (INF) 10.1.1.42_1-17_From Intel solved the problem...

The M\B manufacturer had a new one for Win 10 as well, but Intel's was newer...

They both work..

 

What helped me, delete the USB 3 ports in the device manager and let them detect new.
For some reasons, Windows 10 used still the previous installed Intel USB 3 drivers from Windows 7 and the chipset driver from Intel v.9.4.
After new detection of the USB 3 ports, my speed went up again

Cheers
Tom

 

Thanks for the reply.

I remove device but drivers are still inside, so it install the same driver again. How can i get rid of these drivers?





Driver date: 29.10.2015

is there a newer version?

 

No, no newer driver, but check the drivers for the USB2, I think they are also from Intel. Delete these also and let the Microsoft driver handle the USB Port.
When you delete them, tick the option to delete also the driver from Intel, they are old and should not be used again.
After that scan for new hardware.

Cheers
Tom

 

Thanks Tom. USB 2.0 drivers are Microsoft's too.

Even i tried Intel's Drivers with this method:
Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver - Windows 10 Forums
Windows 8 and Intel USB 3.0 Host Controllers | Plugable.

I managed to install Intel's Windows 7 drivers, but it is still slow as hell.
@lx07 i saw your post and maybe you can help.