Download/write speed very slow

[namtih]

(30th Dec, 2012 08:55 AM)Wesso Wrote:  This test only tests the read speed, but here you go:

Good point ;-)
Second try:

Code:

#get /dev path and mount point of your USB drive, mostly /dev/sda1 and /media/usb0
df
/dev/sda1      1953503968 1711042516 242461452  88% /media/usb0

#Read test
sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1:
Timing buffered disk reads:  70 MB in  3.00 seconds =  23.29 MB/sec

#Write test - will create a 500mb file
cd /media/usb0
dd if=/dev/zero of=500mb.bin bs=1M count=500 oflag=direct
500+0 records in
500+0 records out
524288000 bytes (524 MB) copied, 17.6986 s, 29.6 MB/s

#Delete the 500mb test file
rm 500mb.bin

Read: 23.29 MB/sec
Write: 29.60 MB/sec
NTFS, XBMC was stopped before.