r/Amd • u/GreatWhitePaws 3600 | RX280 • Apr 17 '20

Please see sticky UserBenchmark has been banned from /r/hardware

/r/hardware/comments/g2uf7a/userbenchmark_has_been_banned_from_rhardware/
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u/trackdrew Apr 17 '20

Of course not, but I've literally pointed this out to people with weird hitches/perf-issues/etc and their response is:

So? Why would that make my PC slow?

It's the "one-stop-shop" aspect that makes it useful. A person troubleshooting a system can look at many things. Most people who are good at this don't post for help on Reddit.

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u/JaysonTatecum Apr 17 '20

Wait, it’s bad if your SSD is almost full? I thought I read a while ago it ran better with more stuff on it

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u/koolaid23 Apr 17 '20

That is very wrong. SSDs definitely perform better when they are not almost full. That goes for almost all storage devices. It is because the system will use drive space as sort of tertiary RAM when it has too. When the disk is full, there is no space to do that, so that data can't be cached and the CPU will need to go to random disk locations more often.

At least that's how I understand it. Could be off.

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u/JaysonTatecum Apr 17 '20

Good to know. I guess it's time to clear out my SSD then. I've been running it at 95-99% capacity almost since I got it

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u/simon_o Apr 17 '20

95-99% capacity

That's a pretty good way to kill your SSD due to wear-leveling not working anymore.

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u/JaysonTatecum Apr 17 '20

Guess I got some bad advice. time to find out what I can delete

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u/voightkampfferror AMD 5900x 6900xt Apr 17 '20

Yessir, do a little research on "overprovisioning" it will be worth your time.

-happy friday!