regarding speeds on my new laptop

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I recently purchased a samsung NP550P5C-S05IN

NP550P5C - TECH SPECS | SUPPORT | SAMSUNG

Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3630QM (2.4GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
8GB DDR3 System Memory at 1600MHz (4GB x 2)
2 SODIMM
1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM)

When I transfer many files piling upto 40gb from one drive to another i get a transfer speed of around 30mb/s
when i copy files from my pendrive to drive i get a transfer speed of 20mb/s
initially the speeds are high but after a moment they fall down to the above said.
are these speeds normal ?
what can be possibly wrong and how to fix it.

yup....20mbps from a pendrive is normal speed

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@OP- It's absolutely fine, no need to worry.

wweeww said:
I recently purchased a samsung NP550P5C-S05IN

NP550P5C - TECH SPECS | SUPPORT | SAMSUNG

Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3630QM (2.4GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
8GB DDR3 System Memory at 1600MHz (4GB x 2)
2 SODIMM
1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM)

When I transfer many files piling upto 40gb from one drive to another i get a transfer speed of around 30mb/s
when i copy files from my pendrive to drive i get a transfer speed of 20mb/s
initially the speeds are high but after a moment they fall down to the above said.
are these speeds normal ?
what can be possibly wrong and how to fix it.

USB 2.0 speeds are like that. A usb 3.0 based flash drive will give you much higher speeds though.
Your laptop has usb 3.0 ports, so its well worth giving usb 3.0 devices a try.

vickybat said:
USB 2.0 speeds are like that. A usb 3.0 based flash drive will give you much higher speeds though.
Your laptop has usb 3.0 ports, so its well worth giving usb 3.0 devices a try.

+1.......... My Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 gives write speeds of 65-80 MBps & read speed of 80-100MBps+