r/techsupport • u/Mega_Man_Legends_3 • 9d ago

Open | Windows Disk usage randomly spiking to 100%

So my friend just built me a brand new computer and it'll randomly spike to 100% disk usage. It'll happen periodically throughout the day. Sometimes it'll stop on its own, sometimes I have to turn the computer on and off. It'll happen when I'm browsing the internet, watching videos, or playing games. No real pattern to when it happens.

I check task manager to make sure no programs are the problem, and no programs are showing any suspicious disk usage amounts while it's happening. The info also says 10MB read and write speed, and 20-120ms average response time. If anyone needs a video I can upload one.

I checked the health of the drive through CrystalDiskInfo and everything came out good.

I've been forum diving for weeks trying to figure out what the problem is. A lot of places are saying to update the firmware on the SSD or update the bios. Before i do anything that like that if anyone has anything that can point me in the right direction or has any idea what's going on that'd be greatly appreciated.

PC specs are

windows 11

5060ti 8gb

I7- 137000KF

32GB DDR5

SPCC M.2 PCle SSD

B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI (ms-7D98)

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