SSD SLOWDOWN
It turns out that Windows 11’s sluggishness isn’t your imagination
NO MAJOR OPERATING SYSTEM upgrade goes unpunished. The move to Win11 has been mostly smooth, although another wrinkle has emerged: it appears the speed of some SSD drives has been compromised. Specifically, the random write speed has been halved, or worse. Initial reports pointed to Samsung drives, but it appears that all makes are affected except Optane.