Recently, there are reports made by some Windows 11 who have installed the latest feature or quality update under the name KB5023706, are complaining about storage performance issues.
Software updates play a crucial role in making sure that the performance and security of our devices are up-to-mark and providing access to new features. But in some cases, new updates don’t always produce the best results they are intended.
Numerous reports have emerged, highlighting significantly slower SSD speeds and decreased system performance Those affected, reported a significant impact, with some stating that transfer performance has halved and others claiming that OS and game loading times have increased significantly. Fortunately, victims of this bug report that rolling back the update returns their storage performance to its previous state.
Some Details About The Issue
It appears that the issue is affecting the performance of the systems that have an SSD installed. Many users prefer SSDs over traditional HDDs due to their impressive data transfer speeds. However, after installing the Windows 11 update, even high-end NVMe SSDs are experiencing significant drops in transfer speed. Some Reddit users have reported that their SSD’s read and write speeds have decreased from 7,000 to 3,000, and sometimes even as low as 1,000. These reduced speeds can result in longer boot times, slower game loading times, and even the occurrence of the dreaded Blue Screen errors.
MrBigDog99, a user from Reddit, was diligent enough to save before and after screenshots from the CrystalDiskMark storage bench-marking tool. These screenshots clearly show that disk and writes have been significantly impacted after the system got the faulty update.
Here’s How To Fix The Issue
As Microsoft has yet to officially acknowledge the problem or provide a solution, users who are affected by this issue will need to solve this problem on their own for the time being. The best course of action is to uninstall the problematic update (KB5023706) and wait for a fixed version to be released.
Follow these steps to uninstall the update:
- Press the Windows button and type Setting and then press enter to open it.
- On the bottom left, click the Windows Update section
- Click Update History
- Scroll down to the Uninstall Updates section and click it.
- Select KB5023706, and then click on the ‘Uninstall’ button.
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