Skylake USB 3.0 -> Raptor Lake USB 3.0

[windows_guru]

My old Skylake box has USB 3.0 while my 13th gen Raptor Lake is still USB 3.0. Seems like a decade of dismal performance gains.

At least PCIe have moved finally to PCIe 4.0 speeds which is yet another slugfest.

Maybe a USB chip is needed to support USB 3.2 speeds so that faster solid state devices have some room to evolve.

The UEFI and device driver in my laptop say USB 3.2 but not in either of the provided ports I seen. The device manager has USB 3.1 and USB 3.2 devices. USB root hub is 3.0 which I believe is the bottleneck.

PCIe lanes for the SSD, M.2 WiFi and M.2 5G card do load the SoC a tad.

I found in the device manager a USB DFU which is a device firmware update. What I do not know is if the USB controller logic can be reprogrammed of if the chip on the motherboard is garbage and needs to be replaced.

[JedG_Intel]

Hello windows_guru,

Thank you for posting on Intel Community Forum.

I understand your perspective regarding the availability of USB 3.0 on your Skylake box and 13th Gen Raptor Lake. However, please note that USB configurations on laptops are determined by the design choices of each laptop manufacturer. For further assistance or troubleshooting, I recommend contacting your laptop manufacturer (OEM) directly.

If you have any other concerns or questions, please create a new thread as this one will no longer be monitored.

Best regards,

Jed G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[windows_guru]

USB performance even with USB 4.0 ports are dismal 

USB mandates 15W and Windows 11 nags about power ao I use a 130W USB power brick so at least turbo boost works

[windows_guru]

Looking closer the USB is handled by the SOC so that puts the design in Intel's shop

I realize faster logic does add to the thermal load a tad

[windows_guru]

I see that Dell put out a new UEFI late last week which immediately addressed the USB performance.

I also ran the short diagnostics to be sure the machine is working fine, pass