Bought a new RoG GL552JX and facing loads of problems

[Scarface05]

I recently purchased a new laptop, Asus RoG GL552JX. I started using it straight out of the box.
The specs are:
i7 4750HQ
GTX 950M
8 GB RAM
1 TB HDD(7200 RPM)
Windows 10(build 10240)
Yesterday I was transferring some files through my friends external HDD to my laptop. The max speed that was reached was 40 mbps while my friends i5 5200U transferred the same files at 90 MBps. I thought this was weird and ran some tests. I downloaded this test called Performance Benchmark and it showed my CPU mark to be less than half of what should be expected.
Also, my laptop takes a lot of time to boot(more than what a new laptop should give).
Copying files between the drives also takes a lot of time( speeds of KBps).
The other issue is while gaming. I can run Fifa 15 pretty much on max while the laptop is not charging but as soon as I plug it in it starts to lag even if I tone down the settings.
So, is this is a driver issue or is my processor "bad"?

[JustinThyme]

File transfers to compare has to be apples to apples across the board. It has little to do with the CPU and everything to do with what type of drive you are transferring from, USB protocol being used and what type of drive you are transferring to. Your machine with USB 2.0 transferring to a 7200 rpm drive 40MB/s is about on target.

The rest you will find has to do with your power profile. Check processor management under advanced options in your power profile.

[Scarface05]

It was a USB 3.0 device. The same files were transferred in my friends laptop too. Even the general functioning of the laptop is not upto the mark. Many a times I get "Working on it" when I open a folder on my external hard disk or even a folder on my laptop. The previous laptop which I owned which was worse than this( specs wise) was faster. Could this be an issue because I'm running the earliest Windows build(10240)?

Any help on what my power management settings should be?I'm pretty much new to all this. Thank you.

[JustinThyme]

I think your drive is what is holding you back. Working on it in a folder is the indexing service and still relates to drive performance. I cant guess what is in what and what set up your friend has and how its set up either. RAM plays into this as well and 8GB these days is marginal. Im running 64GB.

First things first.
Download and install Crystal Marks benchmark tool.
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
Run it and take a screenshot of what you get and post it here.

Also was the drive you were copying from plugged into a USB 3.0 port?

[Scarface05]

JustinThyme wrote:
I think your drive is what is holding you back. Working on it in a folder is the indexing service and still relates to drive performance. I cant guess what is in what and what set up your friend has and how its set up either. RAM plays into this as well and 8GB these days is marginal. Im running 64GB.

First things first.
Download and install Crystal Marks benchmark tool.
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
Run it and take a screenshot of what you get and post it here.

Also was the drive you were copying from plugged into a USB 3.0 port?

My laptop has all USB 3.0 Ports.
Here are the results of the test:

[Scarface05]

Bump.

[maf23]

Likely not all your ports are 3.0, mine has one that is 2.0. Is the plug-in device 3.0 capable? (try different device/port)
If you want better speeds get rid of the spinner. Like the tagname btw