Fast when running Live USB slow after installation.

[palbatey]

Hi and thanks in advance for your attention. I have been playing around with different dists and have opted for Mint. Using a live USB it runs super fast but after I install it on my hard rive it comes to almost a halt.
I have tried with different drives and get the same results but the one I have install it unto runs Windows 10 normal.
I have so far updated and upgraded the OS, installed the latest drivers for the nVidia and Intel video cards to no avail. This is all after a vanilla installation of Cinnamon, MATE and xfce.
Below the sys info using the live USB.
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System:    Host: mint Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.31) Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: portable System: Dell product: Dell System XPS L702X serial: N/A
           Mobo: Dell model: 0XN71K v: FAB1 serial: N/A
           UEFI [Legacy]: Dell v: A19 date: 09/07/2012
Battery    BAT0: charge: 0.0 Wh 0.0% condition: 33.1/93.2 Wh (36%)
           model: SANYO Dell status: N/A
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-2720QM (-MT-MCP-) 
           arch: Sandy Bridge rev.7 cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 17561
           clock speeds: max: 3300 MHz 1: 798 MHz 2: 798 MHz 3: 798 MHz
           4: 798 MHz 5: 798 MHz 6: 798 MHz 7: 798 MHz 8: 798 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Card-2: NVIDIA GF116M [GeForce GT 555M/635M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting,nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1360x768@60.02hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile
           version: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-20-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak]
           driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 0a:00.0
           IF: enp10s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-3: Kontron ( Source / ICS Advent) DM9601 Fast Ethernet Adapter
           usb-ID: 002-007
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 7.8GB (24.8% used)
           ID-1: USB /dev/sda model: DataTraveler_2.0 size: 7.8GB temp: 0C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 1.9G used: 76M (4%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0C mobo: 53.0C gpu: 52.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 230 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 822.0/3838.4MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56

[lsemmens]

Maybe also post the sysinfo using the installed {slow} version. There might be some differences evident.

[palbatey]

Thanks for the reply lsemmens.
I reformatted my drive and installed Cinnamon and it's running at normal speed for the latop's specs.
It's an Intel i7 with 4GB RAM and an nVidia 3GB card, so it's handling Cinnamon well.
I'll try Xfce sometime again to see if it's faster.