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To test the real-life performance of a drive, we use a mix of folder/file types, and by using the FastCopy utility (which gives a time as well as MB/s result) we record the performance of the drive reading from & writing to a 2TB Seagate FireCuda 510.
Transfer Details:
Data file – 100GB.
File folder – 50GB – 28,523 files.
Raw Movie Clips 4K – 16GB – (9 MP4V files).
Movie folder – 12GB – 15 files – (8 @ .MKV, 4 @ .MOV, 3 @ MP4).
Audio Folder – 10GB – 1,483 files – (1479 @ MP3, 4 @ .FLAC files).
Single large image – 5GB – 1.5bn pixel photo.
Windows 11 iso – 5.4GB.
3D Printer File Folder – 4.25GB – (166 files – 105 @ .STL, 38 @ .FBX, 11 @ .blend, 5 @ .lwo, 4 @ .OBJ, 3@ .3ds).
AutoCAD File Folder – 1.5GB (80 files – 60 @ .DWG and 20 @.DXF).
The 2TB Corsair EX300U averaged 635MB/s when writing the 9 transfer tests, the fastest being the 4K Movie folder at 899MB/s. Reading back the data, the drive averaged 878MB/s for the nine tests, the fastest being the 100GB data file at 1,061MB/s.
