MSI Datamag 20Gbps 2TB External SSD Review

1. Introduction 2. MSI Datamag 20Gbps 2TB3. ATTO/CrystalDiskMark/AS SSD4. Throughput 5. PCMark 10 Data Drive Benchmark6. 3DMark Storage Benchmark7. Real Life File Transfers8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

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 Kingston KC3000 drive.

Transfer Details:

Data file – 100GB.
File folder – 50GB – 28,523 files.
Movie demos 8K – 21GB – (11 demos).
Raw Movie Clips 4K – 16GB – (9 MP4V files).
Audio Folder – 10GB – 1,483 files – (1479 @ MP3, 4 @ .FLAC files).
Single large image – 5GB – 1.5bn pixel photo.
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).

In our real-life file transfer tests, the 2TB Datamag averaged 1,084MB/s when in write mode, with the fastest transfer being the 5GB image at 1,514MB/s (3secs), with the slowest being the 50GB file folder transfer at 319MB/s (169secs). Switching to read mode, the drive averaged 1,219MB/s with the faster transfer this time being the 3D Print folder at 1,662MB/s (3secs) with the 50GB file folder again the slowest at 573MB/s (94secs).

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