Seagate Exos X16 16TB HDD Review

1. Introduction2. Seagate X16 16TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. IOMeter - 4K Random Test7. Throughput8. Workload Scenarios9. Real Life File Testing10. Closing Thoughts11. View All Pages

To test 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 drive reading from & writing to a 256GB Samsung SSD850 PRO.

We use the following folder/file types:

• 100GB file
• 60GB iso image
• 50GB File folder – 28,523 files.
• 3D Printer file folder.
• AutoCAD File folder.
• 4K Movie Clip folder.
• 8K Movie Scenes folder.

The only time the Exos X16 fell below the 100MB/s bandwidth figure in our real life file transfer test was when it was dealing with the multitude of small files in the 50GB file folder transfer.

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