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Toshiba MG10AFA22TE 22TB HDD Review

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 the drive reading from & writing to a 2TB Kingston KC3000 SSD.

Transfer Details

  • Windows 10 backup – 118GB.
  • Data file – 100GB.
  • BluRay Movie – 42GB.
  • Windows 11 iso – 5.4GB.
  • File folder – 50GB – 28,523 files.
  • Steam folder – 222GB (8 games: Alien Isolation, Battlefield 4, BioShock Infinite, Crysis 3, Grand Theft Auto V, Shadow Of Mordor, Skyrim, The Witcher3 Wild Hunt).
  • Movie demos 8K – 21GB – (11 demos).
  • Raw Movie Clips 4K – 16GB – (9 MP4V files).
  • Movie folder – 12GB – 15 files – (8 @ .MKV, 4 @ .MOV, 3 @ MP4).
  • Photo Folder – 10GB – 304 files – (171 @ .RAW, 105 @ JPG, 21 @ .CR2, 5 @ .DNG).
  • 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).

The 22TB MG10 produced very consistent performance when it came to handling the larger file sizes. When reading the data It averaged 247.21MB/s for the fourteen tests with the fastest being the BluRay Movie test at 275MB/s. Writes averaged 255.85MB/s and once again the fastest transfer was the BluRay at 278MB/s.

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