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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 drive reading from & writing to a 2TB Seagate FireCuda 510.
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 2TB Lexar SL500 averaged 1,441.71MB/s when in write mode for the 14 file transfers with an average time for the fourteen of 38secs. The fastest write speed was for the 100GB data file at 1,873MB/s (57secs) while the slowest was for the 50GB file folder at 361MB/s (149secs). When it came to reading the fourteen tests the drive averaged a faster 1,77.07MB/s (42 secs). This time it was the Windows 11 iso transfer that was the fastest at 2,080MB/s (3secs) and the slowest the Steam folder transfer at 778MB/s (306s). The drive topped the 2GB/s mark in seven out of the fourteen read transfers and passed the 1GB/s mark in all bar two of the remaining tests.
