1. Introduction2. Minix NEO Storage Pro 480GB3. ATTO/CrystalDiskMark/AS SSD4. Backup / Restore5. Throughput 6. PCMark 10 Data Drive Benchmark7. Real Life File Transfers8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

PCMark 10 Data Drive Benchmark has been designed to test drives that are used for storing files rather than applications. You can also use this test with NAS drives, USB sticks, memory cards, and other external storage devices.
The Data Drive Benchmark uses 3 traces, running 3 passes with each trace.

• Trace 1. Copying 339 JPEG files, 2.37 GB in total, on to the target drive (write test).
• Trace 2. Making a copy of the JPEG files (read-write test).
• Trace 3. Copying the JPEG files to another drive (read test).

We've just started using the PCMark 10 Data Drive Benchmark test for external drives, so these charts will get more results added to them from now on.

Here we show the aggregated results for each of the three test traces.

The SSD in the NEO Storage Pro trails behind the other two drives in the chart in the write test (cps1), but catches up in the read-write test (cps2) only to start fading away again in the read test (cps3).

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