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 Kingston KC3000.
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).
The PS5031-E31T averaged 4,156MB/s when writing the 8 transfer tests, with the fastest being 7,136MB/s for the 100GB Data file transfer and the slowest being the 50GB file folder transfer at 596MB/s. Reading back the data the average was 4,670MB/s. Once again the fastest transfer was the 100GB Data file at 6,640MB/s while the slowest was the 50GB file folder at 605MB/s.