Toshiba BG4 1TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Toshiba BG4 1TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. IOMETER8. 128KB Sequential Performance9. 4K Random Read v QD Performance10. 4K Random Write v QD Performance11. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance12. Throughput13. PCMark 8 - Storage Consistency14. PCMark 8 - Individual Test Suites15. PCMark 8 Storage Test - Individual Test Suites16. Performance Stability17. Real Life File Testing18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

PCMark 8’s Consistency test provides a huge amount of performance data, so here we’ve looked a little closer at how the BG4 performs in each of the benchmarks test suites.

Adobe Creative Cloud

The drive doesn't handle the Adobe CC test to well at all, with the Adobe Photoshop Heavy, Photoshop Light and Indesign tests all struggling for bandwidth throughout the Degradation and Steady State phases. There is a huge performance spike in the first recovery run of the Indesign test trace, but it very rapidly drops back down.

Microsoft Office

The drive also struggles with the MS Office part of the test. It’s usually the MS Office trace that causes most problems but with the BG4, all three test traces causes it problems during the latter stages of the Degradation phases. The drive does stage a remarkable recovery during the most of the Steady State runs but, very oddly the performance drops again during the early Recovery phases.

Casual Gaming

The performance of the drive during the Casual Gaming tests is erratic to say the least. The drive makes a decent start to the Recovery phase for both game tests but unfortunately, the performance tails off during the last Recovery run.

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