SimpleTech [Re]Drive - Author:  William Halstead Date:  2009.01.30 Topic:  Storage Provider:  SimpleTech Manufacturer:  SimpleTech

Test System:

Testing for this drive was conducted with the following system:

SiSoftware Sandra:

SiSoftware's Sandra is a full benchmarking suite, covering a wide range of different subsystems. We used the physical disk read test, to measure the raw throughput of the drive.

Normal	Turbo

With TurboHDD USB disabled, Sandra recorded an average read throughput of 29.77MB/s, which is fairly respectable for a USB drive. With TurboHDD USB enabled, the average speed jumped to 35.89MB/s, a difference of 6.12MB/s. Not earth shattering, but certainly a noticeable jump.

Crystal DiskMark

Crystal DiskMark is a disk-oriented benchmark utility that measures read and write performance in a non-destructive manner. Each test pass does a sequential read/write for the selected size, and random read/write tests for 512k and 4k blocks of data.

50 MB test normal	50 MB test turbo	100 MB test normal	100 MB test turbo
500 MB test normal	500 MB test turbo	1000 MB test normal	1000 MB test turbo

Performance was fairly uniform across the board, with large files seeing the most benefit from enabling turbo mode. On files 50-1000MB in size, enabling turbo mode resulted in an average improvement of 8.49MB/s for reads, and 5.35MB/s for writes. You won't be mistaking this drive for an eSATA model any time soon, but these are certainly good numbers for a USB drive.

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