Benchmarking – HDTune Pro
HDTune Pro offers us a more in-depth look at a drive’s performance, testing both the raw read/write capability of the drive and the filesystem performance. There’s a fair bit of data to process, so let’s dive in.
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First up we have the raw read test. If you can’t tell the difference between the unencrypted and encrypted tests at first glance, don’t be discouraged. Throughput was practically identical in the two tests, with both coming in near the practical limit of the USB2 bus.
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Similar results obtained for the raw write test, with both tests averaging around a comfortable 26MB/sec.
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As we begin the file benchmarks, the encryption begins to show more of an effect on throughput. Once the drive ramps up to its full speed, we see a difference of ~5MB/sec between the unencrypted and encrypted modes.
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On the medium file tests, the gap in write speeds closes somewhat, with the encrypted test averaging only 2.5MB/sec slower than the unencrypted test. The read speeds show a bit of an anomaly on the unencrypted test, with the read speeds creeping upwards as the block sizes increase.
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When we move to the large file test, things settle back down into their usual pattern, with the unencrypted test averaging 2.5MB/sec faster than the encrypted test.
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