Toshiba Canvio Premium 4TB Portable HDD Review
Bohs Hansen / 6 years ago
Test Setup and Methodology
There are many ways to test a storage drive, and we have chosen to include close to every test possible. We will start with a typical benchmark analysis of the formatted drive with various village scenarios.
A mechanical drive will have to move its read-heads over the surface to reach the data location, and that has a natural impact on the performance. To see the impact it might have, the drive will be tested empty as well as with 25%, 50%, and 75% space usage.
For these tests, we will be using Anvil’s Storage Utilities, AS SSD Benchmark, ATTO Benchmark, and CrystalDiskMark which all give us familiar figures which we can compare to other drivers.
Hardware
- Supermicro C7Z270-PG
- Intel Core i7-7700K
- Crucial Ballistix
Sport DDR4 2400MHz (4x8GB) - Toshiba OCZ VX500 512GB SSD
- be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 (1200W)
- Noctua NH-D15S
Software
- Anvil’s Storage Utilities
- AS SSD Benchmark
- ATTO Benchmark
- CrystalDiskMark
- Windows 10 Pro
