Western Digital WD RED 8TB NAS HDD Review

Testing & Methodology

Data Fillage

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. However, depending on how a drive is built, the performance may differ depending on how much data it is already storing. Testing this, 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.

Plain Drive Performance

Following the fillage tests, the partition gets removed, and we check the drive’s raw performance. These tests will determine the hardware’s capabilities while eliminating any interference from the set file system. AIDA64’s storage benchmark is a great tool for this, and it help us paint an even clearer picture of the drive.

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
  
• Cooler Master HAF XB EVO with Noctua NF-A14 FLX fans

Software

• AIDA64 Storage Benchmark
• Anvil’s Storage Utilities
  
• AS SSD Benchmark
  
• ATTO Benchmark
  
• CrystalDiskMark
  
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• Windows 10