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IO Meter - 4 KB Random Access Performance
External Drives |
Interface |
Read Speed |
Write Speed |
Average |
Difference |
64 GB OCZ Enyo |
USB 3.0 |
20.88 MB/s |
7.98 MB/s |
14.43 MB/s |
+ 9520% |
64 GB OCZ Enyo |
USB 2.0 |
8.19 MB/s |
8.11 MB/s |
8.15 MB/s |
+ 5333% |
16 GB Kingston DT Ultimate 3.0 |
USB 3.0 |
5.52 MB/s |
0.68 MB/s |
3.10 MB/s |
+ 1967% |
16 GB Kingston DT Ultimate 3.0 |
USB 2.0 |
4.06 MB/s |
0.79 MB/s |
2.40 MB/s |
+ 1517% |
500 GB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex |
USB 2.0 |
0.21 MB/s |
0.41 MB/s |
0.31 MB/s |
+ 106.7% |
500 GB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex |
USB 3.0 |
0.19 MB/s |
0.41 MB/s |
0.30 MB/s |
+ 100.0% |
500 GB WD My Passport Essential |
USB 2.0 |
0.15 MB/s |
0.17 MB/s |
0.16 MB/s |
+ 6.7% |
1 TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex |
USB 2.0 |
0.17 MB/s |
0.15 MB/s |
0.16 MB/s |
+ 6.7% |
1 TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex |
USB 3.0 |
0.17 MB/s |
0.15 MB/s |
0.16 MB/s |
Baseline |
500 GB WD My Passport Essential |
USB 3.0 |
0.14 MB/s |
0.16 MB/s |
0.15 MB/s |
- 6.2% |
This is the most important test for those who intend to use the FreeAgent GoFlex as a portable boot drive. In this small random access test, the 1 TB FreeAgent GoFlex did poorly. It was the second-worst drive, coming in just ahead of the 500 GB Western Digital My Passport Essential. Obviously, this isn't a very good choice for a boot drive!
IO Meter - 512 KB Random Access Performance
External Drives |
Interface |
Read Speed |
Write Speed |
Average |
Difference |
64 GB OCZ Enyo |
USB 3.0 |
130.60 MB/s |
99.59 MB/s |
115.10 MB/s |
+ 690.5% |
16 GB Kingston DT Ultimate 3.0 |
USB 3.0 |
69.32 MB/s |
4.86 MB/s |
37.09 MB/s |
+ 154.7% |
64 GB OCZ Enyo |
USB 2.0 |
35.48 MB/s |
30.88 MB/s |
33.18 MB/s |
+ 127.9% |
500 GB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex |
USB 3.0 |
18.35 MB/s |
21.41 MB/s |
19.88 MB/s |
+ 36.5% |
500 GB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex |
USB 2.0 |
14.83 MB/s |
22.30 MB/s |
18.57 MB/s |
+ 27.5% |
16 GB Kingston DT Ultimate 3.0 |
USB 2.0 |
31.30 MB/s |
5.71 MB/s |
18.51 MB/s |
+ 27.1% |
1 TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex |
USB 3.0 |
16.09 MB/s |
13.03 MB/s |
14.56 MB/s |
Baseline |
500 GB WD My Passport Essential |
USB 3.0 |
17.23 MB/s |
11.48 MB/s |
14.36 MB/s |
- 1.4% |
1 TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex |
USB 2.0 |
13.26 MB/s |
13.59 MB/s |
13.43 MB/s |
- 7.8% |
500 GB WD My Passport Essential |
USB 2.0 |
14.44 MB/s |
12.36 MB/s |
13.40 MB/s |
- 8.0% |
When it came to large 512 KB random accesses, the 1 TB FreeAgent GoFlex did a little better. However, it was still one of the slower HDD-based external drives. It was actually slower than its little brother, the 500 GB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex.
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