Benchmarks: CrystalDiskMark, Equally SSD, ATTO

For testing the Fusion Thunderbolt 3 we relied on the Razer Bract Stealth which is Thunderbolt 3 enabled. Sonnet says that some computers equipped with Thunderbolt 3, such as the Dell Precision 3510 and the Alienware 13 R2, use an implementation of Thunderbolt 3 technology that volition event in performance numbers of upwards to 1400 MB/s. Presumably, the Blade Stealth features a similar implementation, as yous are about to see.

Kickoff upwardly we measured the sequential read and write operation using CrystalDiskMark. Every bit suggested by Sonnet, some mobile devices do limit functioning and we are seeing that here. However a read bandwidth of 1.35GB/due south is nothing to be aback of, nor is the 1.2GB/s write speed. This meant that the Fusion Thunderbolt three was roughly twice as fast equally Plextor'southward internal M6e SSD which was tested in our Core i7 rig. When compared to the Samsung T3, we found Sonnet's drive to be at to the lowest degree 3x faster.

Out of interest, nosotros included the random 512K results, and over again we run into that the Fusion Thunderbolt 3 is much faster than even Plextor's M6e.

The Equally SSD Benchmark shows a greater margin between the read and write speeds of the Sonnet Fusion Thunderbolt 3 when measuring sequential functioning. That said, even with a write throughput of 880 MB/s it was twice as fast every bit the Samsung T3.

The Thunderbolt 3 interface does nothing to hurt access times as the Fusion Thunderbolt three delivers baking fast read and write access times - well below 0.ane ms.

Possibly the well-nigh useful exam is the copy examination from Equally SSD Criterion. This is more than of a real-world examination and here we meet that the Fusion Thunderbolt 3 sustained a throughput of 763 MB/southward for the ISO exam and 419 MB/s for the program test. Those are extremely impressive results for an external storage device and remember this is an on-deejay copy exam. So copying to or from the drive will be even faster, providing your local storage can keep up.

Using ATTO Deejay Criterion nosotros took a quick look at small read/write performance. When dealing with tiny files the Fusion Thunderbolt 3 wasn't a cracking deal faster than the Samsung T3 and was considerably slower than the Plextor M6e.

Upping the file size to 16K sees the Fusion Thunderbolt 3 recover every bit it pulls well ahead of the Samsung T3. It is now able to deliver similar write functioning to that of the Plextor M6e while the read operation lags behind slightly.

At present testing with 128K files the Fusion Thunderbolt iii appears to hit full stride when paired with the Razer laptop. The read throughput reached 1.6 GB/s while the write performance maxed out at 935 MB/s.