Seagate Exos X16 16TB HDD Review

IOMeter is another open source synthetic benchmarking tool which is able to simulate the various loads placed on hard drive and solid state drive technology.

We test with both random read and write 4k tests, as shown above. There are many ways to measure the IOPS performance of a hard drive, so our results will sometimes differ from manufacturer’s quoted ratings. We do test all drives in exactly the same way, so the results are directly comparable.

In our 4K random read/write tests, the drive is the fastest HDD drive we've tested to date – well, when it comes to write performance at least. Read performance on the other hand is the fifth best we've seen to date.

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