Toshiba MG10AFA22TE 22TB HDD Review

1. Introduction2. Toshiba MG10AFA22TE 22TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. IOMeter 4K Random Performance7. Throughput8. Workload Scenarios9. PCMark 10 Data Drive Benchmark10. Real Life File Testing11. Closing Thoughts12. View All Pages

To test real life performance of a drive we use a mix of folder/file types and by using the FastCopy utility (which gives a time as well as MB/s result) we record the performance of the drive reading from & writing to a 2TB Kingston KC3000 SSD.

Transfer Details

• Windows 10 backup – 118GB.
• Data file – 100GB.
• BluRay Movie – 42GB.
• Windows 11 iso – 5.4GB.
• File folder – 50GB – 28,523 files.
• Steam folder – 222GB (8 games: Alien Isolation, Battlefield 4, BioShock Infinite, Crysis 3, Grand Theft Auto V, Shadow Of Mordor, Skyrim, The Witcher3 Wild Hunt).
• Movie demos 8K – 21GB – (11 demos).
• Raw Movie Clips 4K – 16GB – (9 MP4V files).
• Movie folder – 12GB – 15 files – (8 @ .MKV, 4 @ .MOV, 3 @ MP4).
• Photo Folder – 10GB – 304 files – (171 @ .RAW, 105 @ JPG, 21 @ .CR2, 5 @ .DNG).
• Audio Folder – 10GB – 1,483 files – (1479 @ MP3, 4 @ .FLAC files).
• Single large image – 5GB – 1.5bn pixel photo.
• 3D Printer File Folder – 4.25GB – (166 files – 105 @ .STL, 38 @ .FBX, 11 @ .blend, 5 @ .lwo, 4 @ .OBJ, 3@ .3ds).
• AutoCAD File Folder – 1.5GB (80 files – 60 @ .DWG and 20 @.DXF).

The 22TB MG10 produced very consistent performance when it came to handling the larger file sizes. When reading the data It averaged 247.21MB/s for the fourteen tests with the fastest being the BluRay Movie test at 275MB/s. Writes averaged 255.85MB/s and once again the fastest transfer was the BluRay at 278MB/s.

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