The IronWolf 510 is officially rated as up to 290,000 IOPS (QD32 8 threads) for random reads. With our standard 4-threaded tests we saw a figure of 277,824 IOPS at a QD of 32. We did a quick test at QD32 with 8 threads and got a figure of 345,030 IOPS, bettering the official figure.
4K Random Read v QD Performance Compared
Throughout the tested queue depths, the IronWolf 510's random read performance sees it place in the bottom third of the results charts.
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