File Copy and Workstation Performance
DiskBench
With DiskBench we run two different tests. First, we place a 50GB single file onto the test drive. We copy this file from the test drive to a new folder on the test drive, volume to volume. This tests the performance of the drive’s ability to copy a single large file from itself to itself as if you were copying files on the same drive, it replicates this drive being your primary and only drive. Second, we do the same thing but with the SteamLibrary folder. The SteamLibrary folder is a 243GB folder containing 570 smaller files. This replicates a folder with varying different file sizes and copying those files.
Copying a large 50GB file from volume to volume on the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD we can see that it took 26 seconds to complete. This is longer than most of the SSDs on this graph, for comparison. It is faster than the ADATA Legend 850 but does take longer than the MSI Spatium M470 and especially the Lexar NM710.
When copying a very large Steam Library folder, the tables turn a bit, with this very large folder the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD actually produces the best result at 2.145 minutes, or about on par with the MSI Spatium M470. The Lexar NM710 lags well behind, so the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD is much faster when it comes to multiple file size copying.
SPECworkstation 3.1
We are using SPECworkstation 3.1 and specifically the WPCstorage test. “The storage workload is based on storage transaction traces from a wide variety of professional applications engaged in real work.” It includes media and entertainment, product development, life sciences, energy, and general operations. Each program receives a score, and they are averaged together for an overall score, higher is better.
In SPECworkstation 3.1 WPCstorage testing, the InnoGrit IG5220BAA controller pulls in a very unexpected high result of 4.72 for this comparison of SSDs. Though the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD is not geared as a workstation SSD, it actually competes with the MSI Spatium M470 and beats the NM710 by 64%. If you were using mostly workstation apps, the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD would be a lot faster, and a better buy than the Lexar NM710.