File Copy and Workstation Performance
DiskBench
With DiskBench, we run three 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 a 100GB file. Third, we do the same thing but with the Steam Library folder. The SteamLibrary folder is a 243GB folder containing 570 smaller files. This replicates a folder with varying file sizes and copying those files.
Copying a large 50GB file from volume to volume on the Phison PS5028-E28 Reference Design 2TB SSD took 9.955 seconds, and just absolutely smashed all other SSDs in this test. At 9.955 seconds, it is 22% faster in file copying this large file compared to the next fastest drive, the MSI SPATIUM M580 FROZR. Compared to the slowest drive, it’s 33% faster.
When copying a very large 100GB file, the Phison PS5028-E28 Reference Design 2TB SSD once again has the fastest performance, taking only 20.676 seconds. This is 17% faster than the next fastest SSD, the MSI M580 FROZR, and 31% faster than the slowest SSD. With files this large, a savings of 5-10 seconds means a lot, especially if you do this frequently.
Moving a large Steam Library with many varying file sizes, the Phison PS5028-E28 Reference Design 2TB SSD also pulls ahead with the fastest time of 63.664 seconds, which is 4% faster than the next fastest drive, and 17% faster than the slowest drive. It definitely isn’t as wide of a gap when multiple file sizes are in play, but it still maintains a win over the other SSDs, which is impressive.
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.
This is another one of those benchmarks where we had to run it several times to make sure we weren’t going crazy, and we were not. The Phison PS5028-E28 Reference Design 2TB SSD is truly a masterpiece when it comes to workstation-class workloads, able to give a SPECworkstation 3.1 score of 14.2, the highest we’ve ever seen. At this performance level, it is 66% faster than the next fastest drive, and 82% faster than the ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO, which uses the slower InnoGrit controller, which doesn’t do well in workstation performance. Phison said the E28 was also designed for enterprise applications, and SPECworkstation 3.1 proves its performance for the workstation and enterprise sectors.