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 file sizes and copying those files.
Copying a large 50GB file from volume to volume on the Biwin Black Opal NV7400 2TB SSD took a total of just 15.774 seconds, which places it among one of the fastest drives above the average. It is faster than the Teamgroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro, and within the 15-second range of a couple of other drives as well, showing great performance for file copy.
When copying a very large Steam Library folder, the Biwin Black Opal NV7400 2TB SSD also has very strong performance, taking 1.62 minutes to copy, placing it well above the average here. It is much faster than many drives, and on par with Acer FA200, Teamgroup MP44 and Lexar PLAY 2280, and Teamgroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro.
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 Biwin Black Opal NV7400 2TB SSD provides an overall score of 3.13. The Biwin Black Opal NV7400 2TB SSD is not geared as a workstation SSD, but it isn’t at the very low-end on performance here; it’s more middling, but there are much faster drives available for workstation performance if that is what you are after.