FC-Test Results

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Our FC-Test benchmark is split into three parts. First is a write test involving the creation of a file pattern similar to common files such as MP3s or large video files. Once created on the drive, we then copy the file pattern from the drive back to a different folder on the same drive producing a combined read/write test. Finally we test the read speed of the drive by performing FC-Test's read test on the files copied.

For our benchmarks, we're using both the MP3 pattern, consisting of two hundred and seventy small files totalling 0.99GB, and the the ISO pattern, consisting of three large files totalling 1.6GB in size. We feel these represent the most common files people will be frequently copying to and from an drive, and can be interpreted as as close to a real world file transfer test as possible.


Dealing with the larger ISO file pattern the updated v1571 firmware again offers minor improvements over the v1370 equipped Vertex and Falcon, although it's still not able to match the amazing sequential write speed of the P256 when dealing with larger files. However, the Torqx still offers a forty percent improvement over a 1TB mechanical hard disk drive - a serious step up in performance.


It certainly looks as though the v1571 firmware has been optimsed to deal better with copying larger files, with the v1571 equipped Torqx outpacing the older firmware powered Vertex and Falcon by a whopped 2.5 seconds, or over eighteen percent! While still not as fast as the X25-E or Corsair P256, this really isn't too far off, and really shows how Indilinx has been hard at work to improve the performance of it's drive controller. Incidentally, we're still waiting for the first firmware update for Samsung's ARM drive controller as well.


Again, the improved firmware does the trick here, lifting the Indilinx powered Torqx to the top spot with a read time of 6.9 seconds, just faster than the Intel X25-M.