That means that streaming performance was basically a non-issue for these drives, though we’ve noted where a particular box was outstanding.Īdequately fast backup and synchronization was another baseline that each of the boxes met, though some were considerably faster than others. A box that can do that, can easily stream 720p and 1080p video to multiple devices. A DLNA media server was used whenever possible when it wasn’t, we used Plex Media server and the relevant client app.Įach of the boxes reviewed here proved capable of delivering data fast enough to stream 10-bit color, 2160p (4K UHD) video at 60 frames per second. We streamed 1080p-and where possible, 2160p-video files to multiple client devices, including two second-generation iPads, the test PC, two Android phones, and a Windows Phone.

Additionally, backups of 40GB of data aare performed to check real-life throughput against the benchmark. Each box was mapped under Windows 10 on a faster Core i7-5820 system with NVMe SSDs and then benchmarked with CrystalDiskMark 6. Speaking of testing, here’s how we benchmarked them.

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