Drive speed

SSD over SATA (Plextor)
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           Sequential Read :   495.185 MB/s
          Sequential Write :   323.792 MB/s
         Random Read 512KB :   384.094 MB/s
        Random Write 512KB :   310.445 MB/s
    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :    32.310 MB/s [  7888.1 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :    86.575 MB/s [ 21136.6 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :   366.091 MB/s [ 89377.8 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :   312.520 MB/s [ 76298.9 IOPS]

HDD
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           Sequential Read :    97.891 MB/s
          Sequential Write :    79.825 MB/s
         Random Read 512KB :    42.785 MB/s
        Random Write 512KB :    85.071 MB/s
    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :     0.659 MB/s [   160.8 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :     0.701 MB/s [   171.3 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :     0.692 MB/s [   169.0 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :     0.629 MB/s [   153.5 IOPS]

SSD exFAT over USB 3.0
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           Sequential Read :    77.839 MB/s
          Sequential Write :    49.117 MB/s
         Random Read 512KB :    75.747 MB/s
        Random Write 512KB :    36.900 MB/s
    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :     4.079 MB/s [   995.7 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :     0.789 MB/s [   192.6 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :     4.321 MB/s [  1055.0 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :     0.866 MB/s [   211.3 IOPS]

SSD NTFS over USB 3.0
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           Sequential Read :   229.318 MB/s
          Sequential Write :    58.852 MB/s
         Random Read 512KB :   132.444 MB/s
        Random Write 512KB :    32.295 MB/s
    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :     4.102 MB/s [  1001.5 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :     0.738 MB/s [   180.3 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :     4.262 MB/s [  1040.6 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :     0.846 MB/s [   206.6 IOPS]

USB 3.0 Stick
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           Sequential Read :   171.308 MB/s
          Sequential Write :    32.840 MB/s
         Random Read 512KB :   155.781 MB/s
        Random Write 512KB :     4.598 MB/s
    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :     8.032 MB/s [  1960.9 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :     0.295 MB/s [    72.0 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :     7.616 MB/s [  1859.3 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :     0.269 MB/s [    65.6 IOPS]
 
RAM-Disk
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           Sequential Read :  3120.969 MB/s
          Sequential Write :  2787.839 MB/s
         Random Read 512KB :  3068.450 MB/s
        Random Write 512KB :  2764.841 MB/s
    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :   845.270 MB/s [206364.8 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :   648.812 MB/s [158401.3 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :   788.160 MB/s [192422.0 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :   481.502 MB/s [117554.1 IOPS]