Steam Unpacking and Decryption
When a new game is launched and you want to be the first to play, you're often held back by the time it takes Steam to decrypt and unpack the preload data. We timed the duration of the process for a 20 GB game installation. (HDD reference score: 574.3 s)
ISO File Copy
The ISO disc image of Windows 10 64-bit was copied to a different folder on the same drive. This represents a typical large-file usage model. (HDD reference score: 89.0 s)
MP3 Indexing
We used Winamp to import a thousand songs into the media library by reading the ID3 tag. (HDD reference score: 2.7 s)