SSD Performance Video Capture

SSD Performance Video Capture

If there is one type of job that is extremely taxing on any storage device, it has to be video capture. In this test, we mimic a 5K capture workload and perform continuous writing to the storage unit while testing + logging. The test is 64 GB in size and will reveal any TLC/QLC write holes present on an SSD, up to a maximum of 64 GB. Essentially, we're sending 5K frames to storage and having it write/read as quickly as possible.

This 64GB file read test (readback of fame content) shows great results. You can see the peak read performance logged at ~6230 MB/sec.

Writing (capturing video data) then, we write 64GB. Any TLC/QLC write holes (the moment when your SSD runs out of buffers) will be exposed here. The SSD is hardly hindered, some small fluctuation here and there, but nothing much really. Really impressive as the SSD stays at almost 6 GB/sec in writes.