NAS Storage Performance Benchmarks

NAS Settings and Storage Manager

It’s now time to look at how the product performs. We use an SSD for the testing.

First up, the simplest of tests. File upload and file download. We used both the simple drag/drop through Windows File Explorer, as well as the upload/download functionality built into the file explorer in the TOS. Download performance was very solid, utterly saturating the 1 Gbps interface and providing consistent 110-115MB/s, with almost no dips or changes in speed. Upload, however, was a different story - as you can see it reached 90-95 MB/s. Please remember that the connection to the NAS is via a Mesh System (made by TPLink). For video streaming, we tested video files up to 4K (all were at standard 30 fps). How did streaming directly from the NAS perform? It was all good, up to 4K 30 fps.

 Now for Crystal Disk Mark. We tested at 1 GiB's (each in 3 runs), and the results were as they should be. The performance of the F5-221 was fine, even with the HDDs. The NAS achieved acceptable download and upload speeds.