NAS Storage/USB Performance Benchmarks

NAS Storage/USB Performance Benchmarks

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 ADM. Download performance was very solid, not saturating the 2.5 Gbps interface and providing consistent 120-125 MB/s, with almost no dips or changes in speed, this wasn't much faster than the results with the 1 Gbps where the transfer ranged 105-110 MB/s. The upload rates were similar. Please remember that the connection to the NAS is done via a 2.5 Gbps switch. 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 - so the 

Now for Crystal Disk Mark. We tested at 50, 100, and 500 MiB’s (each in 3 runs), and the results were as they should be. The performance of the AS1104T was fine and it showed a visible improvement when using the 2.5 Gbps vs the 1 Gbps LAN. The NAS achieved more than acceptable download and upload speeds.

USB 3.1 performance

We used a USB 3.1 Gen2 compatible flash drive. The results make USB 2.0 at 25~30 MB/sec look rather pale in comparison.