File Copy Test
File Copy Test is a pseudo-real-world benchmark that times how long it takes to create, read, and copy files in various test patterns. File copying is tested twice: once with the source and target on the same partition, and once with the target on a separate partition. Scores are presented in MB/s.

To make things easier to read, we've separated our FC-Test results into individual graphs for each test pattern. We'll tackle file creation performance first.

The VelociRaptor doesn't manage a clean sweep, but it comes out ahead in three FC-Test's five file creation test patterns. Second-place finishes with the remaining two test patterns keep the VR150 near the top of the pile, well ahead of the previous generation Raptors.

FC-Test's file read tests prove to be even more fruitful for the VelociRaptor, which dominates all five test patterns. The drive's margins of victory with the Windows and Programs test patterns, which are made up of large numbers of smaller files, are especially impressive. Again, the older Raptors are simply in another class—a remedial one, by comparison.