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 busted out our FC-Test results into individual graphs for each test pattern. We'll tackle file creation performance first.

Wins in three of five test patterns get the Spinpoint off to a good start in FC-Test's file creation tests. Even if the F1 doesn't manage to top the field with the Install and Windows test patterns, it still manages higher transfer rates than the rest of the terabyte drives.

Apparently unwilling to concede victory in any test pattern in our read tests, the Spinpoint sweeps the field. It does so in style, too, breaking 100MB/s with the ISO test pattern and enjoying a sizable lead over the next fastest drive with each test pattern.