Key release highlights include: Desktop Software v16.1 is optimized to deliver native Apple M1 support for AJA macOS drivers and application plug-ins, AJA Control Room, AJA Control Panel, and AJA System Test and NMOS software. Improved Telestream Wirecast support, including 4K via 12G-/6G-SDI, Digital AES Audio Input, and Analog (Line Level. App name: AJA System Test; App description: aja-system-test (App: AJA System Test.app); App website: https://www.aja.com/en/products/aja-system-test. Aja System Test is an application included with all KONA cards which lets you tune your system to the same high standards that developers do for the best performance. Show full description Features Vote on or suggest new features.

AJA System Test and PCMark 8

AJA System Test:

AJA System Test by AJA Video Systems measures system disk performance using video test files of different resolutions, sizes and codecs. We selected the standard 4K UltraHD resolution, a test file size of 1GB and the ProRes 4444 codec to see how this drive does with regard to video rendering performance. ProRes 4444 is used for heavy effects work and deep color projects. The results from this benchmark help content creators with regards to rendering expectations, throughput, file read/write expectations for transfers and that kind of thing.

Benchmark Results: The AJA System Test results on the SX8200 Pro 1TB were 2,702 MB/s read and 3,084 MB/s write speeds.

PCMark 8:

PCMark 8 might have come out in 2013, but it is still a very popular storage benchmark and some would argue that it is the industry standard for SSDs. We ran the Storage 2.0 benchmark test suite on PCMark 8 v2.10.901 that came out in May 2018. This update accommodates a change in the latest version of Adobe After Effects and provides better support for NVMe SSDs. The changes affect the workloads in the Adobe Applications benchmark and the Storage 2.0 benchmark. Scores from the new versions of these tests should not be compared with older versions, so just a heads up if you wanted to compare our scores to that on another site.

The primary result of each storage test is the total time elapsed while playing back the trace. The primary result is used to calculate Storage score. The secondary result of the test is bandwidth, which is the total amount of bytes read and written during the test divided by busy time (in other words, the time when the depth of the queue of pending I/O operations was at least 1). The bandwidth result is used to calculate Storage bandwidth, which is reported along with Storage score and we are most interested in this score.

Benchmark Results: The ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB SSD finished the PCMark 8 storage 2.0 benchmark workload with an overall score of 5,093 points and a bandwidth result of 646.98 MB/s.

Compared to the other drives that we have tested, it looks like the ADATA SX8200 Pro is able to up there with the fastest NVMe drives that we have tested.

We like the Storage 2.0 Bandwidth test results as it shows the total amount of bytes read and written during the test divided by the time the test took. The ADATA SX8200 Pro does better than most on this benchmark.

Enables you to verify the performance level of any of your drives in order to let you know if each device is tuned to provide the best results

AJA System Test is designed to measure the input and output performance of your volumes, and it works by writing a certain amount of data while measuring how long it takes to read and transfer the info to your storage device, to your RAM or to a KONA Video capture card.

Capable of testing both local drives, as well as all drives accessible over the local area network

Furthermore, the AJA System Test utility offers you the possibility to tune your tests by changing the amount of data that will be processed during a test (goes from 128MB to 16 GB) and the video frame size (the amount of data that will be processed in each transaction).

Also worth noting is the fact that AJA System Test automatically detects all connected volumes and you can select the one you want to perform your tests on from the Volume drop down menu.

Moreover, if you want to test network volumes, you must check the appropriate box in the Preferences window.

Makes it possible to run multiple types of drive performance tests

AJA System Test provides six types of performance tests: Disk Read/Write, Disk Read Existing File, Sweep Video Frame Sizes, Sweep Binary Frame Sizes, Sweep File Sizes and KONA DMA (requires a Kona card and to have the driver software installed).

Additionally, while using AJA System Test to test a drive, you should disable the file system cache to make sure that it does not interfere with the test readings.

Powerful yet easy to use hard drive read/write performance testing tool for macOS

Thus, by clicking the Graph button you will be able to visualize the test results in the drawer panel (you can also choose to view them in text form).

On the whole, AJA System Test is a simple to use macOS utility which will allow you to run performance tests on the storage drives connected to your Mac and determine if they work properly.

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