Imaging Performance Testing: MR8, ETBH, HBSP

[admin]

Dear Phil,

Thanks for the detailed follow-up and for confirming the real issue was the USB drive. Glad to hear HBS is working well for you.

Have a great day too!

Best regards,

[garioch7]

Here are my latest testing results.

Imaging/Check Image Times

Computer:

2019 Dell XPS 8930 SE Desktop Computer
i7 CPU, 32 GB RAM
DELL GeForce RTX 2060 GPU (6 GB Memory)
Three Internal Drives:
Drive 0 [HDD]: ST2000DM008-2FR102 (ZFL0WX49) [1863 GB] D:
Drive 1 [HDD]: WDC WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 (V30884SF) [3726 GB] G: (Target Image Drive)
Drive 2 [SSD]: SSDPEMKF010T8 NVMe INTEL 1024GB (5CD2_E428_9150_7048.) [953 GB] C: (Source Image Drive)
No BitLocker Encryption on any Drives



Common Defaults to all three programs:

High Priority
Full Disk/Partition Images (all partitions)
Source Drive: Internal Intel 1 TB SSD (Disk 2)
Target Drive: Internal WD Black 4 TB HDD (Disk 1)
Default Compression (Recommended)
OS: Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (26200.8246)
Recommended Program Defaults, unless otherwise noted.


Listed in chronological order of testing (earliest date to the latest date).


2026-05-01 (Times rounded off to the nearest minute)
Macrium Reflect 8 [MR8] (8.1.8853)
Default Filters

Disk 2 (6 partitions) Size: 256.1 GB
MR8 Image Size: 180.8 GB

Image Backup - Disk 2: 14:15 - 14:29 (14 minutes)
Image Verify - Disk 2: 14:29 - 14:43 (14 minutes)
Total Imaging Time: 28 minutes



2026-05-08 (Times rounded off to the nearest minute)
2026 Easeus Todo Backup Home [ETBH] (18.0.0 [Build 2025-12-03])
Default Filters

Disk 2 (6 partitions) Size: 256.4 GB
ETBH Image Size: 196.9 GB

Image Backup - Disk 2: 14:13 - 14:29 (16 minutes)
Check Image - Disk 2: 14:30 - 14:53 (23 minutes)
Total Imaging Time: 39 minutes



2026-05-15 (Times rounded off to the nearest minute)
Hasleo Backup Suite Professional [HBSP] 5.8.2.0
Two Filters disabled (Page/Hibernation/Swap Files, VSS Snapshot Files), Smart Backup enabled, Highest Priority.

Disk 2 (6 partitions) Size: 258.0 GB
HBSP Image Size: 17.5 GB GB

Image Backup - Disk 2: 13:09 - 14:08 (13 minutes)
Check Complete Image - Disk 2: 14:09 - 14:22 (13 minutes)
Total Imaging Time: 26 minutes



Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

[Bespoken]

You need to edit/correct the HBSP Image size as it cannot be 17.5 GB.