# Processing large number of track files

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/processing-large-number-of-track-files/68372
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [May 1, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/processing-large-number-of-track-files/68372 "2025-05-01T14:07:06Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/processing-large-number-of-track-files/68372/2 "2025-05-01T14:09:27Z")

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See e.g. this thread:

> [@Sluggish performance](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sluggish-performance/60293/15):
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> Couldn't you supply some real benchmarks? Like: how long does it (really) take to read the file? I just tried to read some 200.000 files from an external USB3.0 HDD and it took 10 minutes, 55 seconds if MP3tag resides on the same external drive 8 minutes, 59 seonds if MP3tag resides on the internal SSD. It becomes 6 minutes 43 seconds if MP3tag resides on an internal SSD and the data also on an internal HDD. It looks to me like you can expect to read some 20.000 files/minute.

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