It is not the actual maximum speed between the WiFi adapter and the router, it is what the connection is capable of but in reality one rarely if ever achieves the the max speed that a connection is capable of. With WiFi there is almost always network overhead and other factors that affect and reduce the actual speed. Then factor in other issues like the read/write speed of the computer’s hard drive and the transfer speed is even lower. If you haven’t see the following discussion yet it is worth a few minutes to read through:
More general explanation on advertised vs real world wifi speed:
http://www.speedguide.net/faq/what-is-the-actual-real-life-speed-of-wireless-374
One generally gets better overall speed using a wired connection. If the computer has a Gigabit networking port then connect that computer to the same router as the My Cloud and do another speed test between the computer and the My Cloud to compare against the WiFi results.
It appears that BlackMagic Disk Speed Test app might only test the computer’s hard drive and not the actual read/write speed between the computer and the My Cloud. If this is the case it will only tell you what your computer’s hard drive is capable of not what you should be getting across the WiFi connection to and from the My Cloud.
