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IO Meter - 512 KB Random Access

This chart shows the 512 KB random read and write performance of the hard disk drives. The red bars denote write throughput while the blue bars denote read throughput. The hard disk drives in this comparison were arranged according to their total write + read performance.

Top 5 Desktop Drives

Capacity

Read-Write
Average

Difference

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Western Digital VelociRaptor

600 GB

54.93 MB/s

Baseline

Best Price

Western Digital VelociRaptor

300 GB

46.40 MB/s

- 15.5%

Best Price

Western Digital Re

4 TB

38.21 MB/s

- 30.4%

Best Price

Western Digital VelociRaptor

1 TB

38.01 MB/s

- 30.8%

Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Black

2 TB

37.08 MB/s

- 32.5%

Best Price

Top 5 Mobile Drives

Capacity

Read-Write
Average

Difference

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Western Digital Scorpio Black (BEKT)

500 GB

28.93 MB/s

Baseline

Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Black

320 GB

22.48 MB/s

- 22.3%

Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio

320 GB

21.10 MB/s

- 27.1%

Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Black (BPKT)

500 GB

20.14 MB/s

- 30.4%

Best Price

Seagate Momentus 5400.4

250 GB

20.04 MB/s

- 30.7%

Best Price

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IO Meter - 512 KB Sequential Access

This chart shows the 512 KB sequential read and write performance of the hard disk drives. The red bars denote write throughput while the blue bars denote read throughput. The hard disk drives in this comparison were arranged according to their total write + read performance.

Top 5 Desktop Drives

Capacity

Read-Write
Average

Difference

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Western Digital Black

6 TB

226.99 MB/s

Baseline

Best Price

Western Digital VelociRaptor

1 TB

208.30 MB/s

- 8.2%

Best Price

Western Digital Red Pro

4 TB

178.04 MB/s

- 21.6%

Best Price

Western Digital Black

4 TB

172.91 MB/s

- 23.8%

Best Price

Western Digital Red

6 TB

172.90 MB/s

- 23.8%

Best Price

Top 5 Mobile Drives

Capacity

Read-Write
Average

Difference

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Western Digital Scorpio Black (BPKT)

500 GB

127.98 MB/s

Baseline

Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Black

750 GB

121.94 MB/s

- 4.7%

Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Blue Slim

500 GB

119.82 MB/s

- 6.4%

Best Price

Western Digital Black²

1 TB

118.95 MB/s

- 7.1%

Best Price

Western Digital Blue (Slim)

1 TB

114.34 MB/s

- 10.7%

Best Price

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Details & Settings

Introduction
The Hard Disk Drives
Testbed & Methodology

Real World Simulations

Business Disk WinBench 99
High-End Disk WinBench 99

 

Max. Surface Temperature

Synthetic Tests

Disk Transfer Rate

 

Platter Profile (Desktop)
Platter Profile (Mobile)

 

4 KB Access Performance

 

512 KB Access Performance

Conclusion

Conclusion & Summary



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