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Maximum Surface Temperature
We monitored the surface temperature of the hard disk drives during their benchmarks. The following chart shows their operating temperature range, from idle to maximum load. Please note that instead of giving you the absolute numbers, we are showing the temperature delta, which is the difference between the actual temperature and the ambient room temperature.
For ease of comparison, we colour-coded the bars according to the drive type. 3.5" desktop hard disk drives have bars that are blue in colour, while 2.5" mobile hard disk drives have bars that are red in colour.
Top 5 Desktop Drives |
Capacity |
Average |
Difference |
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2 TB |
4.2 °C |
Baseline |
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1 TB |
4.3 °C |
+ 2.4% |
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500 GB |
4.4 °C |
+ 4.8% |
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4 TB |
4.5 °C |
+ 7.1% |
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| Western Digital Caviar Green | 2 TB |
4.8 °C |
+ 14.3% |
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Top 5 Mobile Drives |
Capacity |
Average |
Difference |
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250 GB |
3.8 °C |
Baseline |
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250 GB |
4.1 °C |
+ 7.9% |
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500 GB |
4.2 °C |
+ 10.5% |
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160 GB |
4.3 °C |
+ 13.2% |
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320 GB |
4.4 °C |
+ 15.8% |
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Disk Transfer Rate
This comparison is pretty interesting. It shows the range of platter transfer rates of the hard disk drives. If you compare hard disk drives of the same size with the same spindle/rotation speed, then their platter transfer rates were determined by the platters' areal density.
For ease of comparison, we colour-coded the bars according to the drive type. 3.5" desktop hard disk drives have bars that are blue in colour, while 2.5" mobile hard disk drives have bars that are red in colour.
Top 5 Desktop Drives |
Capacity |
Average |
Difference |
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6 TB |
168.0 MB/s |
Baseline |
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1 TB |
166.0 MB/s |
- 1.2% |
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4 TB |
137.9 MB/s |
- 17.9% |
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4 TB |
137.0 MB/s |
- 18.5% |
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4 TB |
130.6 MB/s |
- 22.3% |
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Top 5 Mobile Drives |
Capacity |
Average |
Difference |
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500 GB |
105.8 MB/s |
Baseline |
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750 GB |
100.9 MB/s |
- 4.7% |
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1 TB |
94.9 MB/s |
- 10.3% |
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500 GB |
91.0 MB/s |
- 14.0% |
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1 TB |
85.8 MB/s |
- 19.0% |
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