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We compared the 500 GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD5000LPVT) to the 1 TB Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD10JPVT). For more performance comparisons, please take a look at The Hard Disk Drive Performance Comparison Guide.
Throughput (Random Access)
Test |
500 GB Scorpio Blue |
1 TB Scorpio Blue |
Difference |
512 KB Read |
16.81 MB/s |
16.65 MB/s |
+ 1.0% |
512 KB Write |
17.82 MB/s |
17.40 MB/s |
+ 2.4% |
4 KB Read |
0.25 MB/s |
0.26 MB/s |
- 3.8% |
4 KB Write |
0.24 MB/s |
0.24 MB/s |
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Random Access Time
Test |
500 GB Scorpio Blue |
1 TB Scorpio Blue |
Difference |
512 KB Read |
31.17 ms |
31.46 ms |
- 0.9% |
512 KB Write |
29.41 ms |
30.12 ms |
- 2.4% |
4 KB Read |
16.60 ms |
15.91 ms |
+ 4.3% |
4 KB Write |
17.07 ms |
16.80 ms |
+ 1.6% |
CPU Utilization (Random Access)
Test |
500 GB Scorpio Blue |
1 TB Scorpio Blue |
Difference |
512 KB Read |
0.14% |
0.15% |
- 6.7% |
512 KB Write |
0.18% |
0.14% |
+ 28.6% |
4 KB Read |
0.17% |
0.12% |
+ 41.7% |
4 KB Write |
0.19% |
0.36% |
- 47.2% |
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