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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 (Sequential Access)
Test |
500 GB Scorpio Blue |
1 TB Scorpio Blue |
Difference |
512 KB Read |
119.84 MB/s |
113.85 MB/s |
+ 5.3% |
512 KB Write |
119.80 MB/s |
112.58 MB/s |
+ 6.4% |
4 KB Read |
54.12 MB/s |
49.70 MB/s |
+ 8.9% |
4 KB Write |
41.48 MB/s |
42.31 MB/s |
- 2.0% |
Sequential Access Time
Test |
500 GB Scorpio Blue |
1 TB Scorpio Blue |
Difference |
512 KB Read |
4.38 ms |
4.60 ms |
- 4.8% |
512 KB Write |
4.37 ms |
4.66 ms |
- 6.2% |
4 KB Read |
0.08 ms |
0.08 ms |
- |
4 KB Write |
0.10 ms |
0.10 ms |
- |
CPU Utilization (Sequential Access)
Test |
500 GB Scorpio Blue |
1 TB Scorpio Blue |
Difference |
512 KB Read |
0.44% |
0.43% |
+ 2.3% |
512 KB Write |
0.55% |
0.47% |
+ 17.0% |
4 KB Read |
5.27% |
5.65% |
- 6.7% |
4 KB Write |
4.72% |
4.68% |
+ 0.9% |
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• The Western Digital WD5000LPVT |
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