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Hard Disk Drive Performance Comparison Guide

Hard disk drives, also known as hard drives or simply HDDs, are critical components of every computer. Although flash-based SSDs (solid state drives) are making some inroads, the ubiquitous hard disk drive is still the ultimate storage choice for most users. Hard disk drives provide a large amount of data storage at low cost. Perfect for storing bloated software and all sorts of "interesting stuff" that we download from the Internet.

Of course, the hard disk drive is more than just a repository for our data, or a place to store the games we play. It affects the performance of our PCs, especially how long it takes to launch applications or games, or open up files. Its performance is also critical if you are low on RAM because your PC will use more virtual memory. This is where the Hard Disk Drive Performance Comparison Guide comes in.

In this article, we will be comparing the performance of all the hard disk drives we can get our hands on. This would be similar to our Intel Core 2 Processor Performance Comparison Guide. It may start off small, but we intend to keep adding new hard disk drives and even new benchmarks as we go along. Let's take a look at the hard disk drives we have rounded up for this comparison.

 

The Hard Disk Drives

Model

Segment

Capacity

Spindle Speed

Buffer

Interface

Additional
Details

Western Digital RE
(WD4000FYYZ)

3.5"
Enterprise

4 TB

7200 RPM

64 MB

SATA 6 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Red
(WD30EFRX)

3.5" NAS

3 TB

5400+ RPM

64 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Green
(WD30EZRX)

3.5"
Desktop

3 TB

5400+ RPM

64 MB

SATA 6 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital AV-GP
(WD30EURS)

3.5" CE

3 TB

5400+ RPM

64 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Green
(WD30EZRSDTL)

3.5"
Desktop

3 TB

5400+ RPM

64 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Black
(WD2001FASS)

3.5"
Desktop

2 TB

7200 RPM

64 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Green G2
(WD20EARX)

3.5"
Desktop

2 TB

5400+ RPM

64 MB

SATA 6 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital RE4-GP
(WD2002FYPS)

3.5"
Enterprise

2 TB

5400+ RPM

64 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital AV-GP
(WD20EVDS)

3.5" CE

2 TB

5400+ RPM

32 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Green
(WD20EARS)

3.5"
Desktop

2 TB

5400+ RPM

64 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Green
(WD20EADS)

3.5"
Desktop

2 TB

5400+ RPM

32 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Samsung EcoGreen F4
(HD204UI)

3.5"
Desktop

2 TB

5400 RPM

32 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Samsung EcoGreen F2
(HD154UI)

3.5"
Desktop

1.5 TB

5400 RPM

32 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital VelociRaptor
(WD1000DHTZ)

2.5"
Enterprise

1 TB

10,000 RPM

64 MB

SATA 6 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Samsung Spinpoint F1
(HD103UJ)

3.5"
Desktop

1 TB

7200 RPM

32 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Black
(WD1001FALS)

3.5"
Desktop

1 TB

7200 RPM

32 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Green
(WD10EARS)

3.5"
Desktop

1 TB

5400+ RPM

64 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar Green
(WD10EADS)

3.5"
Desktop

1 TB

5400+ RPM

32 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Best Price

Western Digital Caviar GP
(WD10EACS)

3.5"
Desktop

1 TB

5400+ RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Blue
(WD10JPVT)

2.5"
Mobile

1 TB

5400 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Black
(WD7500BPKT)

2.5"
Mobile

750 GB

7200 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar SE16
(WD7500AAKS)

3.5"
Desktop

750 GB

7200 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Seagate Barracuda ES
(ST3750640NS)

3.5"
Enterprise

750 GB

7200 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
(ST3750640AS)

3.5"
Desktop

750 GB

7200 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar SE16
(Blue)

3.5"
Desktop

640 GB

7200 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Blue
(WD6400BEVT)

2.5"
Mobile

640 GB

5400 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital VelociRaptor
(WD6000HLHX)

2.5"
Enterprise

600 GB

10,000 RPM

32 MB

SATA 6 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Black G2
(WD5000BPKT)

2.5"
Mobile

500 GB

7200 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Black
(WD5000BEKT)

2.5"
Mobile

500 GB

7200 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Blue Slim
(WD5000LPVT)

2.5"
Mobile

500 GB

5400 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Hitachi CinemaStar 7K1000.C

3.5" CE

500 GB

7200 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Caviar GP
(WD5000AACS)

3.5"
Desktop

500 GB

5400+ RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9
(ST3500641AS)

3.5"
Desktop

500 GB

7200 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8
(ST3400832AS)

3.5"
Desktop

400 GB

7200 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Black
(WD3200BEKT)

2.5"
Mobile

320 GB

7200 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Scorpio Blue
(WD3200BEVT)

2.5"
Mobile

320 GB

5400 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital VelociRaptor
(WD3000BLFS)

2.5"
Enterprise

300 GB

10,000 RPM

16 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Seagate Momentus 5400.5
(ST9250320AS)

2.5"
Mobile

250 GB

5400 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Seagate Momentus 5400.4
(ST9250827AS)

2.5"
Mobile

250 GB

5400 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Seagate Momentus 7200.2
(ST9160823AS)

2.5"
Mobile

160 GB

7200 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Seagate Momentus 5400.3
(ST9160821A)

2.5"
Mobile

160 GB

5400 RPM

8 MB

Ultra ATA/100

Full Review
Best Price

Western Digital Raptor X
(WD1500AHFD)

3.5"
Enterprise

150 GB

10,000 RPM

16 MB

SATA 1.5 Gb/s

Full Review
Best Price

Seagate Momentus 7200.1
(ST910021A)

2.5"
Mobile

100 GB

7200 RPM

8 MB

Ultra ATA/100

Full Review
Best Price

Hitachi Travelstar 5K160

2.5"
Mobile

80 GB

5400 RPM

8 MB

SATA 3 Gb/s

Best Price

Fujitsu MHT2040AT

2.5"
Mobile

40 GB

4200 RPM

2 MB

Ultra ATA/100

Best Price

 

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Introduction

Introduction
The Hard Disk Drives

Benchmark Details &
Settings

The Testbed
Testing 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 Random Access

 

4 KB Sequential Access

 

512 KB Random Access

 

512 KB Sequential Access

Conclusion

Conclusion



Next Page : The Testbed, Testing Methodology >>>

 
   
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