Round-Up: Comparison Testing of 22 Hard Disk Drives

I/O Performance

• Page 1: Let The Games Begin!
• Page 2: The View From The Top
• Page 3: A Stagnant Market?
• Page 4: Buying Advice
• Page 5: Serial ATA Drives
• Page 6: Hitachi DeskStar 7K250: Former Champ
• Page 7: Hitachi DeskStar T7K250: 250 GB Champion
• Page 8: Hitachi DeskStar 7K500: Capacity Monster
• Page 9: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80 GB (6Y080M0)
• Page 10: DiamondMax Plus 9 250 GB (6Y250M0): Robust But Quiet
• Page 11: DiamondMax Plus 10 300 GB (6B300S0): Solid Performer
• Page 12: Seagate Barracuda ATA 7200.7 160 GV SATA NCQ (ST3120827AS)
• Page 13: Seagate Barracuda ATA 7200.8: Two Faces To Show
• Page 14: Western Digital WD360 Raptor: The Pioneer
• Page 15: Western Digital WD740 Raptor: Fastest Of All SATA Drives
• Page 16: Western Digital WD2500JD: The Old Guard
• Page 17: Western Digital WD2500KS: SATA II Model
• Page 18: Western Digital WD3200JD
• Page 19: UltraATA Hard Drives
• Page 20: Hitachi DeskStar 7K250
• Page 21: Hitachi DeskStar T7K250: This Model T Takes The Prize
• Page 22: Seagate Barracuda ATA 7200.7 120 GB: The Classic Model
• Page 23: Seagate Barracuda ATA 7200.8: The Upgrade Drive
• Page 24: Western Digital WD1000BB: First 100 GB Drive
• Page 25: Western Digital WD2000JB
• Page 26: Western Digital WD3200JB: Price/performance Leader
• Page 27: Test Setup
• Page 28: Data Transfer Diagrams, Continued
• Page 29: Data Transfer Diagrams, Continued
• Page 30: Data Transfer Diagrams, Continued
• Page 31: Data Transfer Diagrams, Continued
• Page 32: Data Transfer Diagrams, Continued
• Page 33: I/O Performance
• Page 34: Performance Measurements
• Page 35: Performance Measurements, Continued
• Page 36: PCMark HD Benchmarks
• Page 37: Summary And Conclusions: Current Drives Are Fast Drives