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The Test Bed Storage All 3.5in. Hard Drives tested
 
 
 
Results for all 3.5in. Hard Drives tested  
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Spin Speed
Capacity
PCMark05 HDD score
HD Tach Aver Read MB/s
HD Tune Aver Transfer Rate MB/s

Western Digital, VelociRaptor
10000rpm
300GB
9065 
104.6 
96 
WD3000GLFS, SATA 3.0GB/s
       

Seagate, Barracuda 12
7200rpm
1000GB
7981 
108.5 
98.7 
ST31000528AS, SATA 3.0GB/s
       

Western Digital, Caviar Black
7200rpm
1000GB
7958 
90.8 
84.7 
WD10001FALS, SATA 3GB/s
       

Hitachi, Deskstar 7K1000
7200rpm
1000GB
7375 
72.8 
69.5 
HDS721010KA330, SATA 3GB/s
       

Western Digital, Raptor X
10000rpm
150GB
7358 
77.9 
73.3 
WD1500AHFD, SATA 150
       

Western Digital, Caviar SE16
7200rpm
640GB
7193 
91.4 
84.8 
WD6400AAKS, SATA 3Gb/s
       

Western Digital, Raptor
10000rpm
74GB
6624 
65.1 
62.1 
WD740, SATA 150
       

Hitachi, Deskstar 7K500
7200rpm
500GB
6446 
51.1 
48.8 
HDS725050KLA360, SATA 3GB/s
       

Western Digital, Cavair Green
5400rpm
2000GB
6386 
88.7 
82.5 
WD20EADS, SATA 3GB/s
       

Western Digital, Caviar SE16
7200rpm
750GB
6178 
76.3 
72.4 
WD750AAKS-00RBA, SATA 3GB/s
       

Western Digital, WD Caviar SE16
7200rpm
400GB
5836 
56.8 
53.3 
WD400KD, SATA 150
       

Western Digital, Caviar SE16
7200rpm
500GB
5704 
62.2 
59.2 
WD5000KS, SATA 3GB/s
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.10
7200rpm
750GB
5650 
74.4 
63.7 
ST3750640AS, SATA 3GB/s
       

Western Digital, Caviar SE
7200rpm
200GB
5613 
52.9 
50.4 
WD2000JD-00HBB0, SATA 150
       

Western Digital, Caviar GP
0rpm
1000GB
5569 
68.2 
64.9 
WD10EACS, SATA 3GB/s
       

Western Digital, Cavair RE
7200rpm
160GB
5414 
50.4 
48.1 
WD1600SD, SATA 150
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.7
7200rpm
200GB
5135 
54.7 
52 
ST3200822AS, SATA 150
       

Samsung, SpinPoint P
7200rpm
250GB
5134 
61.7 
47.4 
SP2504C, SATA 3GB/s
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.7
7200rpm
160GB
4986 
48.2 
45.2 
ST3160023AS, SATA 150
       

Seagate, NL35
7200rpm
400GB
4968 
56.1 
56.1 
ST3400832NS, SATA 150 NCQ
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.7
7200rpm
120GB
4938 
46.8 
44.3 
ST3120026AS, SATA 150
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.7
7200rpm
400GB
4921 
60.6 
56.8 
ST3400832A, UltraATA/100
       

Western Digital, Caviar SE
7200rpm
200GB
4821 
52.9 
50.2 
WD2000JB, ATA/100
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.9
7200rpm
500GB
4800 
52.8 
50.3 
ST3500641AS, SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.10
7200rpm
750GB
4763 
65 
36.8 
ST3750640A, ATA/100
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.7
7200rpm
80GB
4684 
47.2 
44.8 
ST380013AS, SATA 150
       

Western Digital, Cavair Green
5400rpm
1000GB
4639 
79 
43.6 
WD10EADS, SATA 3.0GB/s
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.7
7200rpm
120GB
4502 
15.3 
45.1 
ST3120022A, ATA/100
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.7 NCQ
7200rpm
160GB
4380 
48.2 
46 
ST3160827AS, SATA
       

Maxtor, DiamondMax Plus
7200rpm
40GB
32 
30.3 
5T040H4, Ultra ATA/100
       

Seagate, Barracuda 7200.8
7200rpm
400GB
60.9 
57.1 
ST3400832A, Ultra ATA/100
       

Hitachi, Deskstar 7K400
7200rpm
400GB
48.1 
45.9 
HDS724040KLSA80, SATA 150