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Results for all External Drives tested  
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All External drives tested  
     
       
       

Spin Speed
Capacity
PCMark05 HDD score
HD Tach Aver Read MB/s
HD Tune Aver Transfer Rate MB/s

Hypertec, Firestorm
5400rpm
80GB
5653 
30.8 
25.2 
FSUV2-N80U2/5,          

Western Digital, MyBook Studio Ed. (e-SATA)
0rpm
1000GB
5397 
69.4 
66.1 
WDH1Q1000N,          

Western Digital, MyBook Pro Edition (FW800)
7200rpm
500GB
5104 
61.8 
55.4 
WDG1T5000N,          

Western Digital, MyBook Studio Ed. (FW800)
0rpm
1000GB
5055 
67.7 
58.1 
WDH1Q1000N,          

Formac, Disk 500 XTR Raven (FW800)
7200rpm
500GB
4454 
64.3 
46.6 
FBR0500-2U,          

Seagate, e-SATA External
7200rpm
500GB
4300 
50.8 
48.5 
ST3500601XS-RK,          

Western Digital, MyBook Studio Ed. (FW400)
0rpm
1000GB
4201 
40.4 
34.9 
WDH1Q1000N,          

Western Digital, My Book Pro Edition (FW400)
7200rpm
500GB
3764 
41.6 
34.1 
WDG1T5000N,          

Western Digital, MyBook Studio Ed. (USB2.0)
0rpm
1000GB
3445 
34.9 
27.5 
WDH1Q1000N,          

CMS, ABS Plus (250GB)
7200rpm
250GB
3361 
34.4 
24.8 
UBASE2-250.0,          

Western Digital, My Book Pro Edition (USB)
7200rpm
500GB
3342 
35 
24.3 
WDG1T5000N,          

Formac, Disk 500 XTR Raven (FW400)
7200rpm
500GB
3317 
36.3 
30.5 
FBR0500-2U,          

Seagate, Pushbutton Backup (FW400)
7200rpm
750GB
3274 
38.4 
32.3 
ST3750640CB-RK,          

Seagate, Pushbutton Backup (USB)
7200rpm
750GB
3250 
34.9 
25.7 
ST3750640CB-RK,          

Buffalo, Mini Station
rpm
500GB
3176 
36 
27.6 
HD-P500U2,          

Seagate, PushButton Backup
7200rpm
400GB
3171 
29.1 
22.5 
ST3400801CB-RK,          

Western Digital, My Book Mirror Edition
5200rpm
2000GB
3128 
33.6 
26.4 
WDH2U20000N,          

Western Digital, Passport Essential
5400rpm
250GB
3085 
34.8 
27.2 
WD2500XMSB,          

Fujitsu-Siemens, HandyDrive 300 (USB2.0)
4200rpm
300GB
2770 
29.6 
23.6 
MME.2300UB,          

Formac, Mini Disk Raven (USB 2.0)
5400rpm
80GB
2757 
27.6 
27.6 
80GB,          

Seagate, Portable Hard Drive
5400rpm
100GB
2665 
28.8 
24.3 
ST9100801U2-RK,          

Buffalo, HD Portable
5400rpm
40GB
2576 
27.1 
23.9 
HD-PH40U2/BST,          

CMS, ABS Plus (40GB)
5400rpm
40GB
2557 
28 
24.6 
UABS254-40.0,          

Seagate, 160GB External
5400rpm
160GB
2480 
31.5 
24.6 
ST9160821U2-RK,          

Western Digital, Essential
7200rpm
250GB
22.3 
WD2500B012-RNE,          

Western Digital, WD Passport
5400rpm
80GB
23.8 
19.7 
WD800U017-RTE,          

Seagate, Pocket Hard Drive
3600rpm
5GB
7.1 
6.7 
ST650211USB,          

Formac, Mini Disk
5400rpm
80GB
27.9 
26.6 
80GB Raven (FW400),          

Seagate, PocketDrive
3600rpm
6GB
6.5 
47.6 
ST660211U-RK,