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Results for Top 10 Hard Drives tested  
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3.5in Hard Drives
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
       

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, 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
       



2.5in Hard Drives
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          

Samsung,
0rpm
32GB 
6306 
50.9 
39.2 
MCAQE32GMPP-0XA, ATA/66 Solid State          

Toshiba, GSY
7200rpm
160GB 
5713 
50.3 
47.6 
MK1651GSY, SATA 3GB/s          

Toshiba, GSY
7200rpm
120GB 
5661 
50.3 
47.7 
MK1251GSY, SATA 3.0GB/s          

Toshiba, GSX
5400rpm
160GB 
5612 
38.3 
36.6 
MK1637GSX, SATA 3GB/s          

Toshiba, GSX
5400rpm
120GB 
5590 
35.1 
32.2 
MK1237GSX, SATA 3GB/s          

Toshiba, GSY
7200rpm
80GB 
5548 
50.3 
48 
MK8051GSY, SATA 3.0GB/s          

Western Digital, Scorpio Black
7200rpm
320GB 
5526 
65.8 
62.7 
WD3200BEKT, SATA 3.0GB/s          

Toshiba, GSX
5400rpm
250GB 
4777 
47.4 
45.2 
MK2552GSX, SATA 3.0GB/s          

Toshiba, GSX
5400rpm
120GB 
4714 
45.4 
43.3 
MK1246, SATA 3GB/s          



1.8in Hard Drives
Spin Speed
Capacity
PCMark05 HDD score
HD Tach Aver Read MB/s
HD Tune Aver Transfer Rate MB/s

Toshiba, MK
4200rpm
80GB 
2170 
20.9 
19.9 
MK8007GAH, ATA          



External Hard Drives
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,