The Official HDD Benchmark Thread

[Why_ar]

WD5000AAKS-75TMA 500GB :

 

[vinpire]

Lai lai. Benchmark your hdd and post the screenshot here. A great way for ppl to compare different hdds before buying.

Download HD Tune 2.55 here.


For a fair comparison please go to options and set (under benchmark tab):

Test Speed/Accuracy: Set it max towards Accurate
Block Size: 64 KB (should be default)


Latest benchmark:

How to improve HDD performance:
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Last updated: 10/7/08

here is my test :

 

[awayaway]

slowest!

note at cpu load

 

[FinalTidus]

slowest!

note at cpu load

Nice photoshop!!!

 

[Pocoyoz]

re-certified WD 15EADS

 

[cstanhwz]

WDC WD6400BEVT - 00A0RT0 (2.5" 640GB)

Better performance than WD5000BEVT - 00ZAT0 (2.5" 500GB)

For reference:-

 

[awayaway]

Seagate 320gb 7200.10 Raid 0

Seagate 250gb 7200.10

 

[cstanhwz]

Funny... Bought another WD6400BEVT - 00A0RT0 and the benchmark is slower than the first I bought. The 2 HDDs is made on same day.

First WD6400BEVT - 00A0RT0

Second WD6400BEVT - 00A0RT0

 

[Sen]

Samsung F3 1TB

 

[CharmanderWong]

Seagate ST31000528AS CC38

 

[eurofunk]

CrystalDiskMark

can anyone post their crystaldiskmark instead?

 

[i1magic]

Check the Samsung HD103SJ .. 1TB ...

 

[t258jgn]

Any benchmark on WDC WD1002FAEX 1TB

 

[Sen]

http://skyline798.blog118.fc2.com/blog-entry-2198.html

Any benchmark on WDC WD1002FAEX 1TB

 

[t258jgn]

http://skyline798.blog118.fc2.com/blog-entry-2198.html

Don't understand leh.

Which diagram is the FALS & which is FAEX?

 

[cstanhwz]

Any benchmark on WDC WD1002FAEX 1TB

http://aezay.dk/imgs/WD1002FAEX_10.03.26.png

 

[junialum]

This is a 1 year old setup. Hard disks are about a year old.

2x WD Caviar Blue 2x320GB=640GB in RAID 0

1x Seagate 7200 - 500GB

 

[weap0nx]

Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB

Seagate 7200.11 500GB ST3500320AS 500GB

Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS-00R6B0 1.5TB

1 of them:

Another:

WRITES:

Very slow the green drive ;(

 

[junialum]

Swapped out my RAID 0 of 2x WD Blue 320GB as RAID 0 is not reliable enough for me.

Got the Samsung F3 1TB (2 500GB Platters). Here's the benchie

Can't compare to a RAID 0 in terms of speed but so far running well and fast for a single non raid storage solution.
It's made in China.

 

[raysusan]

WD 1002FAEX vs 1500HLFS
which is better?