Harddisks IDE
Benchmarks
 
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7200 rpm drives 5400 rpm drives
Harddisk

IBM Deskstar 60GXP
IBM Deskstar 120GXP
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X
Quantum Fireball Plus AS
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV
Western Digital Caviar BB (new type)

Western Digital Caviar JB
Maxtor DiamondMax D540X
Western Digital Caviar AB (new type)
Benchmark (Mb/s)
Business Disk WinMark 99
8800
9900
8000
7700
8500
8500
 10100
10300
7800
Highend Disk WinMark 99
29100
32600
26700
22700
27500
28000
 35000
24200
26100
AVS/Express 3.4
32200
33500
27000
26000
28000
21700
 28600
24500
19800
FrontPage 98
170100
172400
159000
157000
163100
146800
 178300
162100
158700
MicroStation SE
38500
40000
31100
30400
34900
34200
 42000
34500
31000
Photoshop 4.0
11800
13900
11700
10300
11700
12500
 15300
10400
12000
Premiere 4.2
23500
25900
20800
16800
24800
24600
 32500
22400
22400
SoundForge 4.0
50400
58900
46300
30300
38200
54000
 60700
27300
51900
Visual C++
33700
38400
32100
24700
32100
34300
 43900
28000
32500
Read Transfer Rate
0
Beginning
39000
47800
41700
35300
42200
43700
 49300
36600
42000
End
21300
25000
25400
20700
27200
27900
 29200
20200
24500
Service Time (ms)
13.3
12.6
12.5
13.7
14.1
14.1
 14.1
15.2
14.4
Temp. above amb. ºC
21.8
19.8
20.5
19.6
19.3
18.9
 15.3
16.3
17.6
Noise (idle) dB/A @ 0.7"
45.9
45.8
46.3
46.5
41.3
47.1
 45.0
45.5
43.7

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