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All Enterprise Hard Drive Charts 2010
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This charts set provides test results of the latest 2.5" and 3.5" business/enterprise hard drives with SAS interfaces. 35 individual test results cover all important characteristics such as throughput, I/O performance, application performance, surface temperature, power consumption and efficiency. We also create a performance index to facilitate your decision making.
Access Time: Read Average
Access Time [t in ms] ((including rotational latency))
Access Time: Write Average
Access Time [t in ms] ((including rotational latency))
Drive Surface Temperature (°C)
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Drive Surface Temperature (°F)
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Efficiency: Performance per Watt at Streaming Reads
Performance per Watt ([Streaming Read I/Os per Watt])
Efficiency: Performance per Watt at Workstation I/O Activity
Performance per Watt ([Workstation I/O Operations per Watt])
I/O Performance: Database
Database Benchmark Pattern (average I/O operations per second for all queue depth)
I/O Performance: File Server
File Server Benchmark Pattern (average I/O operations per second for all queue depth)
I/O Performance: Streaming Reads
Streaming Reads Benchmark Pattern (average I/O operations per second for all queue depth)
I/O Performance: Streaming Writes
Streaming Writes Benchmark Pattern (average I/O operations per second for all queue depth)
I/O Performance: Web Server
Web Server Benchmark Pattern (average I/O operations per second for all queue depth)
I/O Performance: Workstation
Workstation Benchmark Pattern (average I/O operations per second for all queue depth)
Interface Performance (MB/s)
Maximum Interface Bandwidth [MB/s]
PCMark Vantage (Add Music to Windows Media Player)
adding music to Windows Media Player
PCMark Vantage (Application Launching, MB/s)
Application loading
PCMark Vantage (Gaming, MB/s)
Gaming [MB/s]
PCMark Vantage (Windows Defender, MB/s)
Windows Defender [MB/s]
PCMark Vantage (Windows Media Center, MB/s)
Windows Media Center [MB/s]
PCMark Vantage (Windows Movie Maker, MB/s)
Video editing using Windows Movie Maker [MB/s]
PCMark Vantage (Windows Photo Gallery Import, MB/s)
Importing Pictures to Windows Photo Gallery [MB/s]
PCMark Vantage (Windows Vista Startup, MB/s)
Windows Vista Startup [MB/s]
PCMark Vantage Overall Result
Score
Performance Index for Overall Enterprise Performance (40% I/O, 40% Throughput, 20% PCMark)
40% Throughput - 20% PCMark - 40% I/O
Power Consumption: at Maximum Throughput
Streaming Reads Benchmark (Avg. Power [Watt])
Power Consumption: at Workstation I/O Activity
Workstation-type I/O Benchmark (Avg. Power [Watt])
Power Consumption: FullHD 1080p Video Playback
Power Consumption: in Active Idle State
Streaming Read Throughput
Streaming Reads Benchmark Pattern (average MB/s per second for all queue depth)
Streaming Write Throughput
Streaming Writes Benchmark Pattern (average MB/s per second for all queue depth)
Throughput: Read Average
Sequential Transfer Rates (Average) ([MB/s, sorted by average])
Throughput: Read Maximum
Sequential Transfer Rates (Maximum) ([MB/s, sorted by maximum])
Throughput: Read Minimum
Sequential Transfer Rates (Minimum) ([MB/s, sorted by minimum])
Throughput: Write Average
Sequential Transfer Rates (Average) ([MB/s, sorted by average])
Throughput: Write Maximum
Sequential Transfer Rates (Maximum) ([MB/s, sorted by maximum])
Throughput: Write Minimum
Sequential Transfer Rates (Minimum) ([MB/s, sorted by minimum])