Our all-new 2012 Hard Drive Charts include 46 of the latest HDDs and the most important products of previous generations. All popular spindle speeds between 5,400 RPM and 10,000 RPM are included, allowing users to make direct comparison between a ...
All HDD Charts 2012
- Desktop Performance
- Drive Surface Temperature
- Drive Surface Temperature
- Interface Performance: h2benchw 3.13
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 4K Random Reades Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 4K Random Writes Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Database Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Fileserver Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Streaming Reads Average throughput [MB/s]
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Streaming Writes Average throughput [MB/s]
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Web Server Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Workstation Average I/O operations per second
- PCMark 7 Score
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- Performance per Watt [Database I/Os per Watt]
- Performance per Watt [Streaming Writes MB per Watt]
- Power Requirement at Database Benchmark Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Requirement at Idle Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Requirement at Maximum Write Throughput Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Requirement: HD Video Playback Avg. Power [Watt]
- Read Access Time: h2benchw 3.16 (including rotational latency)
- Read Throughput Average: h2benchw 3.16
- Read Throughput Maximum: h2benchw 3.16
- Read Throughput Minimum: h2benchw 3.16
- Write Access Time: h2benchw 3.16 (including rotational latency)
- Write Throughput Average: h2benchw 3.16
- Write Throughput Maximum: h2benchw 3.16
- Write Throughput Minimum: h2benchw 3.16
Our new SSD charts currently list 40 different solid state drives, featuring controllery by Indilinx, Intel, J-Micron, Marvell, Sandforce and Samsung. You can compare by performance or by power consumption. All results were gathered after so-calle...
All SSD Charts 2011
- AS-SSD 4K Q64 Random Read
- AS-SSD 4K Q64 Random Write
- AS-SSD 4K Random Read
- AS-SSD 4K Random Write
- AS-SSD Game Copy Benchmark
- AS-SSD ISO Copy Benchmark
- AS-SSD Overall Read Score
- AS-SSD Overall Total Score
- AS-SSD Overall Write Score
- AS-SSD Program Copy Benchmark
- AS-SSD Read Access Times
- AS-SSD Sequential Read
- AS-SSD Sequential Write
- AS-SSD Write Access Times
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- Desktop Performance
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average throughput [MB/s]
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average throughput [MB/s]
- Ipeak Application Score
- Ipeak Application Score
- PCMark 7 Score
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- PCMark 7
- Performance per Watt [Database I/Os per Watt]
- Power Requirement at Database Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Requirement at Idle Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Requirement at Maximum Write Throughput Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Requirement: HD Video Playback Avg. Power [Watt]
SSDs do not only accelerate client PCs, but servers will increasingly benefit from Solid State Drives. We looked at the performance scaling of an individual SSD and up to five identical SSDs in RAID 0 array.
All SSD RAID 0 Charts 2011
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 Test : 4000 MB, Repetition: 5x
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average throughput [MB/s]
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average throughput [MB/s]
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2008.08.18 Average I/O operations per second
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
Our latest SSD charts currently include 28 different products for comparison. Products based on Indilinx, Intel, J-Micron, Sandforce and other controllers battle for performance.
All SSD Charts 2010
- Desktop Performance Index (50% Throughput, 25% PCMark, 25% I/O) in %
- Efficiency: Performance per Watt at Streaming Reads [Streaming Read I/Os per Watt]
- Efficiency: Performance per Watt at Workstation I/O Activity [Workstation I/O Operations per Watt]
- Fresh state: Access Time Read
- Fresh state: Access Time Write
- Fresh state: Interface Performance: h2benchw 3.13
- Fresh state: PCMark Vantage (Application Launching)
- Fresh state: PCMark Vantage (Gaming)
- Fresh state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Defender)
- Fresh state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Media Center)
- Fresh state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Media Player)
- Fresh state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Movie Maker)
- Fresh state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Photo Gallery)
- Fresh state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Vista Startup)
- Fresh state: PCMark Vantage Overall Score
- Fresh state: Throughput Read Average [MB/s, sorted by average]
- Fresh state: Throughput Read Maximum [MB/s, sorted by maximum]
- Fresh state: Throughput Read Minimum [MB/s, sorted by minimum]
- Fresh state: Throughput Write Average [MB/s, sorted by average]
- Fresh state: Throughput Write Maximum [MB/s, sorted by maximum]
- Fresh state: Throughput Write Minimum [MB/s, sorted by minimum]
- I/O Performance: 4K Random Reads Average I/O operations per second
- I/O Performance: 4K Random Writes Average I/O operations per second
- I/O Performance: Database Average I/O operations per second
- I/O Performance: File Server Average I/O operations per second
- I/O Performance: Streaming Reads Average I/O operations per second
- I/O Performance: Streaming Writes Average I/O operations per second
- I/O Performance: Web Server Average I/O operations per second
- I/O Performance: Workstation Workstation Benchmark Pattern, [I/Os per sec]
- I/O Performance: Workstation Average I/O operations per second
- Performance Degradation, TRIM / Write Amplification (Fresh vs. Used States)
- Power Consumption: at Maximum Throughput Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Consumption: at Workstation I/O Activity Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Consumption: FullHD 1080p Video Playback Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Consumption: in Active Idle State Avg. Power [Watt]
- Streaming Read Operations 64/128/256 KB Blocks, [I/Os per Sec]
- Streaming Read Throughput Average throughput [MB/s]
- Streaming Write Throughput Average throughput [MB/s]
- Used state: Access Time Read
- Used state: Access Time Write
- Used state: Interface Performance: h2benchw 3.13
- Used state: PCMark Vantage (Application Launching)
- Used state: PCMark Vantage (Gaming)
- Used state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Defender)
- Used state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Media Center)
- Used state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Media Player)
- Used state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Movie Maker)
- Used state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Photo Gallery)
- Used state: PCMark Vantage (Windows Vista Startup)
- Used state: PCMark Vantage Overall
- Used state: Throughput Read Average [MB/s, sorted by average]
- Used state: Throughput Read Maximum [MB/s, sorted by maximum]
- Used state: Throughput Read Minimum [MB/s, sorted by minimum]
- Used state: Throughput Write Average [MB/s, sorted by average]
- Used state: Throughput Write Maximum [MB/s, sorted by maximum]
- Used state: Throughput Write Minimum [MB/s, sorted by minimum]
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, sur...
All Enterprise Hard Drive Charts 2010
- Access Time: Read Average (including rotational latency)
- Access Time: Write Average (including rotational latency)
- Drive Surface Temperature (°C)
- Drive Surface Temperature (°F)
- Efficiency: Performance per Watt at Streaming Reads [Streaming Read I/Os per Watt]
- Efficiency: Performance per Watt at Workstation I/O Activity [Workstation I/O Operations per Watt]
- I/O Performance: Database average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- I/O Performance: File Server average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- I/O Performance: Streaming Reads average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- I/O Performance: Streaming Writes average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- I/O Performance: Web Server average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- I/O Performance: Workstation average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- Interface Performance (MB/s)
- PCMark Vantage (Add Music to Windows Media Player)
- PCMark Vantage (Application Launching, MB/s)
- PCMark Vantage (Gaming, MB/s)
- PCMark Vantage (Windows Defender, MB/s)
- PCMark Vantage (Windows Media Center, MB/s)
- PCMark Vantage (Windows Movie Maker, MB/s)
- PCMark Vantage (Windows Photo Gallery Import, MB/s)
- PCMark Vantage (Windows Vista Startup, MB/s)
- PCMark Vantage Overall Result
- Performance Index for Overall Enterprise Performance (40% I/O, 40% Throu...
- Power Consumption: at Maximum Throughput Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Consumption: at Workstation I/O Activity Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Consumption: FullHD 1080p Video Playback
- Power Consumption: in Active Idle State
- Streaming Read Throughput average MB/s per second for all queue depth
- Streaming Write Throughput average MB/s per second for all queue depth
- Throughput: Read Average [MB/s, sorted by average]
- Throughput: Read Maximum [MB/s, sorted by maximum]
- Throughput: Read Minimum [MB/s, sorted by minimum]
- Throughput: Write Average [MB/s, sorted by average]
- Throughput: Write Maximum [MB/s, sorted by maximum]
- Throughput: Write Minimum [MB/s, sorted by minimum]
Our latest mobile hard drive charts for 2009 compare 2.5" hard drives on a brand new storage platform. The test results include throughput, access time, I/O performance, application performance using PCMark Vantage, power consumption at typical lo...
All 2009 2.5” Mobile Hard Drive Charts
- h2benchw 3.12: Avg Read Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Avg Write Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Interface Performance
- h2benchw 3.12: Max Read Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Max Write Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Min Read Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Min Write Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Read Access Time (including rotational latency)
- h2benchw 3.12: Write Access Time (including rotational latency)
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average MB/s per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average MB/s per second for all queue depth
- Mobile Performance
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- Power Requirement Idle
- Power Requirement Video
- Streaming Read Operations Avg. Power [Watt]
- Streaming Read Operations [Streaming Read I/Os per Watt]
- Workstation-Type I/O Workstation Benchmark Pattern, Avg. Power [Watts]
- Workstation-Type I/O [Workstation I/O Operations per Watt]
Our latest desktop hard drive charts for 2009 compare 3.5" desktop hard drives on our new storage platform. The test results include throughput, access time, I/O performance, application performance using PCMark Vantage, power consumption at typic...
All 2009 3.5” Desktop Hard Drive Charts
- Drive Surface Temperature
- Drive Surface Temperature
- h2benchw 3.12: Avg Read Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Avg Write Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Interface Performance
- h2benchw 3.12: Max Read Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Max Write Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Min Read Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Min Write Throughput [MB/s, sorted by average]
- h2benchw 3.12: Read Access Time (including rotational latency)
- h2benchw 3.12: Write Access Time (including rotational latency)
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average MB/s per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average I/O operations per second for all queue depth
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 average MB/s per second for all queue depth
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- Power Requirement Idle
- Power Requirement Video
- Sound Level
- Sound Level
- Streaming Read Operations Avg. Power [Watt]
- Streaming Read Operations [Streaming Read I/Os per Watt]
- Workstation-Type I/O Workstation Benchmark Pattern, Avg. Power [Watts]
- Workstation-Type I/O [Workstation I/O Operations per Watt]
Our SSD charts for 2009 compare solid state flash-based drives on a new storage platform. The test results include throughput, access time, I/O performance, application performance using PCMark Vantage, power consumption at typical load scenarios,...
All 2009 Flash SSD Charts
- Desktop Performance
- Enterprise Performance
- Interface Performance: h2benchw 3.12
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average throughput [MB/s]
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average I/O operations per second
- IOMeter 2006.07.27 Average throughput [MB/s]
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage
- Performance per Watt [Streaming Read I/Os per Watt]
- Performance per Watt [Workstation I/O Operations per Watt]
- Power Requirement at Idle Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Requirement at Max. Throughput Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Requirement at Workstation I/O Avg. Power [Watt]
- Power Requirement: HD Video Playback Avg. Power [Watt]
- Read Access Time: h2benchw 3.12
- Read Throughput: h2benchw 3.12 [MB/s, sorted by maximum]
- Read Throughput: h2benchw 3.12 [MB/s, sorted by average]
- Read Throughput: h2benchw 3.12 [MB/s, sorted by minimum]
- Write Access Time: h2benchw 3.12
- Write Throughput: h2benchw 3.12 [MB/s, sorted by maximum]
- Write Throughput: h2benchw 3.12 [MB/s, sorted by average]
- Write Throughput: h2benchw 3.12 [MB/s, sorted by minimum]
Our flash SSD charts are a powerful tool to compare flash SSD performance across various different benchmarks. Although most SSDs offer amazingly quick access times and nice performance, some products don't live up to the expectations.
All Flash SSD Charts 2008
- Average Read Transfer Performance
- Average WriteTransfer Performance
- Database I/O Benchmark Pattern
- File Writing Performance
- Fileserver I/O Benchmark Pattern
- Idle Power Consumption
- Interface Performance
- Maximum Power Consumption
- Maximum Read Transfer Rate
- Maximum Write Transfer Performance
- Minimum Read Transfer Performance
- Minimum WriteTransfer Performance
- Price/Performance Index average product pricing by TG Stores
- Random Access Time
- Webserver I/O Benchmark Pattern
- Windows XP Startup Performance
- Workstation I/O Benchmark Pattern
Tom's Interactive Enterprise Hard Drive Charts compare high-end server/workstation hard drives used in enterprise-class systems. The 15 benchmarks we used as a testing platform are the same as the ones featured in the other HDD Charts, but the int...
All Enterprise Hard Drive Charts 2008
- Average Read Transfer Performance
- Average WriteTransfer Performance
- Database I/O Benchmark Pattern
- File Writing Performance
- Fileserver I/O Benchmark Pattern
- Interface Performance
- Maximum Read Transfer Rate
- Maximum Write Transfer Performance
- Minimum Read Transfer Performance
- Minimum WriteTransfer Performance
- Price/Performance Index average product pricing by TG Stores
- Random Access Time
- Webserver I/O Benchmark Pattern
- Windows XP Startup Performance
- Workstation I/O Benchmark Pattern
Tom's Interactive 2.5" Hard Drive Charts compare notebook hard drives. Here you will find 2.5" UltraATA and Serial ATA hard drives manufactured by Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital. The charts include all popular c...
All 2.5" Hard Drive Charts (2008)
- Average Read Transfer Performance
- Average WriteTransfer Performance
- Database I/O Benchmark Pattern
- File Writing Performance
- Fileserver I/O Benchmark Pattern
- Idle Power Consumption
- Interface Performance
- Maximum Drive Surface Temperature
- Maximum Power Consumption
- Maximum Read Transfer Rate
- Maximum Write Transfer Performance
- Minimum Read Transfer Performance
- Minimum WriteTransfer Performance
- Price/Performance Index average product pricing by TG Stores
- Random Access Time
- Webserver I/O Benchmark Pattern
- Windows XP Startup Performance
- Workstation I/O Benchmark Pattern
Tom's Interactive 3.5" Hard Drive Charts compare low-level as well as application performance of more than 40 popular hard drive models. The charts include all popular 3.5" desktop drive manufacturers such as Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Western ...
All 3.5" Hard Drive Charts 2008
- Average Read Transfer Performance
- Average WriteTransfer Performance
- Database I/O Benchmark Pattern
- File Writing Performance
- Fileserver I/O Benchmark Pattern
- Interface Performance
- Maximum Drive Surface Temperature
- Maximum Read Transfer Rate
- Maximum Write Transfer Performance
- Minimum Read Transfer Performance
- Minimum WriteTransfer Performance
- Price/Performance Index average product pricing by TG Stores
- Random Access Time
- Webserver I/O Benchmark Pattern
- Windows XP Startup Performance
- Workstation I/O Benchmark Pattern
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SanDisk Develops World’s Smallest 128Gb NAND Chip
February 22, 2012 – 9:00 PM –
SanDisk as developed a 128 Gb NAND Flash memory chip using 19-nm processing technology. Read more
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Intel Readies New 313 Series Caching SSDs for Ivy Bridge
February 22, 2012 – 9:00 AM –
With Ivy Bridge around the corner, Intel is set to release its new 313 SSD caching series based on 25 nm SLC NAND flash memory. Read more
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Sandisk Acquires SSD Caching Know-How
February 17, 2012 – 1:00 PM –
Sandisk has acquired FlashSoft in an apparent move to offer Flash caching. Read more
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SSDs Have Bleak Future, Says Researchers
February 17, 2012 – 9:00 AM –
SSD performance will only get worse as NAND flash circuity gets smaller. Read more
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SanDisk Intros Extreme and X100 Lines of SSDs
February 15, 2012 – 12:00 PM –
SanDisk launched two lines of SSDs: the Extreme series and the X100 series. Read more
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Momentus XT 750 GB Review: A Second-Gen Hybrid Hard Drive
February 9, 2012 – 12:00 AM
When a little bit of flash memory is good, more must be better, right? Seagate's second-generation Momentus XT hybrid hard drive is out to compete... Read more
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Intel SSD 520 Review: Taking Back The High-End With SandForce
February 6, 2012 – 11:00 AM
If you thought that Intel had conceded the high-end SSD market to its competition, you were wrong. The company's new SSD 520 centers on SandForce's... Read more
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Upgrade Advice: Does Your Fast SSD Really Need SATA 6Gb/s?
February 1, 2012 – 12:00 AM
Are you mulling the potential benefit of an SSD upgrade on a system without 6 Gb/s SATA connectivity? We run the benchmarks on several different... Read more
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Install A Hard Drive Or SSD In Your Notebook's Optical Bay
January 26, 2012 – 12:00 AM
You want a performance-oriented SSD in your notebook, but you also need the capacity of a hard drive. Why not just remove your optical drive, drop... Read more
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Best SSDs For The Money: January 2012
January 24, 2012 – 12:00 AM
Welcome to the year's first SSD recommendations. We updated our list to reflect recent price drops on second-gen SandForce-based hardware. There... Read more
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