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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 broad variety of 3.5“ hard drives, covering capacities between 36 GB and 3 TB. We utilize an Intel Core i5 2500K processor on a Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard and Windows 7 and will constantly update this Charts set as new drives become available.

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[01] Read Throughput Average: h2benchw 3.16
Sequential Transfer Rates (Average)
[02] Read Throughput Maximum: h2benchw 3.16
Sequential Transfer Rates (Maximum)
[03] Read Throughput Minimum: h2benchw 3.16
Sequential Transfer Rates (Minimum)
[04] Write Throughput Average: h2benchw 3.16
Sequential Transfer Rates (Average)
[05] Write Throughput Maximum: h2benchw 3.16
Sequential Transfer Rates (Maximum)
[06] Write Throughput Minimum: h2benchw 3.16
Sequential Transfer Rates (Minimum)
[07] Read Access Time: h2benchw 3.16
Access Time [t in ms] ((including rotational latency))
[08] Write Access Time: h2benchw 3.16
Access Time [t in ms] ((including rotational latency))
[09] Interface Performance: h2benchw 3.16
Maximum Interface Bandwidth [MB/s]
[10] PCMark 7 System Storage
System Storage (Score)
[11] PCMark 7 Windows Defender
Windows Defender [MB/s]
[12] PCMark 7 Importing Pictures to Windows Photo Gallery
Importing Pictures to Windows Photo Gallery [MB/s]
[13] PCMark 7 Video editing using Windows Movie Maker
Video editing using Windows Movie Maker [MB/s]
[14] PCMark 7 Windows Media Center Performance
Windows Media Center Performance
[15] PCMark 7 Adding music to Windows Media Player
Adding music to Windows Media Player [MB/s]
[16] PCMark 7 Application loading
Application loading [MB/s]
[17] PCMark 7 Gaming
Gaming [MB/s]
[18] IOMeter 2006.07.27 4K Random Reads
4K Random Reads Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second)
[19] IOMeter 2006.07.27 4K Random Writes
4K Writes Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second)
[20] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Database
Database Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second)
[21] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Fileserver
Fileserver Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second)
[22] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Web Server
Web Server Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second)
[23] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Workstation
Workstation Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second)
[24] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Streaming Reads
Streaming Reads Benchmark Pattern (Average throughput [MB/s])
[25] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Streaming Writes
Streaming Writes Benchmark Pattern (Average throughput [MB/s])
[26] Power Requirement at Idle
measured after 10 minutes system idle (Avg. Power [Watt])
[27] Power Requirement: HD Video Playback
via VLC Player (Avg. Power [Watt])
[28] Power Requirement at Maximum Write Throughput
Streaming Writes Benchmark (Avg. Power [Watt])
[29] Performance per Watt Streaming Writes
at Streaming Writes ([Streaming Writes MB per Watt])
[30] Power Requirement at Database Benchmark
Database Benchmark (Avg. Power [Watt])
[31] Performance per Watt Database
at Database Operations ([Database I/Os per Watt])
[32] Drive Surface Temperature Centigrade
Ambient temperature 22°C
[33] Drive Surface Temperature Fahrenheit
Ambient temperature 72°F
[34] Desktop Performance
50% Throughput - 25% PCMark - 25% I/O

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