What is the real life performance of Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB(Read/Write Speed) Upgrading to SSD

[LightSwordM]

Hi guys, this is LightSwordM here. i'm here today to know what are the sequential write/read speeds of the Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive, because I'll be moving to an Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SSD for fast storage. I also would like to know if the speed difference is significant.

Computer specificacions:
Intel Core i5-4690
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
ASrock H97M Anniversary Micro-ATX
G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 MHZ(4GBx2) RAM sticks
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
Cougar Spike Micro-ATX Mini Tower Case
Rosewill ARC 550W Semi-Modular Power Supply

 

[spooky2th]

The seagate and the caviar blue drives are very close to each other. Here's a comparison:

http://hdd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Blue-1TB-2012-vs-Seagate-Barracuda-720014-1TB/1779vs1849

The caviar black is the champ.

 

[Guest]

In general even the cheapest SSD will be far superior to any HDD. If you're moving to an SSD I would recommend using it as your OS drive (obviously) plus programs you use most often and keeping the HDD for storage/less used programs/games where speed is less relevant.

As for the speeds on the Seagate, you can find that here:
http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/barracuda-7200-12-ds1668-6-1101us.pdf

Just google 'Seagate Barracuda 1TB specs'.