Western Digital has been better in delivering quick access times than many others, and once again the WD Scorpio drive beats all of its 5,400 RPM competitors in this test.
The WD Scorpio’s agility benefits I/O benchmarks, where it outperforms the Seagate Momentus 7200.4 in the database and file server tests. Fujitsu’s results with the MHA2500CH are average, but acceptable.
Summary
- Western Digital First To Introduce 640GB Notebook Hard Drives
- Fujitsu/Toshiba MJA2500CH (500GB)
- Western Digital Scorpio (WD6400BEVT, 640GB)
- Comparison Table And Test Setup
- Throughput Diagrams
- Benchmark Results: Access Time And I/O Performance
- Benchmark Results: Throughput
- Benchmark Results: PCMark Vantage
- Benchmark Results: Power And Efficiency
- Conclusion
