PC Components Storage SSDs Energy-Saving Hard Drives Features By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 3 June 2008 Page 8 of 11: I/O Performance Page 1: Energy-Efficient Hard Drives Compared Page 2: Saving Power on Hard Drives Page 3: Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 Page 4: Western Digital GreenPower Family Page 5: WD7500AACS aka Caviar GP Green Power Page 6: Benchmarks and Settings Page 7: Benchmarks, Continued Page 8: I/O Performance Page 9: Application Performance Page 10: Power Consumption Page 11: Conclusion I/O PerformanceThe energy-efficient drives clearly aren’t designed for I/O intensive workloads.Stay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware NewsletterGet Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Current page: I/O Performance Prev Page Benchmarks, Continued Next Page Application Performance Patrick Schmid and Achim RoosSocial Links Navigation More about ssdsThunderbolt 5 equipped LaCie Rugged Pro5 SSD boasts 6,700 MB/s data transfersBiwin Black Opal X570 Pro 4TB PCIe 5.0 — SSD using SM2508 controller, coming in March 2025LatestMicrosoft auto-updates consumer PCs to Windows 11 24H2 — you can defer the update for five weeksSee more latest ► Most PopularIntel takes down AMD in our integrated graphics battle royale — iGPUs are still nowhere near dedicated GPU levels but use much less powerMac Mini (M4 Pro) tested: Tiny titanTested: OS update solves Raspberry Pi’s age-old YouTube frame-rate problem.HDD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2025: Here's all the hard disks we've tested over the past couple of years ranked by performance.Best Raspberry Pi Projects: November 2024Intel Core Ultra 9 285K cooling testing: How much does it take to keep Arrow Lake cool in MSI's MPG Gungnir 300R Airflow PC Case? 10 Raspberry Pi Halloween projects from 2024 that scared our socks offIntel Core Ultra 7 265K cooling testing: How much does it take to keep Arrow Lake cool in MSI's MPG Velox 100R PC Case?Building a new family PC? These motherboards bring style and substanceAMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core i9-14900K FaceoffDon't overlook this core component when building your next PC
