Even at the end of the medium, the Fujitsu drive is still able to read at almost 20 MB/s. This is mostly due to the high data density of the disks, equalizing a bit of the slower 5400-rpm rotation speed.
Data Transfer Diagram: Western Digital WD400
The WD400 is hardly able to beat the good results of the Fujitsu drive.
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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
