Real Gentlemen: Performance IDE Hard Drives

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In this particular benchmark, the new Seagate Barracuda ATA IV is not able to get a top ranking. Both new Western Digital drives score more than 9000 Business WinMark points.

Here we can see that real progress has been made: All the three performance drives are clearly faster for high-end applications than all other drives. The Barracuda ATA IV from Seagate establishes a new record: 23,100 points.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

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.