Serial ATA Is Here: Seagate Barracuda ATA V and Five of the Latest Controllers Reviewed

Business Disk WinBench 99: Just Average

High-End Disk WinBench 99: Acceptable Result

The outcome is somewhat different with High-End Disk WinBench. Here, the Barracuda ATA V cuts a much better figure, even if it can't quite match the performance of the DeskStar 180 GXP from IBM or the WD2000JB from Western Digital.

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.