PC Components Storage HDDs Understanding Hard Drive Performance Features By Patrick Schmid published 5 March 2007 Comments (2) Page 7 of 14: Read Transfer Rates Page 1: A Guide To Hard Drive Selection Page 2: Hard Drive Internals Page 3: Storage Density, Recording Technology Page 4: Platter Diameter Page 5: 8 Or 16 MB Buffer Page 6: Test Setup Page 7: Read Transfer Rates Page 8: Application Performance: Windows XP Start Page 9: Benchmark Results Page 10: Data Transfer Rates Page 11: Interface Bandwidth Page 12: Application Performance Page 13: I/O-Performance, Continued Page 14: Conclusion Read Transfer RatesWrite Transfer RatesI/O PerformanceStay 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 12 13 14 Current page: Read Transfer Rates Prev Page Test Setup Next Page Application Performance: Windows XP Start See all comments (2) Patrick SchmidSocial Links Navigation More about hddsSeagate's HAMR HDDs qualified by customers — volume shipments imminentWD Red Plus 10TB NAS HDD hits its lowest-ever price point for Cyber Monday — Just $146Latest30-year-old Pentium FDIV bug tracked down in the silicon — Ken Shirriff takes the microscope to Intel's first-ever recallSee more latest ► 2 Comments Comment from the forums t30ne why only comparing seagate? what about WD? Reply darkfall13 They were comparing the minute differences or in this case indifferences within a range of nearly identical hard drives. Branding really didn't matter except to just have them all the same... Reply View All 2 Comments Most PopularBest 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 PCHands-on with Lian Li's Lancool 207 PC case: Rethinking ATX on a budgetCreate even faster with local AI-enhanced desktopsAMD RX 7600 XT vs RX 7600 GPU faceoff: Is 16GB of video memory worth it in a budget GPU?HeyGears brings together precision and speed with the UltraCraft Reflex RS
