Final Thoughts:
We’ve hammered through a lot of results today, so we’ll first recap them.
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Test
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Read Speed (max)
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Read Speed (min)
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Read Speed (average)
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Write Speed (average)
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Write Speed (max)
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Access Time
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DataMarck
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Not used due to strange results
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HD Tune
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94.6MB/sec
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46.2MB/sec
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76.5MB/sec
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75.0MB/sec
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94.5MB/sec
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14.1ms
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Performance Test 6.1
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92.2MB/sec
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91.5MB/sec
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CrystalDiskMark 2.1
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Varies on file size.
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Sisoft Sandra
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75.59MB/sec
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14.0ms
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Looking at the table, we can see the results are pretty close between the tests listed. Our average read speed was somewhere in the ballpark of ~76MB/sec, and out average write speed was about the same. Our access time was around 14ms, putting us right in the middle with other smaller drives out there.
Conclusion:
It’s a shame for Western Digital to tell the public this drive isn’t a “performance drive.” With seek times averaging the same as most 300-500GB drives out there, and an average read speed close to those drives as well, the Caviar Green 1TB drive seems like a performance drive in my books. If you’re still skeptical about the results we’ve shown here today, compare them to the Velociraptor drive (priced ~$150 more) and see how close the resutls are. The temperature of the drive is also much lower than other drives, and at the cost of $89.99 from Newegg.com, this drive is a freakin’ steal! Because of the performance, as well as the pricing, I give this product the TechwareLabs Awesome Hardware award!
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Take a look at it!
Big and green and not the hulk.