 File
Copying |
|
|
For this
test a single 8.5GB file is copied from an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD system disk to the
test disk (write to), from the test disk to the OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (read from),
and from the test disk to itself (read and write to self). While this test is
heavily influenced by the SATA controller and by the number of files being
transferred, it provides a good indication of the sustained transfer rates
capable from the hard drive being tested. Higher transfer speeds are best.
 Large File Transfer
Test - 8.5GB Single File |
| Avg. Speed: Write To: (MB/s) |
Points |
Ranking |
| OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD |
56 |
   |
| Plextor PX-128M1S SSD |
51 |
|
 Seagate 3TB Barracuda
XT HDD |
63 |
   |
| Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD |
63 |
|
| Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD |
63 |
|
| Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD |
39 |
|
| Avg. Speed: Read From: (MB/s) |
Points |
Ranking |
| OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD |
49 |
|
| Plextor PX-128M1S SSD |
63 |
|
| Seagate 3TB Barracuda
XT HDD |
48 |
|
| Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD |
48 |
|
| Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD |
47 |
|
| Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD |
45 |
|
| Avg. Speed: Read / Write To Self: (MB/s) |
Points |
Ranking |
| OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD |
60 |
|
| Plextor PX-128M1S SSD |
48 |
|
| Seagate 3TB Barracuda
XT HDD |
50 |
|
| Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD |
48 |
|
| Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD |
38 |
|
| Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD |
36 |
| |
A simple
copying test in Windows Explorer illustrates the basic advantages this 3TB
Seagate Barracuda XT drive brings to the table.
Breaking the 3TB Barrier in
Two Steps
Hard drive capacity is always
on the up and up, but the standards which enable the PC to access those
Terabytes of data change much less frequently.
With the 3TB Barracuda XT, Seagate has inaugurated the
era of +2.1TB SATA III storage devices for mainstream desktop computers.
What's notable about Seagate's 3.5" desktop 3TB Barracuda XT
hard drive is its five platter 7200RPM spindle speed, 64MB of onboard cache and
SATA 6Gb/s NCQ support. Seagate gets around the 2.1TB desktop storage capacity
limitation by creating two partitions (2.1TB + 0.9TB) from the 3TB drive with
the aid of its free DiskWizard software.
As we saw in the benchmarks the 3TB Barracuda XT drive
performed well compared to HDDs of similar capacity. On the price per GB front,
the 3TB Barracuda runs about $0.13/GB, or $390USD. While SSDs are markedly
faster, at a price of nearly ~$1.58/GB (120GB) SSDs are hardly cost effective
for storing GBs of movie, television and music data.
Hard drives are the fundamental building blocks of every
computer system, it's good to know that Seagate is so confident about about its
Barracuda XT series that the company backs each drive with a 5 year warranty!
That's commitment. Whatever type of PC you're building, the 3TB Seagate
Barracuda XT is a worthwhile hard drive to consider.
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