| Access Time
(ms) |
 |
| HDTach 99 |
Maxtor 5T060H6 |
Samsung SV6004H
|
| Winbench 99 |
17.4 ms |
14.4 ms |
| HDTach 1.61 |
17.6 ms |
14.5 ms |
The Maxtor 5T060H6 came in
about 3ms slower than the Samsung drive. The lead is interesting because the
Samsung drive operates at a lower and quieter RPM level than the 7200RPM
Maxtor. We were a bit surprised by this and had expected rotational speed to be the
deciding factor between these two 60GB hard drives.
HDTach
2.61:
Hard drive Tach 2.61 is standard for benchmarking drives and provides a
wealth of data on the peculiarities of each drive tested. The software tests
five major points; access time, burst speed, read speed and percent CPU
utilization.
 |
| Samsung SV6004H Hard Drive Performance
Graph |
| HDTach 2.61 |
|
|
Maxtor 5T060H6 |
Samsung SV6004H
|
| Access time (ms) |
17.4 ms |
14.4 ms |
|
Read burst speed (mbps) |
56.8 mbps |
54.3 mbps |
| Read speed max (kps) |
39116 kps |
32383 kps |
| Read speed min (kps) |
20420 kps |
8241 kps |
| Read speed avg (kps) |
31188 kps |
25121 kps |
| CPU ultilization |
6.1% |
4.9% |
|
|
|
As far as data is concerned the
Maxtor drive is the lead performer here, coming out just slightly on top of the
Burst Speed test at 56.8Mbps. The Samsung SpinPoint SV6004H, as we saw
previously, offers faster access time at just 14.4 ms on average. The tide
changes yet again as the Maxtor drive displays superior Read Speeds on every
front (and no 8241kps is not a typo).
However, when it comes to
percent CPU utilization, the Maxtor drive fails come in ahead, leaving the
Samsung SpinPoint at just 4.9% CPU utilization, while it uses a larger 6.1%
itself.
WinBench 99:
| WinBench 99 |
|
|
Maxtor 5T060H6 |
Samsung SV6004H |
| Disk Transfer Rate |
|
|
| - Beginning: |
38500 |
30900 |
| - End: |
22900 |
18000 |
| Disk Access Time: |
17.6 ms |
14.5 ms |
| CPU Utilization: |
1.2% |
1.72% |
|
|
|
WinBench 99 points towards the Maxtor drive and
its 7200RPM spindle speed on just about every front other than Disk
Access Time.
With the Samsung SpinPoint SV6004H costing just $193/GB and the Maxtor 5T060H6
coming in at $2.33/GB the Samsung drive is the clear choice in terms of price. Offering
faster access times on average, and higher areal densities than the Maxtor drive it
can't quite keep up to the data levels that the Maxtor boasts.
So while the 60GB Maxtor is the better performer for the most
part, the substantial difference in price leaves the competition a toss-up really. Add to
that quieter operation of the Samsung and you would be hard pressed to
make an overall decision. In terms of performance I would definitely side with the Maxtor
drive, but then again, the Samsung does offer fairly respectable performance at a substantially lower price.
However, when data is concerned, overall performance is important, so we are going to place emphasis
on the read speed and side with the Maxtor 5T060H6 overall. In and of
itself, the 60GB Samsung does offer cost conscious users a very good alternative.
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