| 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 |
With three platters spinning to just
two on the Samsung drive, the 5T060H6 was more handicapped in this area, and posted
slower access times in both HDTach 2.61 and WinBench99. The difference was
about 3ms.
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% |
|
|
|
With an average Burst Speed of
56.8 mbps, the Maxtor 5T060H6 out performs the competitor. Additionally, Read Speed was another strong
point of the Diamond Max drive, as it came in far
above the Samsung SpinPoint. However when it comes to access time and CPU utilization the Samsung
SpinPoint is the clear winner, using only 4.9% as opposed to 6.1% for the
Maxtor.
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 clearly sides with the 60GB Maxtor Diamond
Max in just about every case, illustrating that 7200RPM spindle speeds are
still a big factor when choosing a drive for the home or office computer.
Generally speaking, the test system seemed to boot faster, and test programs launched
a bit faster on the Diamond Max hard drive.
If we look at cost analysis for
a moment, it is clear that the Samsung SpinPoint SV6004H offers the best
storage for the price ($1.93/GB) and the Maxtor Diamond Max 5T060H6 is the more expensive option
($2.33/GB).
However, for performance oriented systems it
is clear that the data numbers have more weight, and the Maxtor would be the better option
in this case. For a home system where cost constraints are more
of a factor, the Samsung drive would offer a very capable solution with low noise
signatures.
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