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| Western Digital Scorpio 250GB SATA 2.5" Hard Drive Review/Comparison |
| Page 2 - PCMark05 |
| Page 3 - HD Tune |
| Page 4 - Conclusion |
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Firstly: PC Mark05:
All the tests performed with PCMark05 were run twice in succession and the results displayed below are an average of the two, however it should be noted that the results from both tests for all the drives were less than 2% different at the very worst, so the performance of all the drives is at least very consistent and reliable.
While the above tests show that the Seagate with its 7,200rpm is the fastest drive of the three, the new 250GB Western Digital has shown a healthy performance increase over its 160GB counterpart, and in the ‘XP Startup’ and ‘File Write’ tests comes very close to the Seagate’s performance, despite the Western Digital running at a lower speed of 5,400rpm. So we can see that the increased bit density of the higher capacity drive seems to have helped with its raw data throughput speed.
