Western Digital's new drive posts an IOMeter
Workstation Index score (a normalized average of
Light, Medium and Heavy Workstation access pattern scores) of about 150, an improvement over its predecessor of 12%. Though such a score doesn't propel it to the heights enjoyed by category-leading drives such as the
IBM Deskstar 75GXP or the
Quantum Fireball Plus LM, it does set the WD apart from Maxtor's
DiamondMax Plus 45 and Seagate's
Barracuda ATA II.
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