The Protégé does surprisingly well in our
IOMeter suite. Though it turns in the low scores that one would expect under
Linear and
Very Light loads, WD's firmware allows the drive to perform well under escalating loads. Its IOMeter
Workstation Index (a normalized average of Light, Medium, and Heavy loads) score of 117.96 actually edges by the
Maxtor DiamondMax 80 and is decidedly higher than value offerings from Quantum and Seagate.
Conclusion...
