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Western Digital Caviar WD600AB
Introduction
Low-Level Measurements
STR Graph
WinMarks
IOMeter Performance
Conclusion
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Western Digital Caviar WD600AB
  February 26, 2001 Author: Eugene Ra  


WB99/Win2k WinMarks

 Testbed II WB99/Win2k WinMarksDetails... 
Business Disk WinMark 99
High-End Disk WinMark 99
Windows 2000 Professional using NTFS
Western Digital Caviar WD600AB (60.0 GB ATA-100) - 7400|
Maxtor DiamondMax 80 (82.0 GB ATA-100) - 7097|
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 (40.9 GB ATA-100) - 6830|
Fujitsu MPG3xxxAT (41.0 GB ATA-100) - 5947|
IBM Deskstar 40GV (40.0 GB ATA-66) - 5807|
Quantum Fireball lct10 (30.0 GB ATA-66) - 4900|
Windows 2000 Professional using NTFS
Western Digital Caviar WD600AB (60.0 GB ATA-100) - 18600|
Maxtor DiamondMax 80 (82.0 GB ATA-100) - 17700|
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 (40.9 GB ATA-100) - 16767|
Fujitsu MPG3xxxAT (41.0 GB ATA-100) - 15433|
IBM Deskstar 40GV (40.0 GB ATA-66) - 13100|
Quantum Fireball lct10 (30.0 GB ATA-66) - 11533|

The 600AB's solid low-level scores translate into a formidable showing in ZD's Disk WinMarks. WD's score of 7.4 MB/sec in the Business test bests the second-place Maxtor DiamondMax 80 by 4%. High-End results are similar, with the Caviar again leading the DiamondMax... this time by 5%. In either case, the 600AB's showing is the best 5400 RPM showing to date.

 IOMeter Performance...

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