The SpinPoint deftly turns the tables when it comes to our
IOMeter suites. Its Workstation Index (a normalized average of
light, medium, and heavly loadsof 144.03 ranks as the highest score yet recorded for a 5400
RPM drive. Here the Samsung leads
IBM's Deskstar 40GV by about 5% and WD's
Caviar WD600AB by a substantial 10%. The V30's scores in the File Server and Database indices are similarly impressive.
Conclusion...