Hard Drive Physicals
Specification Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66)IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66)Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33)Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66)Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66)
Model Designation MPD3182AH DJNA-372200 92048D8 QM318200KA-A AC418000
Rotations Per Minute 7200 RPM7200 RPM7200 RPM7200 RPM7200 RPM
Gigabytes Per Platter 4.6 GB4.6 GB5.1 GB4.6 GB4.6 GB
Seek Time 9.0 ms9.0 ms9.0 ms8.5 ms9.0 ms
Buffer Size 512 KB2048 KB512 KB512 KB2048 KB

 Testbed Disclosure  Ziff Davis WinBench 99 under Windows 2000 Professional using NTFS *  Testbed Disclosure 
Benchmark Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66)IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66)Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33)Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66)Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66)
Business Disk WinMark 99 (KB/sec) Not Tested Not Tested 5867 Not Tested Not Tested
High-End Disk WinMark 99 (KB/sec) Not Tested Not Tested 13733 Not Tested Not Tested
AVS/Express 3.4 (KB/sec)Not Tested Not Tested 13900 Not Tested Not Tested
FrontPage 98 (KB/sec)Not Tested Not Tested 83633 Not Tested Not Tested
MicroStation SE (KB/sec)Not Tested Not Tested 19133 Not Tested Not Tested
Photoshop 4.0 (KB/sec)Not Tested Not Tested 7247 Not Tested Not Tested
Premiere 4.2 (KB/sec)Not Tested Not Tested 11267 Not Tested Not Tested
Sound Forge 4.0 (KB/sec)Not Tested Not Tested 13333 Not Tested Not Tested
Visual C++ (KB/sec)Not Tested Not Tested 14933 Not Tested Not Tested
Disk/Read Transfer RateStorageReview.com
Beginning (KB/sec)Not Tested Not Tested 21500 Not Tested Not Tested
End (KB/sec)Not Tested Not Tested 13800 Not Tested Not Tested
Disk Access Time (ms)Not Tested Not Tested 15.7 Not Tested Not Tested
Disk CPU Utilization (%)Not Tested Not Tested 0.51 Not Tested Not Tested

 Testbed II Performance Graphs Testbed II 
Business Disk WinMark 99
High-End Disk WinMark 99
Windows 2000 Professional using NTFS
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 5867|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
Windows 2000 Professional using NTFS
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 13733|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested

 Testbed Disclosure  Ziff Davis WinBench 99 under Windows 95 OSR 2.1 using FAT 32 *  Testbed Disclosure 
Benchmark Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66)IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66)Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33)Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66)Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66)
Business Disk WinMark 99 (KB/sec) 3213 3763 3387 3343 3650
High-End Disk WinMark 99 (KB/sec) 11033 11700 10300 11733 12133
AVS/Express 3.4 (KB/sec)8500 9760 6353 9570 10167
FrontPage 98 (KB/sec)36600 37300 37100 37400 37333
MicroStation SE (KB/sec)11467 13300 9377 11600 13367
Photoshop 4.0 (KB/sec)7753 7810 8053 8553 7737
Premiere 4.2 (KB/sec)8100 7780 9017 8077 9367
Sound Forge 4.0 (KB/sec)13700 15433 13400 15900 14567
Visual C++ (KB/sec)13000 14133 12967 13067 14000
Disk/Read Transfer RateStorageReview.com
Beginning (KB/sec)20800 18000 21500 20300 17900
End (KB/sec)13900 11400 13900 12400 11200
Disk Access Time (ms)13.1 13.6 15.9 11.7 13.6
Disk CPU Utilization (%)6.05 5.08 3.92 6.60 5.11

 Testbed Disclosure  Ziff Davis WinBench 99 under Windows NT 4.0 using NTFS *  Testbed Disclosure 
Benchmark Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66)IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66)Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33)Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66)Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66)
Business Disk WinMark 99 (KB/sec)3803 4100 4247 4267 4047
High-End Disk WinMark 99 (KB/sec)11400 11800 12933 12700 11533
AVS/Express 3.4 (KB/sec)17333 18233 12467 16967 17400
FrontPage 98 (KB/sec)35267 41033 45467 40267 40333
MicroStation SE (KB/sec)16867 17967 15900 18100 17600
Photoshop 4.0 (KB/sec)7097 7140 7390 7620 6950
Premiere 4.2 (KB/sec)8767 8787 11667 9933 8707
Sound Forge 4.0 (KB/sec)9380 9807 12967 11267 9490
Visual C++ (KB/sec)9450 9817 12533 10933 9643
Disk/Read Transfer RateStorageReview.com
Beginning (KB/sec)20900 18000 21500 20300 17900
End (KB/sec)13900 11400 13800 12400 11200
Disk Access Time (ms)13.3 13.2 15.7 11.4 13.3
Disk CPU Utilization (%)2.70 2.85 2.48 2.87 2.79

 Testbed Disclosure  ThreadMark 2.0 under Windows 95 OSR 2.1 using FAT 32 *  Testbed Disclosure 
Benchmark Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66)IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66)Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33)Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66)Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66)
Data Transfer Rate (MB/sec) 8.95 7.63 9.17 8.81 8.49
Average CPU Utilization (%) 33.12 32.92 30.72 35.03 35.23
KB/sec per 1% CPU Utilization (KB/sec) 270 232 298 251 241

 Testbed Disclosure  ThreadMark 2.0 under Windows NT 4.0 using NTFS *  Testbed Disclosure 
Benchmark Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66)IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66)Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33)Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66)Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66)
Data Transfer Rate (MB/sec) 11.75 10.31 13.95 11.29 10.14
Average CPU Utilization (%) 18.93 16.70 23.08 18.92 16.85
KB/sec per 1% CPU Utilization (KB/sec) 621 617 604 597 602

 Testbed Disclosure  Ziff Davis WinBench 98 under Windows 95 OSR 2.1 using FAT 32 *  Testbed Disclosure 
Benchmark Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66)IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66)Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33)Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66)Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66)
Business Disk WinMark 98 (KB/sec) Not Tested 2560 1978 2102 2478
Spread Sheet / Database (KB/sec)Not Tested 2362 1844 1916 2304
WordPerfect (KB/sec)Not Tested 3080 2402 2564 3000
Publishing (KB/sec)Not Tested 2230 1736 1888 2168
Browsers (KB/sec)Not Tested 3344 2312 2434 3050
Task Switching (KB/sec)Not Tested 3220 3442 2916 2996
High-End Disk WinMark 98 (KB/sec)Not Tested 6214 5470 5682 6180
AVS/Express 3.1 (KB/sec)Not Tested 4514 3638 4008 4414
Frontpage 97 (KB/sec)Not Tested 4650 4328 4250 4792
Microstation 95 (KB/sec)Not Tested 11760 9240 10300 12100
Photoshop 4.0 (KB/sec)Not Tested 4650 4864 4540 4520
Premiere 4.2 (KB/sec)Not Tested 9676 10180 9138 9796
PV-Wave 6.1 (KB/sec)Not Tested 4642 3542 4118 4550
Visual C++ 5.0 (KB/sec)Not Tested 14140 12640 12840 14000
Disk/Read Random Access (ms)Not Tested 13.3 16.3 11.8 13.5
Disk/Read Transfer RateStorageReview.com
Beginning (KB/sec)Not Tested 18000 21500 20480 17900
End (KB/sec)Not Tested 10800 12800 11700 10540
Disk/Read CPU Utilization (%)Not Tested 12.18 11.12 19.62 12.06
Transfer Rate (KB/sec)Not Tested 17988 21448 20346 17925
KB/sec per 1% CPU Utilization (KB/sec) Not Tested 1477 1929 1037 1486

 Testbed Disclosure  Ziff Davis WinBench 98 under Windows NT 4.0 using NTFS *  Testbed Disclosure 
Benchmark Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66)IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66)Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33)Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66)Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66)
Business Disk WinMark 98 (KB/sec)Not Tested 2876 2444 2622 2778
Spread Sheet / Database (KB/sec)Not Tested 2420 2238 2350 2354
WordPerfect (KB/sec)Not Tested 3288 2734 2922 3190
Publishing (KB/sec)Not Tested 2926 2308 2508 2796
Browsers (KB/sec)Not Tested 3374 2914 3280 3264
Task Switching (KB/sec)Not Tested 2848 3572 3460 2784
High-End Disk WinMark 98 (KB/sec)Not Tested 6712 6450 6460 6742
AVS/Express 3.1 (KB/sec)Not Tested 5266 4128 4692 4982
Frontpage 97 (KB/sec)Not Tested 4916 4994 4710 5076
Microstation 95 (KB/sec)Not Tested 13760 12500 13580 13880
Photoshop 4.0 (KB/sec)Not Tested 4580 5382 4646 4626
Premiere 4.2 (KB/sec)Not Tested 11480 10920 11240 11580
PV-Wave 6.1 (KB/sec)Not Tested 5220 4708 4986 5438
Visual C++ 5.0 (KB/sec)Not Tested 12920 13700 12640 12320
Disk/Read Random Access (ms)Not Tested 12.6 15.7 11.4 12.7
Disk/Read Transfer RateStorageReview.com
Beginning (KB/sec)Not Tested 18000 21500 20500 17880
End (KB/sec)Not Tested 10740 12800 11700 10500
Disk/Read CPU Utilization (%)Not Tested 7.99 8.97 9.04 7.94
Transfer Rate (KB/sec)Not Tested 17987 21400 20416 17898
KB/sec per 1% CPU Utilization (KB/sec)Not Tested 2251 2386 2258 2254

 Testbed I Performance Graphs Testbed I 
Business Disk WinMark 99
Windows 95, OSR 2.1 using FAT32
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 3763|
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 3650|
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 3387|
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 3343|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 3213|
Windows NT 4.0 using NTFS
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 4267|
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 4247|
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 4100|
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 4047|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 3803|
High-End Disk WinMark 99
Windows 95, OSR 2.1 using FAT32
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 12133|
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 11733|
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 11700|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 11033|
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 10300|
Windows NT 4.0 using NTFS
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 12933|
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 12700|
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 11800|
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 11533|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 11400|
ThreadMark 2.0 Data Transfer Rate
Windows 95, OSR 2.1 using FAT32
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 9.17|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 8.95|
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 8.81|
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 8.49|
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 7.63|
Windows NT 4.0 using NTFS
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 13.95|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 11.75|
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 11.29|
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 10.31|
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 10.14|
Business Disk WinMark 98
Windows 95, OSR 2.1 using FAT32
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 2560|
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 2478|
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 2102|
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 1978|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
Windows NT 4.0 using NTFS
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 2876|
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 2778|
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 2622|
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 2444|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
High-End Disk WinMark 98
Windows 95, OSR 2.1 using FAT32
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 6214|
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 6180|
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 5682|
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 5470|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested
Windows NT 4.0 using NTFS
Western Digital Expert (18.0 GB ATA-66) - 6742|
IBM Deskstar 22GXP (22.0 GB ATA-66) - 6712|
Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18.2 GB ATA-66) - 6460|
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB ATA-33) - 6450|
Fujitsu Desktop 18 (18.2 GB ATA-66) - Not Tested


*Note: Threadmark 2.0 and WinBench98 test results are the average of five trials.
WinBench99 test results are the average of three trials.
Windows 2000 Professional Test Bed Disclosure
Windows 95 Test Bed Disclosure
Windows NT 4.0 Test Bed Disclosure
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