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Date |
: Sept 17th, 2001 |
| Category |
: Storage |
| Manufacturer |
: Seagate |
| Author |
: Jin-Wei Tioh |
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| HDD |
Business |
High-End |
| IBM
Deskstar 60GXP (40.0GB ATA-100) |
4960 |
17700 |
| Quantum
Fireball Plus AS (20.0GB ATA-100) |
5010 |
15500 |
| Seagate
Barracuda ATA II (30.0GB ATA-100) |
4270 |
14000 |
| Seagate
Barracuda ATA IV (80.0GB ATA-100) |
5350 |
17700 |
True enough, the Barracuda ATA IV obtained the highest Business Disk WinMark scores we have ever witnessed, besting our previous record holder (the 60GXP) by 8%. The High-End Disk WinMarks are equally impressive, coming up neck and neck with the Deskstar 60GXP.
WinBench 99 clearly shows the Barracuda ATA IV to be the new performance leader. Due to its nature, IOMeter is more seek time dependant than WinBench 99, which depends more on a drive's transfer rate. Therefore, the Barracuda shouldn't affect the rankings much.
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