Seagate barracuda 7200.10 320gb review software#
Seagate barracuda 7200.10 320gb review mac#

Seagate barracuda 7200.10 320gb review software#

If you need bigger, we think the Hitachi 7K500 and the WD5000KS are solid performers.Ĭhris Karr of Intech Software had added some very useful new features to QuickBench including the abiity to average multiple iterations of the various small and large block random and sequential tests. We still feel the Maxtor MaXLine III (7V300F0) with its speed and 5 year warranty is the best 300GB SATA drive you can buy. If you plan to buy one or more of these drives, we recommend you use a reputable dealer who takes returns without charging restocking fees in case it doesn't perform to your satisfaction. Plus, Seagate has reportedly made changes to the hardware and firmware on the drive for their most recent manufacturing run - which may or may not address the issues mentioned above. We've had reports from expert sources that there can be problems with booting and mounting.

We must alert you to something before you run out and buy the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA drive. Of the three 500GB drives we tested, the Western Digital WK5000KS was the fastest. That deficiency makes the MaXLine III the clear overall winner in this speed contest. Note the slow WRITE speed of the Barracuda 7200.10 when it's installed internally using the G5's factory controller. We averaged 5 runs at 100MB Extended READ and WRITE. We took the time and calculated the transfer speed in Megabytes per Second. Hitachi 7K500 = Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500GB SATA driveīarracuda 7200.9 = Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB SATA driveīy duplicating a 1GB file on the drive, it is forced to read and write simultaneously. WD5000KS = Western Digitial WD5000KS 500GB SATA drive MaXLine 7V300F0 (i) = Maxtor MaXLine III (7V300F0) 300GB SATA drive connected to factory controller MaXLine 7V300F0 (o) = Maxtor MaXLine III (7V300F0) 300GB SATA drive connected to MaxUpgrades host adapter In the case of the two 300GB drives (Barracuda 7200.10 and the MaXLine 7V300F0), we also tested them using the G5's lower factory slot and built-in SATA controller.īarracuda 7200.10 (o) = Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA drive connected to MaxUpgrades host adapterīarracuda 7200.10 (i) = Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA drive connected to factory controller

Seagate barracuda 7200.10 320gb review mac#

We tested all the drives in the graphs below using our Quad-Core G5/2.5GHz Power Mac using the CalDigit FASTA-2e PCIe 2 port SATA 3G host adapter. We haven't been able to get our hands on the 750GB version yet but we were able to test the 320GB version, which has the same 16MB cache size. It also made us wonder if greater data density helps with performance as well. This enabled them to produce a record breaking 750GB drive. The big news about the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 is that it is the first drive to use vertically stored data bits.