Average performance? Raptor vs. 1TB Seagate 7200 drive..

[astralsolace]

I ordered an X-25M 160GB based on Anand's article recently, and was reading through some of the threads here. I hadn't benchmarked my drives before, but was curious because of some results people posted.


Drive #1:

WD1500AHFD - (150GB Raptor) 50.8GB free - recently defragged

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CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo
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Sequential Read : 70.783 MB/s
Sequential Write : 73.010 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 30.252 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 45.344 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 0.621 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 1.498 MB/s

Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2009/09/16 21:30:34


Drive #2:

ST31000340AS (1TB Seagate drive, 7200rpm) - 276GB free - recently defragged

Sequential Read : 83.472 MB/s
Sequential Write : 78.971 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 34.413 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 62.911 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 0.556 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 0.979 MB/s

Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2009/09/16 21:24:50
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Other system specs:
Q6600 overclocked to 3.2GHz
4GB DDR2 800MHz @ 4-4-4-12
Abit IP35 Pro
Vista x64 Home Premium
8800GT 512MB (slightly overclocked)


What's the deal? Shouldn't a raptor be much faster than a 7200rpm 1TB drive? Instead, it's slower in every regard except 4KB read/write. *perplexed*

 

[Elixer]

The seagate packs the info much more denser. Your benchmark is also a bit flawed, the test area can be on the slower non edge of the platter of the drive, which can make it slower. Easier to benchmark empty drives.
Though, WD still wins in the seek time department.

 

[astralsolace]

Thanks. Are there any benchmarks you'd specifically recommend?