having trouble understanding these hdd benchmarks

[Maezr]

http://www.tomshardware.com/20...g_hard_disk/page8.html

what exactly is enabling the two WD (light yellow, light green) drives to perform so well?

 

[Madwand1]

Where have you been? They're Raptors. They have a higher rotational speed and "enterprise" seeking mechanism, with some firmware turning. Sort of an enterprise SAS drive in SATA format.

 

[n7]

10,000 RPM, that's what

 

[superHARD]

Too bad the raptor HD's will never drop in price.

 

[Maezr]

didn't even realize those were raptors from the model numbers. should've looked closer. thanks.