Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Hard Disk

Written by Harry Butler

January 1, 2009 | 10:02

Tags: #15tb #benchmark #hard-disk #hard-drive #performance #results #speed #tb #terabyte #testing

Companies: #seagate

FC-Test Results

Website: FC-Test

Our FC-Test benchmark is split into three parts. First is a write test involving the creation of a file pattern similar to common files such as MP3s or large video files. Once created on the drive, we then copy the file pattern from the drive back to a different folder on the same drive producing a combined read/write test. Finally we test the read speed of the drive by performing FC-Test's read test of the the files copied.

For our benchmarks, we're using both the MP3 pattern, consisting of two hundred and seventy small files totalling 0.99GB, and the the ISO pattern, consisting of three large files totalling 1.6GB in size. We feel these file patterns represent the most common files people will be frequently copying to and from an drive, and can be interpreted as as close to a real world file transfer test as possible.

FC Test

ISO File Create on Drive

  • Intel X25-E 32GB SSD
  • Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
  • Seagate 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11
  • Seagate 1TB 7200.11
  • Intel X25-M 80GB SSD
  • Western Digital 150GB 10,000RPM Raptor
  • Seagate 250GB 7200.10
  • G.Skill 128GB SSD
  • Patriot Warp V.2 128GB SSD
    • 8.1
    • 21.7
    • 21.9
    • 23.9
    • 23.9
    • 27.6
    • 34.5
    • 47.7
    • 48.5
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Write performance for FC-Test's ISO pattern for the Seagate 1.5TB is very good, with the drive writing the three large files in almost the exact same time as the nippy Samsung 1TB drive.

FC Test

ISO File Copy to Drive

  • Intel X25-E 32GB SSD
  • Seagate 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11
  • Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
  • Patriot Warp V.2 128GB SSD
  • Seagate 250GB 7200.10
  • G.Skill 128GB SSD
  • Seagate 1TB 7200.11
  • Western Digital 150GB 10,000RPM Raptor
  • Intel X25-M 80GB SSD
    • 11.5
    • 19.2
    • 19.9
    • 22.0
    • 22.2
    • 23.0
    • 23.2
    • 23.6
    • 24.0
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Simultaneous read/write of these large files again showed excellent performance, with the 1.5TB able to slightly better the Samsung 1TB's result and resoundingly crushing the Seagate 1TB's time.

FC Test

ISO File Read From Drive

  • Intel X25-M 80GB SSD
  • Intel X25-E 32GB SSD
  • G.Skill 128GB SSD
  • Patriot Warp V.2 128GB SSD
  • Seagate 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11
  • Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
  • Seagate 1TB 7200.11
  • Seagate 250GB 7200.10
  • Western Digital 150GB 10,000RPM Raptor
    • 7.2
    • 7.4
    • 11.1
    • 11.2
    • 13.2
    • 14.7
    • 15.2
    • 17.3
    • 18.4
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We were astounded just how much faster the Seagate 1.5TB was in comparison to the competition when reading FC-Test's ISO file pattern. Not only is it a clear 1.5 seconds faster than the Samsung F1 1TB, but it's only a little slower than the "affordable" SSDs from G.Skill and Patriot - awesome! It's clear that with the fewer read/write commands of the larger file pattern the Seagate 1.5TB is much less affected by its slower response time, allowing the high data density of the platters to visibly boost performance.
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