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Western Digital 1TB WD RE4 Enterprise Hard Drive Review
Western Digital 1TB WD RE4 Enterprise Hard Drive Review - PCSTATS
In this review PCSTATS is testing out a 3.5" Western Digital RE4 WD1003FBYX hard drive. The WD RE4 WD1003FBYX is a 1.0TB hard drive which utilizes Perpendicular Magnetic Recording and operates on the 3Gb/s SATA II interface. It features StableTrac, IntelliSeek, NoTouch ramp loading head technology, a multi-axis shock sensor, RAFF technology and RAID specific Time Limited Error Recovery.
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HDD Benchmarks: HD Tune Pro Read / Write

HD Tune Pro 3.5 READ / WRITE Drive Benchmark Source: HD TUNE

HD Tune Pro is an extended version of HD Tune which includes many new features such as: write benchmark, secure erasing, AAM setting, folder usage view, disk monitor, command line parameters and file benchmark. The benchmark measures raw performance in a couple different ways to measure a hard drive for Read and Write tests, which are conducted separately. To read the results below consider that highest minimum/maximum/average transfer rates are better, while lower (quicker) access times are best. Lastly, highest burst rates are better.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportHD Tune 4.01 - Read Tests
Read Average Transfer Rate: (MB/s) Points Ranking
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 111.8
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 0) 215.2
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 1) 107.6
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 86.1
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 165.1
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 86
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 233.1
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 100.1
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 117.5
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 110.2
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 90.7
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 84
Read Access Time: (ms) Points Ranking
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 12
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 0) 12.4
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 1) 12.5
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 12.2
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 10.1
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 10.2
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 0.056
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 0.3
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 26.8
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 16.6
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 0.615
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 16.9
Read Burst Rate: (MB/s) Points Ranking
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 176.5
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 0) 3536
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 1) 3370.6
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 134.4
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 143.6
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 144.7
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 216.8
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 101
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 367.6
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 312.4
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 155.9
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 183.5


Single drive result graph

In HDTune the 1TB Western Digital RE4 achieves a READ Burst Rate of "3536.6MB/s" and an Average Read transfer rate of 111.5Mb/s. Max Read Transfer rate is 138MB/s, access time is 12ms. In RAID 1 mode the drives are a hair slower at 107.6MB/s average transfer rate. RAID 0 does what you'd expect, boosting average read transfer rate up from 111MB/s to 215MB/s.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportHD Tune 4.01 - Write Tests
Write Average Transfer Rate: (MB/s) Points Ranking
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 108.9
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 0) 164.6
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 1) 107.4
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 85.4
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 161.9
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 83.5
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 215.4
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 73.4
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 112.5
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 105.1
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 86.5
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 80.9
Write Access Time: (ms) Points Ranking
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 4.4
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 0) 1.95
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 1) 4.8
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 17.9
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 8.03
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 15.8
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 9.05
Write Burst Rate: (MB/s) Points Ranking
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 157.1
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 0) 2320.4
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD (RAID 1) 2412
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 339.3
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 189
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 250
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 177.4


Single drive results graph

Moving onto the Write tests in HDTune; the 1TB Western Digital RE4 hard drive scores a Burst Write Rate of 157MB/s, Average Write Rate of 108MB/s and Maximum sustained Write Rate of 140MB/s. Access time is 4.47ms. In RAID 1 mode the drives are a hair slower at 107.4MB/s average write transfer rate. Once more, RAID 0 does what you'd expect and boosts average write transfer rates from 108MB/s to 164MB/s.

Next up, Sandra 2011 HDD results.

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Contents of Article: Western Digital WD1003FBYX
 Pg 1.  Western Digital 1TB WD RE4 Enterprise Hard Drive Review
 Pg 2.  HDD Benchmarks: PCMark Vantage
 Pg 3.  — HDD Benchmarks: HD Tune Pro Read / Write
 Pg 4.  HDD Benchmarks: Sandra 2011
 Pg 5.  HDD Benchmarks: HD Tach
 Pg 6.  HDD Benchmark: File Transfer & Conclusions

 
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