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Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT 6Gb/s SATA III Hard Drive Review
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT 6Gb/s SATA III Hard Drive Review - PCSTATS
On the PCSTATS test bench today is Seagate's 3TB, 6Gb/s SATA III Barracuda XT hard drive which gets around the 2.1TB desktop storage capacity limitation by creating two partitions (2.1TB + 0.9TB) with the aid of Seagate's free DiskWizard software.
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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 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 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 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

In HDTune the 3TB Seagate Barracuda XT achieves a Burst Read speed of 367.6MB/s and an Average Read transfer rate of 117.5Mb/s. Max Read Transfer rate is 151.4MB/s, right on the dot per Seagate's tech specs. Access time is 26.8ms.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportHD Tune 4.01 - Write Tests
Write Average Transfer Rate: (MB/s) Points Ranking
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
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
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

Moving onto the Write tests in HDTune; the 3TB Seagate Barracuda XT scores a Burst Write Rate of 339.3MB/s, Average Write Rate of 112.5MB/s and Maximum sustained Write Rate of 147.1MB/s. Access time is 17.9ms.

Next up, Sandra 2011 results.

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Contents of Article: Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT
 Pg 1.  Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT 6Gb/s SATA III Hard Drive Review
 Pg 2.  Seagate's Solution to the 2.1TB Barrier - DiskWizard
 Pg 3.  6Gb/s SATA III Requirements
 Pg 4.  HDD Benchmarks: PCMark Vantage
 Pg 5.  — HDD Benchmarks: HD Tune Pro Read / Write
 Pg 6.  HDD Benchmarks: Sandra 2011
 Pg 7.  HDD Benchmarks: HD Tach
 Pg 8.  HDD Benchmark: File Transfer & Conclusions

 
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