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Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 6Gb/s SATA III Hard Drive Review
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 6Gb/s SATA III Hard Drive Review - PCSTATS
In this review PCSTATS will be testing out Seagate's 2TB, 6Gb/s SATA III Barracuda XT hard drive. This 3.5" desktop hard drive features an increased 64MB onboard cache where other 2TB drives only have 32MB and it supports Native Command Queing (NCQ).
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HDD Benchmarks: PCMark Vantage

Futuremark PCMark Vantage - HDD Test Set Source: FutureMark

PCMark Vantage is the first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Vista. PCMark Vantage is perfectly suited for benchmarking any type of Windows Vista PC from multi media home entertainment systems and laptops to dedicated workstations and hi-end gaming rigs. Regardless of whether the benchmarker is an artist or an IT Professional, PCMark Vantage shows the user where their system soars or falls flat, and how to get the most performance possible out of their hardware. PCMark Vantage is easy enough for even the most casual enthusiast to use yet supports in-depth, professional industry grade testing.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportFuturemark PCMark Vantage - HDD Suite
Windows Defender: Points Ranking
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 26.354
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 28.172
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 27.351
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 220.982
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 104.066
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 27.4
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 27.6
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 45.24
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 32.6
Gaming: Points Ranking
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 16.143
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 16.307
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 18.406
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 215.12
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 91.528
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 16.9
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 17
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 53.534
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 36
Importing to Photo Gallery: Points Ranking
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 6.608
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 59.264
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 56.053
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 238.531
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 134.81
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 69.3
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 65
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 88.059
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 51.7
Windows Vista Startup: Points Ranking
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 18.958
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 23.566
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 19.115
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 214.857
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 64.489
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 20.9
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 20.3
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 44.537
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 32
Editing w/h Movie Maker: Points Ranking
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 43.342
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 51.97
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 40.85
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 188.988
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 89.436
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 43.4
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 45.8
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 53.074
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 30.5
Media Center: Points Ranking
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 91.794
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 137.84
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 81.268
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 244.273
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 157.59
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 115.2
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 109
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 88.044
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 61.7
Adding Files to Media Player: Points Ranking
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 10.23
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 10.165
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 9.54
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 175.773
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 71.323
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 10.1
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 10.5
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 20.459
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 13
Application Loading: Points Ranking
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 5.271
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 0) 7.408
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD (RAID 1) 6.871
OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD 164.615
Plextor PX-128M1S SSD 57.104
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 5.3
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 5.4
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 16.321
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 11.4

The 2TB and 3TB Seagate Barracuda XT drives perform pretty much identically to one another in PCMark Vantage. The 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT can boast Gaming and Photo Importing performance slightly better than a pair of WD 1TB drives in RAID 0! Head to head, the 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT out performs the Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS drive. The small-capacity SSDs clearly dominate the speed front.

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Contents of Article: Seagate ST32000641AS
 Pg 1.  Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 6Gb/s SATA III 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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