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WD Scorpio Black 500GB Notebook Hard Drive Review

Manufacturer: Western Digital
Product: WD Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT 500GB
Date: Mon, Sep 27, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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SiSoftware Sandra 2010

SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. Sandra provides most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software. In order to test the hard drive, SiSoftware Sandra 2010c was used as part of the test suite. The graphical results that Sandra gives you after the test is completed nicely shows how drives perform over time and where on the drive the performance is seen.

READ Performance Testing:

SiSoftware Sandra 2010 File Benchmark

WRITE Performance Testing:

SiSoftware Sandra 2010 File Benchmark

Benchmark Results: The Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB HDD has solid performance in Sandra 2010 and was found to have an average read score of 83.3MB/s with a write average of 75.55MB/s. The read and write access times also looked good, at 11ms read and 5ms write.

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Review Index
Page 1 - WD Scorpio Black 500GB Laptop HDD
Page 2 - The Test System
Page 3 - HD Tach v3.0.4.0
Page 4 - HD Tune v4.60
Page 5 - HD Tune v4.60 - Random Access
Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010
Page 7 - CrystalDiskMark v3.0
Page 8 - ATTO Disk Benchmark v2.46
Page 9 - PCMark Vantage
Page 10 - Free Capacity and Final Thoughts