Legit Storage Reviews

WD Scorpio Blue 500GB Notebook Hard Drive

Manufacturer: Western Digital
Product: WD5000BEVT
Date: Wed, Mar 25, 2009 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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CrystalDiskMark v2.2

CrystalDiskMark is a small HDD benchmark utility for your hard drive that enables you to rapidly measure sequential and random read/write speeds.

100MB Files Test:

CrystalDiskMark v2.2 Benchmark

CrystalDiskMark v2.2 Benchmark

Benchmark Results: The Seagate Momentus 7200.2 200GB drive had a peak read speed of 60MBps and a write speed of 49MBps. The WD Scorpio Blue 500GB drive had a much faster peak read speed of 75MBps and a write speed of 75MBps.

50MB Files Test:

CrystalDiskMark v2.2 Benchmark

CrystalDiskMark v2.2 Benchmark

Benchmark Results: When lowering the file size down to 50MB the Seagate Momentus 7200.2 200GB hard drive had a lower peak read speed of 56MBps and the same write speed of 49MBps. The WD Scorpio Blue 500GB drive, on the other hand, had better performance and a faster peak read speed of 82MBps and a write speed of 80MBps.

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Review Index
Page 1 - A 500GB Notebook Hard Drive!
Page 2 - HD Tach v3.0.4.0
Page 3 - HD Tune v3.50
Page 4 - SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3
Page 5 - CrystalDiskMark v2.2
Page 6 - ATTO Disk Benchmark v2.34
Page 7 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions