Seagate 7200.12 1 TB Hard Drive Review
Test System
- Intel Q9450 @ 3.2 GHz
- GIGABYTE EX-38 DS4 F5 BIOS
- GEIL 4 GB ( 2x 2GB ) Dual Channel RAM @ 800 MHz
- Visiontek ATI Radeon HD 4870
- Windows 7 RTM
- Intel Chipset Device Software Version: 9.1.1.1019
- ATI Catalyst 9.9
Hard Drives Tested
Synthetic Tests
- HDTune 3.50
- HDTach 3.0.4
- SANDRA 2009 SP3c
- CrystalDiskMark 2.2
- ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.34
- PCMark Vantage HDD Test Suite
Real World Tests
- Crysis Warhead game folder copy folder to the same drive
- Crysis Warhead Ambush Level Load
- Muxing 7 video files to form one 2.18 GB file
Test notes
The operating system was installed on another WD 6400AAKS hard drive. Some of the read and write tests were run on the drive in unformatted state as required by the benchmarks.
