I'd like to see how different hdds perform, and to make it more fun, I thought we could post each of us a screenshot of a small and fast benchmark.
You will have to download and install Crystal Disk Mark.
1.Leave all the options on default (Number of tests:5, Test Size: 1000MB).
2.Choose a partition from your HDD(all of my partitions get defragmented regularly so it doesn't really make a difference). Then click "All".
3.If you have more HDDs( I have one of 160GB and one of 500 GB), be sure to include a second benchmark screenshot with one of the second HDD partitions.
Here's my benchmarks:
HDD1( Western Digital(idk the model, it's from 2007) 160GB, 7200 RPM, 8mb Buffer) HDD2( Western Digital Caviar Blue(2009), 500GB, 7200 RPM, 16mb Buffer) The only actually interesting values are the Write and Read from "Seq". It's self-explanatory what they mean.