Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA 6G HD Review
PCMark Vantage
Next we ran the four drives through a battery of tests in PCMark Vantage from Futuremark Corp. We specifically used only the HDD Test module of this benchmark suite to evaluate all of the drives we tested. Feel free to consult Futuremark's white paper on PCMark Vantage for an understanding of what each test component entails and how it calculates its measurements. For specific information on how the HDD Test module arrives at its performance measurements, we'd encourage you to read pages 35 and 36 of the white paper.
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We really like PCMark Vantage's HDD Performance for its real-world application measurement approach to testing. From simple Windows Vista start-up performance to data streaming from a disk drive in a game engine and video editing with Windows Movie Maker, we feel confident that these tests best illustrate the real performance profile of our SSDs in an end user/consumer PC usage model.
The Barracuda XT manages to outpace the 7200.11 drive, but once again the Western Digital RE4 is slightly faster overall. In each of these PCMark Vantage tests, with the exception of the Vista Startup test which is evenly matched, the WD RE4 finished just slightly ahead of the XT.
