WD VelociRaptor 600GB: Fastest Hard Drive Ever

ATTO Disk Benchmark

ATTO is a more straight-forward type of disk benchmark that measures transfers across a specific volume length.  It measures raw transfer rates for both reads and writes and graphs them out in an easily interpreted chart.  We chose .5kb through 8192kb transfer sizes over a total max volume length of 256MB.  This test was performed on blank, formatted drives with NTFS partitions.

ATTO Disk Benchmark - Read/Write Performance
Version 2.41



WD VelociRaptor 600GB 6G
 


Seagate Barracuda XT 6G

 


WD VelociRaptor 300GB 3G
 


Seagate Barracuda XT 3G

 


Western Digital RE4


Seagate Barracuda 7200.11

The new WD VelociRaptor 600GB drive was once again the fastest of the bunch. According to the ATTO Disk Benchmark, the WD VelociRaptor 600GB offers faster reads and write speeds than any of the other drives tested.


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