We used five tests to compare performance between the standard WD Raptor 74GB from the last generation to the new Velociraptor 300GB HDD. The tests are: HD Tach, PCMark Vantage HDD test, Sisoft Sandra X2 SP2 HDD benchmark, a file transfer test with a 600MB file (in this case SpecViewPerf) and the Average Seek time result from HD Tach. Each test has a purpose to show performance values between the standard Raptor and the new Velociraptor.
Test System
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU running at 2667MHz
- EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW motherboard
- EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB running 169.44 Forceware
- 2 GB Crucial Tracer 1066MHz PC8500 DDR2 memory
- 74GB Western Digital Raptor HDD / 300GB Velociraptor
- Rosewill 950W PSU
Tests
- HD-Tach Sustained Speed
- HD-Tach Random Access Time
- SiSoft Sandra
- 600MB File Transfer
- PCMArk Vantage
