Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB Hard Drive Review

Testing:

To test the Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB drive I will be running a series of benchmarks designed to test the performance under different situations. I will be comparing the scores between a number of other drives to give you an idea on where it sits with current competition. For a direct comparison I added a Western Digital WD20EARS Advanced Format drive with the same capacity. I also threw in a few other drives including the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive, a SandForce controlled SSD and my default test drive which is a Seagate 7200.11 750GB drive. All hardware remained at the same speeds, timings and voltages to keep any outside variables from interfering with the numbers.

Testing Setup:

• Processor(s): AMD Phenom II X4 965
• Motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3
• Memory: Mushkin Blackline 2 x 2GB  1600MHz 7-8-7-20
• Video Card : XFX Radeon HD 5870
• Power Supply: Mushkin 800w Modular Power Supply
• Hard Drive: 1x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB Advanced Format Drive
• Optical Drive: ASUS DVD-RW
• OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Comparison Modules:

• Comparison Drive #1: Western Digital WD20EARS 2TB Advanced Format Drive
• Comparison Drive #2: Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid Drive
  
• Comparison Drive #3: Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB 7200.11 HDD
• Comparison Drive #4: OCZ Vertex 2 120GB Solid State Drive
  

Benchmarks:

• Drive Tests:

1. HD Tune 3.50 Pro
2. HD Tach
3. SiSoft Sandra 2009
4. Crystal Disk Mark
5. ATTO Disk Benchmark
6. AS SSD
7. I/O Meter
8. PCMark Vantage
9. Windows Startup / Shutdown