Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 1TB Review

Testing:

After the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 1TB External Hard drive was setup, I found myself amazed at the software that was bundled with the device, however I was wondering how the actual drive performed. It is time to get down to business and see some impressive numbers from this drive, or at least what I hope to be some impressive numbers. To test the OneTouch, I will be using HD Tune for a benchmark, SiSoftware Sandra Professional XIIc and using the Overclockersclub standard set of test files to put it up against some real world testing.

Testing Setup:

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Processor
• Asus Maximus Extreme
• VisionTek HD3850 512MB
• G. Skill DDR3 1333MHz 2GB (2x1GB)
• OCZ GameXStream 850W Power Supply
• Western Digital 500GB SATA 3.0GB/s Hard Drive (WD5000AAKS)
• Windows Vista 32Bit Ultimate
• Thermaltake Armor Extreme Edition

Comparison Drives:

• Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 1TB (USB 2.0)
• Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 1TB (FireWire 400)
• Seagate FreeAgent Pro 1TB (USB 2.0)
• Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB (USB 2.0)
• Western Digital 500GB SATA 3.0GB/s (WD5000AAKS) (Internal HDD)

Benchmarks:

• Average Transfer Rate (HD Tune)
• Access Time (HD Tune)
• Burst Rate (HD Tune)
• CPU Usage (HD Tune)
• Physical Disk Drive Index(SiSoftware Sandra Professional XIIc)
• Physical Disk Access Time(SiSoftware Sandra Professional XIIc)
• File Systems (SiSoftware Sandra Professional XIIc)
• Real World File Transfer (Windows Explorer)

HDTune:

Well, enough waiting, let's get started with the testing and see how all of these drives compare. I will start off by running HD Tune on all of the drives, let's see how it compares.

SiSoft Sandra:

The next benchmarking software that I am going to use is SisSoftware Sandra Profesional XIIc's File Systems and Physical Disk benchmarks.

The next group of tests that I am going to be performing on these drives are a real world transfer of three different files. They are all different sizes (10MB. 100MB, and 500MB). I will calculate how long it takes these files to transfer from one location to the other final destination.