Seagate 2TB Barracuda SATA 3 6Gbps Review

Testing:

HD Tach v3.0.4.0: HD Tach is another hard drive benchmark utility, much like HD Tune. This benchmark will measure the average read speed, the random access time, and the amout of the CPU used during operation.

• Quick Test 8MB Zones

SiSoft Sandra 2009 SP3: SiSoft Sandra is a diagnostic utility and synthetic benchmarking program. Sandra allows you to view your hardware at a higher level to be more helpful.

Physical Disks

In HD Tach, you can see that the average read and access times are miles ahead of what is delivered by a standard disk drive. The highlights on this page are the access times.