Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB Review

Testing:

HD Tune 4.60 Pro measures disk performance to make comparisons between drives or disk controllers. In the 4.60 Pro version, the user can measure not only drive performance as a whole, but more precise file benchmarks and a random access benchmark as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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File Benchmark:

 

 

 

 

 

Random Access Benchmark:

 

 

 

In the HD Tune testing, the 3TB Barracuda XT delivers performance above that of the comparison drives from Seagate. However, the access times are slower, even with the higher throughput.