Hi everyone,
I've decided to go ahead and redo my entire storage setup with 4 new 1TB WD Caviar Black Edition drives.
I installed the first drive today, and decided to run a few benchmarks on it. The results I got were surprising to say the least.. and now I'm kind of worried about the erratic performance of this drive.
WD 1TB Caviar Black Benchmark:
Hitachi 7K1000 1TB Benchmark:
What's up with these GIANT spikes on the WD drive? The numbers are OK.. average speeds are higher and the numbers seem to work out, but what the HELL is up with those crazy dips? The performance just seems so inconsistent.. it's really making me doubt this drive. And before anyone asks, I've tried the drive on two different controllers (Intel XBX2 ICH7 and the onboard Marvell RAID) with identical results. The curve on the Hitachi 7K1000 is nice and smooth, but the WD looks like a total mess.
Does anyone else have a WD Caviar Black that they can test as well?
I've decided to go ahead and redo my entire storage setup with 4 new 1TB WD Caviar Black Edition drives.
I installed the first drive today, and decided to run a few benchmarks on it. The results I got were surprising to say the least.. and now I'm kind of worried about the erratic performance of this drive.
WD 1TB Caviar Black Benchmark:
Hitachi 7K1000 1TB Benchmark:
What's up with these GIANT spikes on the WD drive? The numbers are OK.. average speeds are higher and the numbers seem to work out, but what the HELL is up with those crazy dips? The performance just seems so inconsistent.. it's really making me doubt this drive. And before anyone asks, I've tried the drive on two different controllers (Intel XBX2 ICH7 and the onboard Marvell RAID) with identical results. The curve on the Hitachi 7K1000 is nice and smooth, but the WD looks like a total mess.
Does anyone else have a WD Caviar Black that they can test as well?