INTERNAL HARD DISK drives hit a new high of speed and capacity with Hitachi's Deskstar E7Kl000. This one terabyte drive is targeted at enterprise users with its lower power usage, vibration safeguard, data security with bulk data encryption, and ability to run 24x7. It makes use of three platters with a Perpendicular-Magneto-Recording data density of 333 GB per platter. A buffer size of 32 MB, 7200 RPM, and SATA interface make this a speedy drive that is attractive to business users and desktop enthusiasts alike. To know how a hard disk drive behaves under day-to-day conditions, we test it with both synthetic and realworld tests.
This DeskStar proves its mettle by coming out on top of almost every possible parameter. At an average read speed of 91.6 MBps and write speed of91.4 MBps, this drive gallops ahead on any mainstream application.


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The speed chart starts out with speeds of 115 MBps at the beginning of the drive, and holds up above 100 MBps all the way up to the 350 GB marknot a mean feat. Thereafter it slowly dips until it reaches a minimum of 60 MBps at the end. Real world tests reflect the same read and write speeds on average, and intra-partition file transfer speeds hovered around 38 MBps. The average access time clocks in at 12.82 ms. So if you are using it on a single-user desktop PC, you could allot the speedy portion as your system drive (C), run games from the middle portion, and store home movies and songs at the last portion (which is still fast).

The Hitachi Feature Tool Utility allows for setting this drive to SATA I, for compati¬bility with older mother¬boards. Hitachi offers a warranty of five years, but the high price of the drive may cause you to think twice before purchase.