The Seagate relishes real world usage. It was the fast¬est on our simultaneous readwrite file copy test taking just 815 seconds, which gave an idea of performance during multi-tasking. The averaged read access time of 13.35 ms, was very good as well. This drive was no push over in synthetic tests either.

The averaged random write speed of63.6 MBps, and random read speed of 63.6 MBps obtained through Everest, fared well in comparison to the Hitachi. At 9.3W when idle, and 13W used at full load, power consumption by the Seagate turned out to be higher than the other drives in the test. But the margin was not very large, so you don't need to worry about an energy guzzler sitting in your cabinet. The drive is backed by the solid Sea gate warranty of five years.

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