Desktop Hard Drives

“…the fastest 7,200 RPM hard disk we’ve seen in our test labs to date.”

– Tom’s Hardware1
After extensive drive testing, Tom’s Hardwareproclaims, “With peak data rates up to 95 MB/s, the 750 GB top-of-the-line member in the Caviar SE16 family is the fastest 7,200 RPM hard disk we’ve seen in our test labs to date.”The review continues, “…our benchmarks should giveWD plenty to cheer about. In particular, the I/O performance in the file server and database server schemas is noticeably superior to that of other7,200 RPM drives.”(As evidenced by the graphs above.)

WD Caviar®SE16

SATA Hard Drives
750 GBLightning FastCool and QuietThe New Boss: WD Caviar SE16
File Server
IO Meter 2003.05.10 using Benchmark Pattern
I/0 operations per second at a given command queue depth
175
125
100
75
50 Q1 Q2 Q4 Q8 Q16 Q32 Q64
Western Digital WD7500AAKS 750 GB SATA 3 Gb/s
Competitor’s 750 GB SATA 3 Gb/s
150
Database
IO Meter 2003.05.10 using Benchmark Pattern
I/0 operations per second at a given command queue depth
165
140
115
90
65 Q1 Q2 Q4 Q8 Q16 Q32 Q64
Western Digital WD7500AAKS 750 GB SATA 3 Gb/s
Competitor’s 750 GB SATA 3 Gb/s
WD Caviar SE16 drives combine 16 MB cache with 3 Gb/s transfer rate for lightning-fast performance indemanding desktop and workstation applications. Technologically advanced acoustics minimize noise whilecool drive operation and next-generation WD-exclusive technology features such as IntelliSeek™,SecurePark™, and StableTrac™ result in significant advancement in SATA performance and reliability. These drives are designed for use in the fastest PCs on the market, including high-performance businesscomputers and multimedia or gaming systems. Perfect for Windows Vista™.