Ziff-Davis WinBench Results

Discs with 7200 rpm spindle speed

FAT32 file system
NTFS file system

Discs with 5400 rpm spindle speed

FAT32 file system
NTFS file system

The best results are marked with blue color

The worst results are marked with red color

The "hors concours" results are marked with green color (for example, the Quantum lct20 have worse results due to a lower rotational speed, discs in "quiet" mode always have a greater access time etc.)

Discs with 7200 rpm spindle speed - FAT32

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	Quantum Fireball Plus AS	Seagate Barracuda ATA III	IBM DTLA 307015	Fujitsu MPG3102AH	IBM 60GXP	IBM 60GXP quiet	Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	Western Digital Caviar WD400BB
Business Disk WinMark 99 (tb/sec)	11000	9760	10400	9050	11200	11100	10900	10800	10900	11300
High-End Disk WinMark 99 (tb/s)	22200	22900	23600	20600	29600	29600	25000	25000	25100	25600
Disk Transfer Rate: Beginning (tb/s)	35200	40600	36600	29700	38800	38500	38500	38500	38500	33600
Disk Transfer Rate: End (tb/s)	20800	25800	19800	19200	21000	20900	22900	22900	22900	22500
Disk Access Time (ms)	13.4	14.8	12.5	13.4	12.9	27.2	13.1	13.3	17.3	14
Disk CPU Utilization (Percent Used)	2.77	1.69	1.87	1.79	1.59	1.59	1.55	1.54	1.56	1.18
High-End Disk WinMark in detail
Disk Playback/HE: AVS/Express 3.4 (tb/s)	24400	28500	27300	21800	29200	28800	21000	21000	20900	19200
Disk Playback/HE: FrontPage 98 (tb/s)	128000	133300	159700	129700	141000	144000	132000	129000	129000	138000
Disk Playback/HE: MicroStation SE (tb/s)	38200	38700	40700	33700	42400	41800	37300	37300	37000	36900
Disk Playback/HE: Photoshop 4.0 (tb/s)	9680	10500	10300	9200	11900	12100	10700	10800	10700	10900
Disk Playback/HE: Premiere 4.2 (tb/s)	19300	22800	20800	18100	29300	27200	28500	28400	28900	25400
Disk Playback/HE: Sound Forge 4.0 (tb/s)	23700	19000	20900	22100	42100	46200	28100	28400	29400	40600
Disk Playback/HE: Visual C++ 5.0 (tb/s)	23000	23400	27100	20900	33400	33800	29100	29000	29300	31700

Discs with 7200 rpm spindle speed - NTFS

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	Quantum Fireball Plus AS	Seagate Barracuda ATA III	IBM DTLA 307015	Fujitsu MPG3102AH	IBM 60GXP	IBM 60GXP quiet	Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	Western Digital Caviar WD400BB
Business Disk WinMark 99 (tb/sec)	7700	6160	7240	6000	8110	7500	8500	8500	7380	8970
High-End Disk WinMark 99 (tb/s)	16700	16200	17400	15600	22000	21200	20400	20400	19800	21300
Disk Transfer Rate: Beginning (tb/s)	35200	39900	36600	29700	38900	39000	38500	38500	38500	33600
Disk Transfer Rate: End (tb/s)	20800	25800	19700	19200	20900	21000	22900	22900	22900	22500
Disk Access Time (ms)	13.5	14.7	12.5	13	12.8	23.5	13.2	13.2	17.2	14
Disk CPU Utilization (Percent Used)	1.82	2.54	1.88	1.8	1.59	1.59	1.73	1.72	1.71	1.2
High-End Disk WinMark in detail
Disk Playback/HE: AVS/Express 3.4 (tb/s)	21700	18400	20700	17100	21000	20600	17600	17400	17300	17400
Disk Playback/HE: FrontPage 98 (tb/s)	98800	87800	96900	92400	108700	110000	89000	109000	85300	114000
Disk Playback/HE: MicroStation SE (tb/s)	29000	25900	29200	24000	31300	29100	29600	29100	28700	29000
Disk Playback/HE: Photoshop 4.0 (tb/s)	9000	9450	9370	8580	10690	10530	10000	9950	9850	10400
Disk Playback/HE: Premiere 4.2 (tb/s)	11200	12100	13300	11000	16600	16000	17600	18600	17560	17100
Disk Playback/HE: Sound Forge 4.0 (tb/s)	18300	14400	14300	16700	31100	29500	22300	23400	21400	33000
Disk Playback/HE: Visual C++ 5.0 (tb/s)	14900	14100	17700	14300	22400	21800	21000	22100	20200	23700

Discs with 5400 rpm spindle speed - FAT32

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	Quantum lct20	Samsung SpinPoint V20400	Seagate U5	Fujitsu MPG3204AT	Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	Western Digital Caviar WD300AB
Business Disk WinMark 99 (tb/sec)	4550	6370	8716	6040	9350	9293	9340	9140	9060	8730	10200
High-End Disk WinMark 99 (tb/s)	10800	14600	18600	15200	20800	20800	20600	20900	21200	21200	22500
Disk Transfer Rate: Beginning (tb/s)	21200	28200	31600	30200	29800	29800	29800	34500	34500	34500	35100
Disk Transfer Rate: End (tb/s)	12300	16700	21200	18300	17500	17500	17500	22500	22500	22500	21000
Disk Access Time (ms)	18.5	14.1	19.1	15.6	15.9	16.1	21.3	20.3	20.6	20.7	15.4
Disk CPU Utilization (Percent Used)	1.65	1.61	2.51	1.78	1.57	1.55	1.55	1.75	1.72	1.73	1.55
High-End Disk WinMark in detail
Disk Playback/HE: AVS/Express 3.4 (tb/s)	9930	12000	19000	13500	16600	16700	16200	21700	21400	21700	15700
Disk Playback/HE: FrontPage 98 (tb/s)	84700	99300	111000	103100	124000	124000	126000	125300	133300	130300	146000
Disk Playback/HE: MicroStation SE (tb/s)	16300	23200	31400	24500	31900	31700	31200	31900	31500	31100	32800
Disk Playback/HE: Photoshop 4.0 (tb/s)	6610	8660	9170	7590	8970	8980	8917	8630	8650	8570	9330
Disk Playback/HE: Premiere 4.2 (tb/s)	9410	18200	18500	13100	23600	23700	23400	21700	23100	23000	24600
Disk Playback/HE: Sound Forge 4.0 (tb/s)	8760	11200	15000	15300	23100	22800	23000	22500	22300	22700	36600
Disk Playback/HE: Visual C++ 5.0 (tb/s)	10200	16800	19300	15500	24900	25400	25200	23600	24100	23600	28400

Discs with 5400 rpm spindle speed - NTFS

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	Quantum lct20	Samsung SpinPoint V20400	Seagate U5	Fujitsu MPG3204AT	Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	Western Digital Caviar WD300AB
Business Disk WinMark 99 (tb/sec)	3390	4790	4870	4560	7400	6620	7170	6460	6500	6110	7660
High-End Disk WinMark 99 (tb/s)	8950	10700	12700	11800	17100	16900	16700	16600	16600	16100	18500
Disk Transfer Rate: Beginning (tb/s)	21100	28600	31600	30200	29800			34500			35100
Disk Transfer Rate: End (tb/s)	12300	16700	21200	18300	17500			22500			21000
Disk Access Time (ms)	18.8	14.2	19.5	15.4	15.4	15.7	21.5	20.4	20.3	20.4	15.7
Disk CPU Utilization (Percent Used)	2.69	2.35	2.53	1.58	2.18	1.74	1.72	1.73	1.64	1.75	1.56
High-End Disk WinMark
Disk Playback/HE: AVS/Express 3.4 (tb/s)	9180	11500	15500	11700	14600	14000	13800	16300	16500	15300	13800
Disk Playback/HE: FrontPage 98 (tb/s)	60900	61300	89300	76900	101500	96600	96500	95700	88300	92000	105800
Disk Playback/HE: MicroStation SE (tb/s)	14300	20100	22600	20200	23200	24400	23200	21800	21900	23000	26600
Disk Playback/HE: Photoshop 4.0 (tb/s)	6190	7810	7860	6990	8460	8250	8130	8200	8130	7660	8700
Disk Playback/HE: Premiere 4.2 (tb/s)	6490	7450	9300	7850	15800	15500	15100	14100	14200	14200	16800
Disk Playback/HE: Sound Forge 4.0 (tb/s)	7030	8350	10700	11600	19500	19500	19300	19300	18900	18400	30500
Disk Playback/HE: Visual C++ 5.0 (tb/s)	7940	8650	11300	11500	18600	18300	19100	17300	17000	16600	19900