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Speed test your HDD in less than a minute.

We calculate effective speed which measures performance for typical consumers. Effective speed is adjusted by current cost per GB to yield value for money. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top HDDs.[HDrivePro]

1,015 HDDs
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Seller
User rating(50.2)
Value(35.6)
Avg. bench(43.9)
Capacity(990)
Write(73.9)
Mkt. share(0.08)
Age months(111)
Price(83)
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FAQ

What is effective Hard Drive speed?

A measure of how well a Hard Drive responds to typical consumer access patterns. Toshiba P300 ≈ 100%... more

What is the Hard Drive value for money rating?

A measure of real world Hard Drive performance and capacity per unit cost... more

What does MBps mean?

MBps and MB/s refer to megabytes per second which are units of data transfer speed... more

How big is 16GB?

Approximately enough space to hold 3,200 mp3 audio files... more

What is AS SSD real world copy speed?

The speed at which files can be copied from from one directory to another on the same drive... more

What is 4K random read speed?

A measure of how quickly multiple small files can be read from a device... more

What is 4K random write speed?

A measure of how quickly multiple small files can be written to a device... more

What is queue depth?

The number of simultaneous requests on a drive's request queue... more

What is incompressible data?

Data that cannot be compressed e.g. most music, video and image file formats... more

What is sequential read speed?

A measure of how quickly large files can be read from a device... more

What is sequential write speed?

A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more

What’s the difference between NAND and V-NAND?

NAND and V-NAND are both types of flash memory which is a class of non-volatile memory that retains data even in the absence of an electrical current... more

What’s the difference between SATA, PCIe and NVMe?

NVMe, AHCI and IDE are transfer protocols (languages). They run on top of transfer interfaces such as PCIe or SATA (spoken, written)... more

What is 3D XPoint and how fast is it?

3D XPoint is the name given by Intel and Micron to their jointly developed, revolutionary storage technology as employed in Intel’s Optane memory... more

What’s the difference between SLC, MLC and TLC?

In terms or write performance, durability and price SLC > MLC > TLC... more

What is sustained sequential write speed?

A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more

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1
Compare Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)
Samples 1.1M
69
100th
61.5
90th
92.3
60 - 113
99th
1TB
81st
144
96th
6.26
100th
81
97th
€26
92nd
2
Compare WD Blue 1TB (2012)
Samples 3.1M
64
100th
55.7
86th
83.4
52 - 109
94th
1TB
81st
140
95th
12.8
100th
132
2nd
€26
93rd
3
Compare Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)
Samples 462k
60
100th
56.9
87th
91.6
63 - 114
99th
2TB
90th
130
91st
1.75
99th
81
97th
€55
57th
4
Compare Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)
Samples 112k
59
100th
63.5
91st
92.1
60 - 114
99th
3TB
93rd
131
92nd
0.32
97th
81
97th
€75
42nd
5
Compare Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB
Samples 1.5M
58
100th
68.6
93rd
89.2
55 - 112
97th
1TB
81st
133
93rd
4.37
100th
139
1st
€22
95th
6
Compare WD Black 1TB (2013)
Samples 240k
58
100th
35.8
72nd
82.3
50 - 108
94th
1TB
81st
136
94th
0.71
98th
116
4th
€40
74th
7
Compare Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)
Samples 34k
57
99th
79.5
96th
82.4
52 - 105
94th
4TB
96th
126
90th
0.08
93rd
81
97th
€71
45th
8
Compare WD Black 2TB (2013)
Samples 144k
56
99th
72.3
94th
88.5
60 - 112
97th
2TB
90th
161
99th
0.43
96th
116
4th
€42
72nd
9
Compare WD VelociRaptor 1TB
Samples 8.1k
55
99th
94.6
67 - 117
99th
1TB
81st
159
98th
0.01
71st
134
1st
10
Compare Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)
Samples 133k
55
99th
46.7
81st
84.5
53 - 110
95th
2TB
90th
135
93rd
0.32
97th
81
97th
€62
52nd
11
Compare WD Black 6TB (2015)
Samples 5.4k
55
99th
37.1
73rd
91.6
61 - 118
98th
6TB
98th
197
100th
0.01
71st
96
93rd
€255
3rd
12
Compare Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB
Samples 235k
55
99th
89.6
97th
88.3
56 - 113
97th
3TB
93rd
127
90th
0.6
98th
141
1st
€51
61st
13
Compare Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB
Samples 10k
54
99th
81.8
55 - 104
93rd
4TB
96th
140
95th
0.05
84th
103
92nd
14
Compare Toshiba P300 2TB
Samples 100k
54
99th
87.9
58 - 108
97th
2TB
90th
155
98th
0.42
98th
92
94th
15
Compare Toshiba P300 3TB
Samples 74k
54
99th
63.8
91st
86.6
56 - 108
96th
3TB
93rd
151
97th
0.36
95th
92
94th
€70
46th
16
Compare Toshiba P300 1TB
Samples 318k
54
99th
38.8
75th
84.1
52 - 107
95th
1TB
81st
143
96th
1.59
99th
92
94th
€37
78th
17
Compare Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB
Samples 94k
54
99th
83
43 - 108
94th
2TB
90th
129
91st
0.29
94th
118
3rd
18
Compare Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB
Samples 105k
54
99th
24.8
63rd
83.2
48 - 112
94th
1TB
81st
134
93rd
0.33
96th
118
3rd
€58
55th
19
Compare Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB
Samples 815k
54
99th
64.2
91st
88.2
51 - 114
97th
2TB
90th
130
91st
2.63
99th
141
1st
€47
65th
20
Compare Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
Samples 85k
54
99th
59.3
89th
84.7
51 - 107
95th
3TB
93rd
148
96th
0.25
97th
125
2nd
€74
43rd
21
Compare HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB
Samples 7.9k
53
98th
45.6
80th
73
47 - 92
89th
4TB
96th
128
90th
0.03
71st
114
15th
€110
25th
22
Compare Toshiba X300 4TB
Samples 23k
53
98th
45.1
80th
84
57 - 104
94th
4TB
96th
146
96th
0.13
86th
92
94th
€128
19th
23
Compare Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)
Samples 26k
53
98th
102
99th
89.6
62 - 108
98th
4TB
96th
153
98th
0.16
96th
81
97th
€60
53rd
24
Compare WD Black 4TB (2016)
Samples 9.8k
53
98th
40
76th
92.4
68 - 113
99th
4TB
96th
165
99th
0.06
87th
84
95th
€159
12th
25
Compare WD Gold 12TB (2017)
Samples 1.2k
53
98th
120
99th
113
72 - 138
100th
12TB
100th
197
100th
0.01
71st
66+
99th
€194
8th
26
Compare WD Blue 4TB (2015)
Samples 124k
53
98th
160
100th
80.2
49 - 101
92nd
4TB
96th
130
91st
0.47
98th
94
93rd
€34
82nd
27
Compare Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)
Samples 66k
53
98th
81.8
39 - 111
93rd
1TB
81st
134
93rd
0.17
92nd
81
97th
28
Compare Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)
Samples 695k
53
98th
74.4
94th
86.9
53 - 106
96th
2TB
90th
142
96th
4.96
100th
63+
100th
€40
73rd
29
Compare Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB
Samples 19k
53
98th
72.5
44 - 94
88th
4TB
96th
107
83rd
0.04
71st
118
3rd
30
Compare Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB
Samples 344k
53
98th
68.6
93rd
85.7
49 - 108
96th
2TB
90th
151
97th
1.61
99th
125
2nd
€43
71st
31
Compare WD Red Pro 4TB (2014)
Samples 679
53
98th
32
69th
84.1
59 - 101
95th
4TB
96th
140
95th
0
71st
107
89th
€181
9th
32
Compare Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB
Samples 64k
53
98th
19.4
58th
48.5
19 - 65
68th
1TB
81st
83.7
68th
0.17
94th
123
3rd
€43
69th
33
Compare Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB
Samples 763k
53
98th
56
87th
84
47 - 107
94th
1TB
81st
142
96th
3.29
100th
125
2nd
€26
92nd
34
Compare WD Red 4TB (2013)
Samples 55k
53
98th
150
100th
74.9
46 - 100
90th
4TB
96th
125
89th
0.19
94th
117
3rd
€34
82nd
35
Compare HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
Samples 546k
52
97th
59.1
35 - 75
81st
1TB
81st
102
80th
1.79
99th
114+
17th
36
Compare Toshiba X300 5TB
Samples 12k
52
97th
88.2
63 - 109
97th
5TB
97th
148
96th
0.02
87th
92
94th
37
Compare Toshiba X300 6TB
Samples 5.5k
52
97th
86.8
58 - 109
96th
6TB
98th
149
97th
0.03
84th
92
94th
38
Compare Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Samples 138k
52
97th
13.6
52nd
59.2
39 - 75
81st
1TB
81st
86.2
71st
0.26
94th
164
0th
€75
42nd
39
Compare WD Black 6TB (2016)
Samples 6.4k
52
97th
71.7
94th
97.8
64 - 121
99th
6TB
98th
173
99th
0.02
80th
78
97th
€141
15th
40
Compare WD Black 4TB (2012)
Samples 4.1k
52
97th
17.3
55th
74.1
49 - 93
89th
4TB
96th
124
89th
0.01
71st
127
2nd
€294
2nd
41
Compare WD Blue 2TB (2015)
Samples 253k
52
97th
27.6
65th
64.8
40 - 84
84th
2TB
90th
107
83rd
0.77
98th
94
93rd
€81
37th
42
Compare WD Blue 3TB (2015)
Samples 75k
52
97th
106
99th
70.6
46 - 96
88th
3TB
93rd
114
85th
0.23
94th
94
93rd
€34
81st
43
Compare Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)
Samples 325
52
97th
62.4
91st
74.5
25 - 114
89th
10TB
100th
126
90th
0
46th
81
97th
€206
7th
44
Compare Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)
Samples 16k
52
97th
32.5
70th
80.9
35 - 114
93rd
500GB
61st
118
87th
0.13
91st
83
95th
€21
97th
45
Compare WD Black 1TB (2010)
Samples 257k
52
97th
17.5
55th
56.8
35 - 76
78th
1TB
81st
93.9
75th
0.47
97th
160
0th
€56
56th
46
Compare WD Green 2TB (2011)
Samples 212k
52
97th
37
73rd
50.9
31 - 67
71st
2TB
90th
85
70th
0.39
98th
146
1st
€47
65th
47
Compare WD Red 3TB (2012)
Samples 68k
52
97th
39.2
75th
67.3
42 - 88
86th
3TB
93rd
114
85th
0.23
95th
131
2nd
€89
32nd
48
Compare Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB
Samples 12k
52
97th
43
78th
89
56 - 113
97th
2TB
90th
153
98th
0.08
71st
138
1st
€71
45th
49
Compare WD Green 3TB (2011)
Samples 112k
52
97th
29.2
66th
62.3
40 - 83
83rd
3TB
93rd
102
80th
0.24
95th
146
1st
€110
25th
50
Compare WD Red 2TB (2012)
Samples 64k
52
97th
44.3
79th
66.4
45 - 86
85th
2TB
90th
112
84th
0.24
94th
131
2nd
€52
60th
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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