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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(31.5)
Avg. bench(43.9)
Capacity(990)
Write(73.9)
Mkt. share(0.08)
Age months(110)
Price(94.6)
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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) $40
Samples 1.1M
69
100th
46.2
81st
92.3
60 - 113
99th
1TB
81st
144
96th
6.7
100th
81
97th
$40
82nd
2
Compare WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30
Samples 3.1M
64
100th
55.6
87th
83.4
52 - 109
94th
1TB
81st
140
95th
12.2
100th
132
2nd
$30
91st
3
Compare Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67
Samples 462k
60
100th
54.7
87th
91.6
63 - 114
99th
2TB
89th
130
91st
1.6
99th
81
97th
$67
55th
4
Compare Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $98
Samples 112k
59
100th
56.6
88th
92.1
60 - 114
99th
3TB
93rd
131
92nd
0.38
97th
81
97th
$98
36th
5
Compare WD Black 1TB (2013) $38
Samples 240k
58
100th
43.5
79th
82.3
50 - 108
94th
1TB
81st
136
94th
0.65
98th
116
4th
$38
84th
6
Compare Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $31
Samples 1.5M
58
100th
57.5
89th
89.2
55 - 112
97th
1TB
81st
133
92nd
4.84
100th
139
1st
$31
91st
7
Compare Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) $100
Samples 34k
57
99th
66
93rd
82.4
52 - 105
94th
4TB
96th
126
90th
0.09
93rd
81
97th
$100
33rd
8
Compare WD Black 2TB (2013) $75
Samples 144k
56
99th
47.2
81st
88.5
60 - 112
97th
2TB
89th
161
99th
0.48
96th
116
4th
$75
51st
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) $127
Samples 133k
55
99th
26.6
65th
84.5
53 - 110
95th
2TB
89th
135
93rd
0.41
97th
81
97th
$127
26th
11
Compare Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB $75
Samples 235k
55
99th
71.1
94th
88.3
56 - 113
97th
3TB
93rd
127
90th
0.59
98th
141
1st
$75
51st
12
Compare WD Black 6TB (2015) $296
Samples 5.4k
55
99th
37.1
74th
91.6
61 - 118
98th
6TB
98th
197
100th
0.01
71st
96
93rd
$296
3rd
13
Compare Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB
Samples 10k
54
99th
81.8
55 - 104
93rd
4TB
96th
140
95th
0.03
84th
103
92nd
14
Compare Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB $86
Samples 85k
54
99th
59.3
90th
84.7
51 - 107
95th
3TB
93rd
148
96th
0.29
97th
125
2nd
$86
43rd
15
Compare Toshiba P300 1TB $44
Samples 318k
54
99th
38.6
75th
84.1
52 - 107
95th
1TB
81st
143
96th
1.61
99th
92
94th
$44
77th
16
Compare Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB $67
Samples 105k
54
99th
24.8
63rd
83.2
48 - 112
94th
1TB
81st
134
93rd
0.3
96th
118
3rd
$67
55th
17
Compare Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB $55
Samples 815k
54
99th
64.2
92nd
88.2
51 - 114
97th
2TB
89th
130
91st
2.34
99th
141
1st
$55
64th
18
Compare Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB
Samples 94k
54
99th
83
43 - 108
94th
2TB
89th
129
91st
0.24
94th
118
3rd
19
Compare Toshiba P300 3TB $81
Samples 74k
54
99th
63.8
92nd
86.6
56 - 108
96th
3TB
93rd
151
97th
0.32
95th
92
94th
$81
46th
20
Compare Toshiba P300 2TB
Samples 100k
54
99th
87.9
58 - 108
97th
2TB
89th
155
98th
0.5
98th
92
94th
21
Compare HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB $128
Samples 7.9k
53
98th
45.6
80th
73
47 - 92
89th
4TB
96th
128
90th
0.04
71st
114
15th
$128
25th
22
Compare Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB $50
Samples 64k
53
98th
19.4
58th
48.5
19 - 65
68th
1TB
81st
83.7
69th
0.17
94th
123
3rd
$50
68th
23
Compare Toshiba X300 4TB $149
Samples 23k
53
98th
45.1
80th
84
57 - 104
94th
4TB
96th
146
96th
0.11
86th
92
94th
$149
19th
24
Compare WD Blue 4TB (2015) $85
Samples 124k
53
98th
75.5
96th
80.2
49 - 101
92nd
4TB
96th
130
91st
0.52
98th
94
93rd
$85
44th
25
Compare Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)
Samples 66k
53
98th
81.8
39 - 111
93rd
1TB
81st
134
93rd
0.2
92nd
81
97th
26
Compare Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) $48
Samples 695k
53
98th
73.1
95th
86.9
53 - 106
96th
2TB
89th
142
96th
4.98
100th
62+
100th
$48
73rd
27
Compare WD Red Pro 4TB (2014) $205
Samples 679
53
98th
32.8
70th
84.1
59 - 101
95th
4TB
96th
140
95th
0.01
71st
107
89th
$205
10th
28
Compare WD Gold 12TB (2017) $280
Samples 1.2k
53
98th
96.6
99th
113
72 - 138
100th
12TB
100th
197
100th
0.01
71st
66+
99th
$280
4th
29
Compare WD Red 4TB (2013) $156
Samples 55k
53
98th
38.4
75th
74.9
46 - 100
90th
4TB
96th
125
90th
0.14
94th
117
3rd
$156
17th
30
Compare Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB $35
Samples 763k
53
98th
48.2
82nd
84
47 - 107
94th
1TB
81st
142
96th
3.53
100th
125
2nd
$35
87th
31
Compare Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB
Samples 19k
53
98th
72.5
44 - 94
88th
4TB
96th
107
83rd
0.05
71st
118
3rd
32
Compare Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB $49
Samples 344k
53
98th
69.6
94th
85.7
49 - 108
96th
2TB
89th
151
97th
1.35
99th
125
2nd
$49
71st
33
Compare Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016) $75
Samples 26k
53
98th
95.6
98th
89.6
62 - 108
98th
4TB
96th
153
98th
0.21
97th
81
97th
$75
51st
34
Compare WD Black 4TB (2016) $185
Samples 9.8k
53
98th
40
76th
92.4
68 - 113
99th
4TB
96th
165
99th
0.06
87th
84
95th
$185
13th
35
Compare HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
Samples 546k
52
97th
59.1
35 - 75
81st
1TB
81st
102
80th
2.09
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 WD Blue 2TB (2015) $94
Samples 253k
52
97th
27.6
66th
64.8
40 - 84
84th
2TB
89th
107
83rd
0.8
98th
94
93rd
$94
38th
38
Compare Toshiba X300 6TB
Samples 5.5k
52
97th
86.8
58 - 109
96th
6TB
98th
149
97th
0.02
84th
92
94th
39
Compare Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB $49
Samples 12k
52
97th
73.3
95th
89
56 - 113
97th
2TB
89th
153
98th
0.05
71st
138
1st
$49
72nd
40
Compare WD Green 3TB (2011) $188
Samples 112k
52
97th
19.9
58th
62.3
40 - 83
82nd
3TB
93rd
102
80th
0.24
96th
146
1st
$188
13th
41
Compare WD Blue 3TB (2015) $40
Samples 75k
52
97th
106
99th
70.6
46 - 96
88th
3TB
93rd
114
85th
0.27
94th
94
93rd
$40
80th
42
Compare Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB $87
Samples 138k
52
97th
13.6
51st
59.2
39 - 75
81st
1TB
81st
86.2
71st
0.3
94th
164
0th
$87
42nd
43
Compare Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB $20
Samples 574k
52
97th
29.2
67th
58.4
27 - 88
80th
500GB
61st
99.3
79th
2.21
99th
114+
10th
$20
99th
44
Compare WD Black 6TB (2016) $166
Samples 6.4k
52
97th
70.6
94th
97.8
64 - 121
99th
6TB
98th
173
99th
0.01
80th
78
97th
$166
15th
45
Compare WD Green 2TB (2011) $55
Samples 212k
52
97th
37
74th
50.9
31 - 67
72nd
2TB
89th
85
70th
0.4
98th
146
1st
$55
64th
46
Compare WD Red 2TB (2012) $53
Samples 64k
52
97th
50.2
83rd
66.4
45 - 86
85th
2TB
89th
112
84th
0.23
94th
131
2nd
$53
66th
47
Compare WD Black 4TB (2012) $342
Samples 4.1k
52
97th
17.3
55th
74.1
49 - 93
89th
4TB
96th
124
89th
0.02
71st
127
2nd
$342
2nd
48
Compare WD Black 1TB (2010) $65
Samples 257k
52
97th
17.5
55th
56.8
35 - 76
78th
1TB
81st
93.9
76th
0.47
97th
160
0th
$65
57th
49
Compare WD Red 3TB (2012) $113
Samples 68k
52
97th
35.8
73rd
67.3
42 - 88
86th
3TB
93rd
114
85th
0.19
95th
131
2nd
$113
29th
50
Compare WD Purple 2TB (2014) $58
Samples 19k
52
97th
45.8
80th
66.2
39 - 86
85th
2TB
89th
115
86th
0.11
91st
107
89th
$58
62nd
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Intel Core i5-13600K $310Nvidia RTX 3060 $290Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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