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Real World Speed
Performance profile from 235,939 user samples
438 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 116% 9TB free (System drive)
Poor bench: 33% 2TB free
Poor: 33% Great: 116%
SPEED RANK: 82nd / 1015
235,501 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 113% 3TB free
Worst Bench: 56% 2TB free (System drive)
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
SPEED RANK: 31st / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
79.5 % 88.3 % Faster effective speed.
+11%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
135 MB/s 152 MB/s Faster read speed.
+13%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
134 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+6%
127 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
4.09 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+476%
0.71 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
2.55 MB/s Much faster random write.
+48%
1.72 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
79.2 MB/s +5% 75.6 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.85 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+18%
0.72 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
141 MB/s 155 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+10%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
239 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+20%
200 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
216 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+22%
177 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
7.9 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+778%
0.9 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
7.8 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+151%
3.11 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
117 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+35%
86.9 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
1.5 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+67%
0.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
200 MB/s 200 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 53,961,474 HDDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.52 % Insanely higher market share.
+5,100%
Value
Value For Money
92.5 % Much better value.
+46%
63.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 55 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Price
Price (score)
$172 $84 Much cheaper.
+51%
Age
Newest
98 Months Much more recent.
+38%
158 Months
Capacity
Capacity
10TB 3TB

This drive can be used as a combined system and storage drive thanks to its fast 7200K rpm and enormous 3TB capacity. Recently prices for all large drives have been dropping and the 3TB Barracuda 7200.14 is currently a good choice in terms of both value for money and performance. Not only does the Barracuda have respectable sequential read/write speeds but it also goes head to head with the various green options, consuming a very reasonable 5.4W vs 5W (idle) on average for a "green" drive. That amounts to a tiny power consumption disadvantage and a lot more speed. Overall the Barracuda is priced aggressively and represents very good value for money. [Oct '12 HDrivePro]

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