Western Digital WD1500ADFD: King Raptor

Single Application Test Procedures:

1. File Zip Test - We take a 300MB file and measure the time that it takes for our system to compress it to ZIP format. We then start the test procedure with 300 (1MB) files to determine how the drive performs with multiple files.
2. File Unzip Test - Using the same methodology as the File Zip Test, we take a single 300MB Zip file and 300 (1MB) ZIP files and measure the time that it takes to uncompress each ZIP file successfully.
3. File Copy Test - We measure how long it takes for the system to copy a single 300MB file and 300 (1MB) files.

The WD1500 leads the other drives in this test scenario. The WD740GD-00FLC0 offers better scores than its predecessor. The Samsung SP2504C continues its lead over the Maxtor 7L300S0 in several of the benchmarks. However, the Maxtor scores very well in the Copy Folder tests.