Let’s now switch over to NTFS and see what happens.

The Seagate with the classic ATA interface wins this test. The Hitachi 7K100 100GB (HTS721010G9SA00) has the second place, turning in the highest Business Disk WinMark score. The third place goes to the Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100GB SATA (ST910021AS) which is followed by the Hitachi 7K100 60GB (HTS721060G9AT00). The old Hitachi 7K60 60GB (HTS726060M9AT00) has the last place and a noticeably lower performance than its younger opponents.

The data transfer rate diagram shows that the high results of the Hitachi 7K100 100GB (HTS721010G9SA00) in the previous tests are well grounded. The read speed of this drive is considerably higher than that of the other drives. The leader is followed by the two Seagate products, the ATA-interfaced being preferable to the SATA one. Next goes the Hitachi 7K100 60GB (HTS721060G9AT00), while the old Hitachi 7K60 60GB (HTS726060M9AT00) has firmly established itself in the last position.

The last diagram in this section shows you the measured average access time of the drives. The numbers are close due to obvious reasons, yet the Hitachi 7K60 60GB (HTS726060M9AT00) can be singled out as having the best average access time, quite to my surprise.