Performance in WinBench99

We will start with the results of the classical WinBench 99 test and the linear read speed from the surface of the drives:

Western Digital WD800VE

Western Digital WD400VE

Judging by these graphs, Scorpio hard drives have very competitive data density per platter.

At first we will check the performance of Western Digital WD800VE in FAT32 file system. The diagram above indicates that Scorpio drive is the second fastest after Seagate ST9100823A. It leaves behind all the rivals with the same storage capacity. Although its advantage over Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00 is minimal.