Performance in WinBench 99

We will use WinBench 99 to record the drives’ data-transfer graphs.

• Fujitsu MHW2 BJ, 160GB
• Hitachi Travelstar 7K200, 200GB
• Seagate Momentus 7200.1, 100GB
• Seagate Momentus 7200.2, 160GB
• Seagate Momentus 7200.2, 200GB

The following diagram compares the drives’ speeds at the beginning and end of the partitions created on them:

The Fujitsu offers a surprisingly high speed of reading at the end of the partition although its speed at the beginning is far from high. The 200GB model from the Seagate 7200.2 series is the best drive overall.

Next, let’s see what we have in the WinBench 99 tests for a 32GB partition (the results are sorted by the High-End Disk score).

Detailed WinBench 99 results, FAT32

Detailed WinBench 99 results, NTFS

The Seagate 7200.2 drives are beyond competition irrespective of the file system, especially in Business Disk WinMark 99. Interestingly, the Fujitsu does much better with FAT32 than with NTFS in this benchmark, but is still far inferior to the leaders.