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    Fujitsu MHZ2320BJ vs. WD WD3200BEKT

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Evoss-X, May 22, 2009.

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    Hello guys I had some time and made some benchmark tests of these two speeders ..
    http://193.128.183.41/emea/product-1.asp?id=640&i=158&li=1
    http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=482
    Both are 320 GB 7200 rpm 16MB cache
    I must say I made few benchmarks of Fujitsu and one of is WD.
    I didn't have time to swap hdd's and reinstall win7 again there is one benchmark of WD
    I belive that you know what results WD Scorpio Black have these days
    I must say both HDD'a have same noise no more no less
    Fujitsu is not vibrating at all Wd Yes
    Unfortunately both HDD's Klicking for me but Fujitsu a bit less only a bit
    As you can see WD def. winning ! (am so Disapointed :( )
    (Crystal Disk mark is Fujitsu)
     
    Evoss-X, May 22, 2009
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    Nice work Evoss.

    Could you perform the following test?: Copy a 5GB folder and paste it onto the same drive. Time it by hand. Once for the WD and once for the Fujitsu.
     
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    Do you mean this ?
    this is Fujitsu
    WD is iside in PS3
    sorry :)
     
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    Yes that would be the idea.

    Let's say the WD is the D drive, copy a folder from D:, and then paste it on the same drive on a different path, thus duplicating the folder.

    But if your Fujitsu is already in your PS3 it doesn't make much sense anymore.
     
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    yeah ..
    there
    evidently WD is much better
    I want to know which hdd will beat WD :)
     
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    No you can't say the WD is faster just because it does HD Tune better.

    If you want to find out which one is faster you have to do real life tests, like duplicating the 5GB folder or booting the OS.
     
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    booting os take a bit longer with fujitsu
    even I can feel it ..
    and win7 score is 5.7 with fujitsu and with wd is 5.9
     
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    Yeah
    Booting time is 35 sec from vaio logo to desktop ...
    here is some big copy :)
     
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    There was 35 min bt it done for 12 or 15 min
     
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    WEI is another synthetic benchmarks. It's a nice indication but it does not have to mean that the WD is actually faster in real life.

    Ok so the WD boots in 35 sec. What about the Fujitsu? :)

    12 or 15 min? That's not very accurate :)

    What if you take a stopwatch and measure it?

    Duplicating a 5GB takes about 3 minutes on the Fujitsu (probably a lot of very large files in the folder).

    PS. Maybe you should get a 500GB Seagate 7200.4 with the last firmware, that will probably be a close match with the WD3200BEKT.
     
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    Sorry
    its not accurate
    because win calculating with delay will show 35 min and then in few seconds will show 5 min ..
    and fujitsu boot was 35 seconds no wd
    wd is 28 seconds
     
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    From some unknown reason the WD stops clicking :eek:
    how cool is thaaat :)
     
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    That's why I say you need a stopwatch to time it by hand. I don't trust Windows' time calculations.
     
    Phil, May 23, 2009
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