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These are my results with the WD10EZEX:
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What is burst rate? I have no idea lol.
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Everyone's graphics look good - don't forget Intel RST or AMD AHCI drivers. It doesn't hurt to get more speed. biggrin.gif
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What is burst rate? I have no idea lol.
Burst Rate reflects the repeat read speed - it applies when dealing with files that mostly fit in cache. It doesn't matter much anymore because modern operating systems do so much read caching themselves. If you were setting up a DOS point of sale system, you might want to factor in a drive's cache size and burst rates when choosing a drive, since DOS does no read caching and will re-read the same things over and over.

Windows XP was the last Windows OS to have lackluster read caching. Vista onward cache reads to RAM, eliminating repeat reads. (Except when memory starved.)

Here's a WD Green - when the data doesn't fit in cache, you get this:
crystaldiskmarkv3011000.png

Here's the same WD Green when the data fits entirely in cache. You can see the repeat reads are vastly accelerated.
crystaldiskmarkv30150mb.png

One final note: Intel RST drivers may affect the burst rate, since they add extra read caching. If your burst rate is in the thousands, you're probably seeing your RAM's speed rather than the drive's.
     
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I was considering the caviar blue myself but went for the Seagate 1tb single platter.



Still have a preference for WD over Seagate for quality control and not needing frequent firmware updates, but this performance is too good to ignore.
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I was considering the caviar blue myself but went for the Seagate 1tb single platter.

Still have a preference for WD over Seagate for quality control and not needing frequent firmware updates, but this performance is too good to ignore.

I agree with You but... Seagate warranty is half WD's, only 1 year. And failure rate of Seagate is far larger that WD's.

BTW, great result. Which MBO are You using?
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Today, got my WD10EZEX. I am pretty pleased with out-of-box performance. I run HD Tune with HDD "as is" from antistatic bag, no initialization or formating.



It is Intel SATA 3 controler on Z77 based MBO, Asus P8Z77-V.
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Today, got my WD10EZEX. I am pretty pleased with out-of-box performance. I run HD Tune with HDD "as is" from antistatic bag, no initialization or formating.
It is Intel SATA 3 controler on Z77 based MBO, Asus P8Z77-V.

That's how I ran mine, straight out of the bag. Guess when I get them for xmas I'll be trying the AMD AHCI driver. Most people seem to be scoring a little bit better than what I got.

O ya. I also ran them one at a time from the X-Dock thing on the top of my case. You just slide it in right at the top of the case. But I don't think it causes any performance difference.
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That's how I ran mine, straight out of the bag. Guess when I get them for xmas I'll be trying the AMD AHCI driver. Most people seem to be scoring a little bit better than what I got.
O ya. I also ran them one at a time from the X-Dock thing on the top of my case. You just slide it in right at the top of the case. But I don't think it causes any performance difference.

If this X-Dock is connected directly to SATA3 port, it should not have any difference larger than 1-2%. Maybe my HDD is faster because of Z77 chipset.
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That's how I ran mine, straight out of the bag. Guess when I get them for xmas I'll be trying the AMD AHCI driver. Most people seem to be scoring a little bit better than what I got.
O ya. I also ran them one at a time from the X-Dock thing on the top of my case. You just slide it in right at the top of the case. But I don't think it causes any performance difference.

If this X-Dock is connected directly to SATA3 port, it should not have any difference larger than 1-2%. Maybe my HDD is faster because of Z77 chipset.
Or you got a slightly newer revision. HDD manufacturers do make improvements as they go.

I'd be curious to see what firmware revision yours has. A picture of the sticker (or even a screenshot of HDTune Pro's info screen) might reveal a lot. smile.gif
     
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Well once I finished scanning them both for sector errors they got put away so I can't touch them untill Xmas.

However odd thing though. As you can see from my two HDTune results 1 of my hdd scored like what 10mbps better? That drive took ~1hour 49min to scan. The other drive took 1hour 59min 55sec to scan.
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