Seagate Barracuda Green 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
HD Tune
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HD Tune provides four results. The burst transfer rate (which is the maximum transfer rate achieved between the hard disk drive controller located on the hard drive printed circuit board and the SATA-600 port on the motherboard), the minimum transfer rate, the maximum transfer rate, and the average transfer rate. Let’s analyze the results.
On the burst transfer rate test, the Barracuda Green 2 TB achieved a performance 8% higher than the Barracuda XT 2 TB and 36% higher than the Barracuda LP 2 TB.
On the average transfer rate as measured by HD Tune, the Barracuda XT 2 TB was only marginally faster than the Barracuda Green 2 TB (4%). The Barracuda Green 2 TB was 15% faster than the Barracuda LP 2 TB.
On the maximum transfer rate as measured by HD Tach, the Barracuda Green 2 TB and the Barracuda XT 2 TB achieved the same performance level, with the reviewed drive being 15% faster than the Barracuda LP 2 TB.
On the minimum transfer rate test, the Barracuda Green 2 TB was 11% faster than the Barracuda XT 2 TB and 29% faster than the Barracuda LP 2 TB.