Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB vs. Western Digital WD Black 4 TB Hard Drive Review
How We Tested
Contents
During our testing procedures, we used the configuration listed below. The only variable component between each benchmarking session was the hard disk drive being tested.
Hardware Configuration
- CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K
- Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Killer
- Memory: 16 GB G.Skill Sniper (DDR3-1600/PC3-12800), configured at 1,600 MHz
- Video Card: GeForce GT 630 1 GB
- Video Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Video Monitor: Philips 236VL
- Power Supply: Corsair CX500M
- Boot Drive: Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB
Operating System Configuration
- Operating System: Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit using NTFS file system
Benchmarking Software
Error Margin
We adopted a 3% error margin in our tests, meaning performance differences of less than 3% cannot be considered meaningful. Therefore, when the performance difference between two products is less than 3%, we consider them to have similar performance.