Western Digital VelociRaptor SATA 3.0 Linux Disk Benchmarks
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor 150GB Serial ATA 3.0 enterprise hard drive. WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor HDD benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux for a future article on Phoronix.com.


WD WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor 150GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.906, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-5b331f6 saucy-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

WD WD1600JS-00M 160GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 1000GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

o74GB Western Digital WD740ADFD-00: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.49GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Berkeley, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 74GB Western Digital WD740ADFD-00 + 80GB Seagate ST380011A

	OS: CentOS 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
WD WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor 150GB . 31.27  |====
WD WD1600JS-00M 160GB .............. 15.80  |==
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB .......... 16.20  |==
Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 1000GB .... 67.47  |=========
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB .................. 105.77 |==============
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ................. 263.20 |==================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
WD WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor 150GB . 65.07  |=======
WD WD1600JS-00M 160GB .............. 35.00  |====
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB .......... 33.20  |===
Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 1000GB .... 90.80  |=========
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB .................. 122.40 |=============
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ................. 329.87 |==================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
WD WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor 150GB . 34.85  |=====
WD WD1600JS-00M 160GB .............. 14.70  |==
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB .......... 17.07  |==
Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 1000GB .... 62.53  |========
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB .................. 105.10 |==============
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ................. 260.33 |==================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
WD WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor 150GB . 20.85 |===================
WD WD1600JS-00M 160GB .............. 10.98 |==========
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB .......... 16.25 |===============
Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 1000GB .... 38.08 |===================================
o74GB Western Digital WD740ADFD-00 . 16.56 |===============


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
WD WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor 150GB . 113.47 |==========
WD WD1600JS-00M 160GB .............. 57.75  |=====
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB .......... 64.67  |======
Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 1000GB .... 199.48 |==================
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB .................. 130.47 |============
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ................. 374.63 |==================================
o74GB Western Digital WD740ADFD-00 . 76.65  |=======


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
WD WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor 150GB . 5.68   |=
WD WD1600JS-00M 160GB .............. 3.41   |=
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB .......... 2.32   |
Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 1000GB .... 3.27   |
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB .................. 107.63 |================
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ................. 225.74 |==================================
o74GB Western Digital WD740ADFD-00 . 2.11   |


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
WD WD1500HLHX-0 VelociRaptor 150GB . 259.22 |=====================
WD WD1600JS-00M 160GB .............. 198.35 |================
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB .......... 204.03 |=================
Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 1000GB .... 265.69 |======================
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB .................. 270.48 |======================
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ................. 420.12 |==================================
o74GB Western Digital WD740ADFD-00 . 65.69  |=====