99 test was repeated three times, Adaptec ThreadMark 2.0 test - five times. The averages are indicated in the tables. Adaptec ThreadMark test is not factual enough so it is offered to be changed on Intel IOMeter. As usual at first - WinBench 99. The results of WD153BA disk are rather low in comparison with the results of the previous review participants.
Lets start with their younger brothers.
As we see by the exchange rate WD Spartan is worse than Seagate U10 but better than Quantum lct15. It is a quite good model for office computer. The leader is WD450AA again. Then here are the diagrams. In common without essential variations.