Maxtor uses Texas Instrument DSPs in their drives which I feel really help the drive process data. TNT AGP Video Card, Metabyte Wicked 3D 12MB Voodoo 2 PCI Card, Monster Sound MX300 PCI Audio Card, Toshiba SDM1202 3rd. This drive was as stable as the IBM drive in all tests. This drive should serve you well if you intend to overclock. OK, here's how she ran vrs.
Higher scores represent better performance.
Surprisingly, this was a very close race. The IBM disk is a little slower on the Business side of things primarily because of its slightly slower access speed of 9.5ms. However, the IBM disk beat out the Maxtor on the High End Disk WinMark because of its faster spindle speed at 7,200 RPM which translates to higher data transfer rates. Let's reconfirm our findings. Once again, very comparable performance from the Maxtor unit.