Hello o everyone, this is my first post in this forum, since I am a recent mac user.
Today I upgraded my macbook lat 2008 unibody, stock HDD for a Wd Scorpio Blue, as soon as I started using my computer I noticed that it's was slower
the trasnfer rates were rediculous like 15 mb/s while installing Ableton Live library, so i decided to go for a speed test with XBench and these are the results.
WD Scoprio Blue 500 GB 5400 Rpm
Sequential
Uncached Write 59.09 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 53.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 14.55 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 55.37 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random
Uncached Write 1.28 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 35.86 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 0.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 10.36 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Do they seem right?
In Mac Performance Guide seem different
http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-Drive-WesternDigitalScorpioBlue500GB.html
Today I upgraded my macbook lat 2008 unibody, stock HDD for a Wd Scorpio Blue, as soon as I started using my computer I noticed that it's was slower
the trasnfer rates were rediculous like 15 mb/s while installing Ableton Live library, so i decided to go for a speed test with XBench and these are the results.
WD Scoprio Blue 500 GB 5400 Rpm
Sequential
Uncached Write 59.09 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 53.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 14.55 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 55.37 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random
Uncached Write 1.28 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 35.86 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 0.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 10.36 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Do they seem right?
In Mac Performance Guide seem different
http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-Drive-WesternDigitalScorpioBlue500GB.html