Boot and load times
To test system boot and game level load times, we busted out our trusty stopwatch.

The 750GB Caviar SE16 rips through our load time tests, turning in the quickest times of any 7,200-RPM drive. In fact, the Caviar is the fastest drive overall in our boot time test, and speedy enough for second place overall in Far Cry. 10K-RPM drives dominate the podium in Doom 3, but then they do have a 2,800RPM spindle speed advantage—and at best one fifth the capacity of the 750GB Caviar.