File Copy Test
File Copy Test is a pseudo-real-world benchmark that times how long it takes to create, read, and copy files in various test patterns. File copying is tested twice: once with the source and target on the same partition, and once with the target on a separate partition. Scores are presented in MB/s.

Although a hair slower than the SpinPoint T with the Windows test pattern, the 750GB Caviar dominates the remainder of FC-Test's file creation, er, tests.

The Caviar's lead extends in dramatic fashion when we switch to read tests. Not even the 10K-RPM Raptors can catch the latest SE16 here, and the 750GB Seagate drives are between 10 and 20MB/s slower with each test pattern.

Copy tests combine read and write applications, and the Caviar SE16 has already excelled with both. It's no surprise then, that the 750GB Caviar SE16 takes top honors across FC-Test's file copy tests, with the exception of a straight copy test with the Windows test pattern where it's just a sliver slower than the Samsung SpinPoint T.