IOMeter - Transaction rate
IOMeter presents a good test case for seek latencies with a demanding suite of multi-user load simulation patterns.

IOMeter's file server, database, and workstation test patterns hammer drives with a mix of read and write operations, so they're less than ideal for solid-state drives. Still, the SATA25 manages a good showing in the file server and workstation test patterns, particularly because the drive's throughput is consistent regardless of whether there's a light or heavy load.

Things turn in the SATA25's favor with the web server workload, which is exclusively made up of read ops. There, the SATA25 decimates the field, leaving even Western Digital's 10K-RPM Raptors in its wake. The web server test pattern results are even more striking because the SATA25 and IDE Flash are relatively evenly matched across IOMeter's other workloads, yet the SATA25 is close to three times faster when it's only asked to read.