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

Western Digital has managed to shave a little more than half a second off the VelociRaptor's boot time. Its 3.5" ancestors are still the fastest of the lot, though.

DOOM 3 load times remain unchanged, but the engineering sample proves a little quicker with Far Cry. Even so, the production VelociRaptor still has a two-second lead over its closest rival.