FC-Test - continued

Next, File Copy Test combines read and write tasks in some, er, copy tests.

Even lightning-quick read speeds can't help the 1.5TB Barracuda when we switch to file copy tests. At best, the 'cuda climbs to the middle of the pack, but it's still well behind terabyte drives from Samsung and Western Digital. The ISO workload proves particularly problematic for the one-point-five, which actually turns in much slower copy speed than the original 7200.11.

Splitting copy tests across two partitions doesn't make much of a difference for the 1.5TB Barracuda. Performance with the ISO workload is still dismal, and even with the other workloads, the 'cuda is still slower than most of its rivals.