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

Despite its platter density advantage, the Caviar Green boots slower than the GP by nearly five seconds. That makes it one of the slowest drives of the bunch in this test.

Fortunately, the Green redeems itself somewhat when we turn to level load tests. It's a middle-of-the-pack performer here, and more importantly, faster than the Caviar GP.