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.

To make things easier to read, we've separated our FC-Test results into individual graphs for each test pattern. We'll tackle file creation performance first.

FC-Test gives the Caviar Green an opportunity to stretch its new platters, and the drive easily outpaces the GP in this first wave of write speed tests. Note that the Caviar Green is also much quicker than Seagate's 7,200-RPM Barracudas, including the new 1.5TB model, which packs a whopping 375GB per platter.

The Green manages to stay out ahead of some of the Barracudas through FC-Test's read speed tests. Again, the latest GreenPower is quite a bit quicker than the original Caviar GP.