We ran the tests in the following PC:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-920 Retail
• Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe BIOS 1102
• Memory: PatriotMemory 3x2GB PC3-12800
• Main HDD: WD 800JD
• Operating system: Windows VISTA x64 SP1 with all the latest updates installed

The drive is recognized as WD3200BEKT, as the HDTach benchmarking software reports:

A Full Bench test (sequential read/write) showed that the drive started read/writing at 80MB/sec and ended at 40MB/sec, so the reading and writing average performance was similar. The reported random access time was14.4ms.

The HD TunePro software confirmed the previous results:

Finally, the ATTO Disk Benchmark offers more test results for your pleasure.