Seagate Desktop HDD.15 4TB vs WD Black 4TB Hard Drive Review

Test System and CrystalDiskInfo

Test System and Drive Info

Before we look at the numbers, here is a brief glance at the test system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running.

Intel Z77 Test Platform

The Intel Z77 platform that we used to test the ADATA HE720 was running the ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe motherboard with BIOS 0902 that came out on 03/06/2013. The Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz memory kit was set to 1866MHz with 1.5v and 9-10-9-27 2T memory timings.

Intel Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Core i7-3770K	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-I	Click Here
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance	Click Here
Video Card	Intel HD 4000	Click Here
Hard Drive	Kingston HyperX 480GB	Click Here
Cooling	CoolIt Eco II 140mm	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair AX650 Gold	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit	Click Here

Detailed Information with CrystalDiskInfo 5.6.2:

The WD Black 4TB desktop hard drive that we will be looking at today is running firmware version 01.01L01 and has a 64MB cache. The Seagate 4TB desktop hard drive is running firmware CC52 and also has 64MB of cache. It appears that the Seagate 4TB drive has Advanced Power Management (APM) enabled according to CrystalDiskInfo.