Western Digital 3TB Caviar Green Hard Drive Review

The Test System

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. The Intel Core i7 test system was run in triple-channel memory mode at 1600MHz with 8-8-8-24 memory timings. The ASUS P6X58D Premium motherboard was run using all the latest drivers and BIOS 0702. The ASUS P6X58D Premium motherboard uses the Intel ICH10R south bridge chipset, which we used to run our ‘boot drive’. The boot drive used in our test system was an Intel X25-V 40GB model with TRIM enabled. The WD Caviar Green 3TB HDD was tested in a fresh out of the box (FOB) state.

The Marvell 9123 SATA 6G Controller was tested using driver version 1.0.0.1042b or 1042b for short.

Intel LGA 1366 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Core i7 920	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS P6X58D Premium	Click Here
Memory	6GB Kingston HyperX T1 1600MHz	Click Here
Video Card	ATI Radeon HD 5670	Click Here
Hard Drive	Intel X25-V 40GB	Click Here
Cooling	OEM	Click Here
Power Supply	CoolerMaster UPC 1100W	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit	Click Here

Detailed Information on the WDC WD30EZRS-11J99B0 3TB HDD:

Let’s take a look at the benchmarks and see what the WD Caviar Green 3TB HDD has to offer!