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Xbench

Here are some quick Xbench results comparing the WD Black to the G.Skill Falcon in my Hackintosh. The overall disk scores were WD Black: 78.93 vs Falcon: 315.82. You can see the individual read/write scores below, but if you want the Cliff’s Notes version…the Falcon puts the smack down!

WD Black 500GB:
Results 78.93
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.7 (9J61)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model SomeModel
Drive Type WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2 WDC WD5001
Disk Test 78.93
Sequential 141.14
Uncached Write 151.09    92.77 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 146.91    83.12 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 105.14    30.77 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 185.05    93.00 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 54.78
Uncached Write 18.14    1.92 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 291.30    93.26 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 112.53    0.80 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 179.61    33.33 MB/sec [256K blocks]

G.Skill Falcon 128GB:
Results 315.82
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.7 (9J61)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model SomeModel
Drive Type G.SKILL FALCON 128GB SSD G.SKILL FALC
Disk Test 315.82
Sequential 271.22
Uncached Write 380.85    233.84 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 378.63    214.23 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 137.15    40.14 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 456.59    229.48 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 377.98
Uncached Write 127.67    13.52 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 700.80    224.35 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 3161.37    22.40 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 993.55    184.36 MB/sec [256K blocks

WD Black Results

Falcon Results

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