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Seagate vs. WD - Battle of the 4TB Giants

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Introduction

4TB 'Giants'

Man’s demand for storage is like an unquenchable thirst. Fortunately, hard disk manufacturers are only too happy to oblige. Just recently, both Seagate and Western Digital announced new 4TB portable external hard disk drives, and these drives are true portable hard disk drives in the sense that they do not need to connect to an external power source. How, you might wonder, considering the largest capacity for 2.5-inch form factor drives is currently just 2TB? The answer is obvious: put two of them together.

The Seagate Backup Plus Fast and Western Digital My Passport Pro are the two such 4TB portable external hard disk drives that we are taking a closer look at today and despite the fact that they both offer 4TB of storage capacity, they are actually very different drives in terms of their design, size, specifications, and features. Let’s begin with the Seagate drive.

The Seagate Backup Plus Fast

Seagate has taken the straightforward approach with their latest Backup Plus Fast drive as it is really two regular 2TB drives stacked together in a RAID 0 (striping) configuration. As such, it is considerably thicker and heavier than most portable external hard disk drives - to the tune of around 22mm and 307g, to be exact.

Users might be expecting such a drive to be equipped with faster Thunderbolt connectivity, but Seagate is adamant that USB 3.0 will suffice, stating that USB 3.0’s theoretical throughput of 5Gbps (625MB/s) is more than sufficient, despite the drive’s RAID 0 configuration. Seagate claims that transfer speed of up to 220MB/s is achievable.

And because the Backup Plus Fast drive is really two drives in one, the drive is best used with USB 3.0 ports because older USB 2.0 ports might not provide sufficient power. Thankfully, the cable that Seagate provides is a Y-cable with a separate connector for power, so that the drive can still be used with older system even if it means it might take up two USB ports.

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Finally, as is the case for Seagate external portable hard disk drives, the Backup Plus Fast comes bundled with the company’s excellent Dashboard backup utility. The Dashboard utility recently underwent a major refresh, and now comes with the added ability to backup your iOS or Android device by using the accompanying Seagate Mobile Backup app that is available for both iOS and Android devices.

The Western Digital My Passport Pro

On the other corner, the Western Digital My Passport Pro takes a similar approach but with a few notable differences. It is similar in that it uses two 2.5-inch hard disk drives to achieve the 4TB capacity. However, it differs by being considerably thicker and heavier, measuring a whopping 44mm in girth and tipping the scales at over 700g. It even has a small fan to help with cooling.

In addition, the My Passport Pro drive eschews USB 3.0 connectivity for Thunderbolt. Although Thunderbolt provides a far greater theoretical throughput - 20Gbps in total - it is highly unlikely that even in RAID 0 the two drives will able to fully maximize this throughput. That said, one thing that we do like about the My Passport Pro is that the Thunderbolt cable is integrated into the drive, and can be easily kept away by “wrapping” it around the drive. This makes the drive more convenient to carry around. Unfortunately, there is no additional Thunderbolt port for daisy-chaining, and this limits the drive's usability since Thunderbolt daisy chains need to terminate at a display.

Also, it is targeted specifically at Mac users and requires the WD Drive Utilties software to work. We tried setting drive up in RAID 0 on a Windows machine and it failed to detect the drive correctly. With the WD Drive Utilites app, users can choose to configure the My Passport Pro drive in either RAID 0, 1 or JBOD modes. The app also lets users run quick diagnostics and tests to see if it is working properly.

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While SSDs are the best choice in roles that need high speed (mostly boot drives for the home user), many people need large amounts of storage space, and traditional hard drives still give the best value per gigabyte. Four-terabyte drives are the biggest drives available today, and today we will test two of them: the Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB and the Western Digital WD Black 4 TB.

Both tested drives have an actual capacity of 3,726 GB (read our “Hard Disk Drive Capacity Limits” tutorial to understand why), which should provide more than enough space even for high-demanding applications.

The Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB (ST4000DM000) spins at 5,900 rpm, has 64 MiB of cache and uses a SATA-600 interface.

Figure 1: Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB (top)

Figure 2: Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB (bottom)

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The Western Digital WD Black 4 TB (WD4003FZEX) also has 64 MiB of cache and uses a SATA-600 interface, but spins at 7,200 rpm.

Figure 3: Western Digital WD Black 4 TB (top)

Figure 4: Western Digital WD Black 4 TB (bottom)

Despite the high capacity, the drives look aesthetically identical to any other hard drive occupying a 3.5” form factor.

In our tests, we will be comparing the performance of the drives, in order to see which one is the fastest.

In the table below, we will compare the basic specifications of these products.

* All prices were researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this review.

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During our testing procedures, we used the configuration listed below. The only variable component between each benchmarking session was the hard disk drive being tested.

Hardware Configuration

• CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K
• Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Killer
• Memory: 16 GB G.Skill Sniper (DDR3-1600/PC3-12800), configured at 1,600 MHz
• Video Card: GeForce GT 630 1 GB
• Video Resolution: 1920 x 1080
• Video Monitor: Philips 236VL
• Power Supply: Corsair CX500M
• Boot Drive: Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB

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Operating System Configuration

• Operating System: Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit using NTFS file system

Benchmarking Software

Error Margin

We adopted a 3% error margin in our tests, meaning performance differences of less than 3% cannot be considered meaningful. Therefore, when the performance difference between two products is less than 3%, we consider them to have similar performance.

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We used CrystalDiskMark’s default configuration for our tests, which benchmarked each hard drive using a file size of 1,000 MB with five test runs. You can see the results below.

In the sequential read test, the WD Black 4 TB drive exhibited the best performance, beating the Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB by 14 percent.

The WD Black 4 TB also came out on top on the sequential write test, outperforming the Desktop HDD 4 TB by 12%.

In the random read test using 512 kiB blocks, the WD Black 4 TB also came out on top, beating the Desktop HDD 4 TB by 16%.

Moving on to the random write test using 512 kiB blocks, the WD Black 4 TB was 28% faster than the Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB.

In the random read test using 4 kiB blocks, the WB Black outperformed the Desktop HDD by 32%.

In the random write test using 4 kiB blocks, the WD Black 4 TB was 43% faster than the Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB.

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Now we will look at the results recorded using HD Tune.

In the burst transfer rate test, the WD Black 4 TB was 42% faster than the Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB.

Moving on to the average transfer rate test, both drives achieved the same level of performance.

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Access time is another important measurement. It measures the time the storage device delays to start delivering data after the computer has asked for given data. It is measured in the order of milliseconds (ms, which are equal to 0.001 s); the lower this value, the better.

In this test, the WD Black 4 TB recorded the shortest access time, which was 26% quicker than the Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB.

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The WD Black 4 TB and the Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB are not direct competitors, since the first spins at 7,200 rpm and the latter, at 5,900 rpm. The model from WD is also significantly more expensive than the model from Seagate. Another important information to be aware of is warranty: Wester Digital offers a five-year warranty, while Seagate offers only a two-year warranty. Nevertheless, this review is a good opportunity to fully understand what you get by buying a more expensive product.

Throughout our tests, the Western Digital WD Black 4 TB exhibited a very good level of performance, beating the Seagate Desktop HDD in the tests using the CrystalDiskMark.

However, in HD Tune, both drives achieved the same performance level in the average speed test. This means that, while the WD Black 4 TB is faster in random writes and reads (which is expected, due to its higher rotational speed and lower access time), this superiority is smaller in sequential access of large files.

We should recommend the WD Black 4 TB drive, but it is significantly more expensive than the Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB. So, the latter can be a better buy for those who are looking for the best value in a 4 TB hard disk drive, especially if it will not be used as a boot drive.