
I am using this as my primary genomic dataset decompression/analysis/recompression drive. It replaced the competitor’s highest-end consumer-grade performance hard drive, which also has a five year warranty. Sustained writes of 170MB/s are amongst the highest I’ve seen from a single (mechanical/platter-based) hard drive. For comparison, the drive it replaced topped out at 150MB/s according to my testing. This Seagate drive also has slightly lower latencies than the drive it replaced. At idle it pulls a few watts less than the drive it replaced. Finally, it is noticeably quieter (though in an enterprise setting this is irrelevant).

Large Size Works Great Stable Have ordered 100s of WD Gold none have failed so far

I'm using these in a NAS system in a mirrored array and the write speeds are quite good. Solid, error-free performance. Very little internal temperature variance.

This HDD has plenty of capacity for my security cameras. I switched from a 4TB to a 14TB and now I have months of video storage!


Arrived on time. Decent packaging. HDTune tests all OK.

Best performing hard drive for the price - only slightly more than standard desktop models. In fact the price is about the same. Five year warranty. 64MB cache. I have deployed dozens of these and not experienced a bad one yet. Good quality product. Smooth and fairly quiet operation.

I had a problem with an order but this seller worked with me to address the issue appropriately and in a fast manner. I was very pleased with their customer service and will definitely do more business with them in the future. I had a great experience.

Lots of storage, ease of install

Nothing bad to say


This works as intended.

Good price 12gb interface Works well so far in my Adaptec raid 5

Performs as expected.

