Samsung SV2044D
The 20.4 GB big brother of the Samsung fleet, the SV2044D offers the best value for money. The SV2044D has a disk rotation speed of 5,400 RPM, and a 512 KB cache. With a drive index of 15267 in SiSoft Sandra, 3.07 MBps in Business Disk Winmark, 10.58 MBps in High End Disk Winmark, a beginning data transfer rate of 23.27 MBps and an end transfer rate of 12.78 MBps, the SV2044D scored an above average overall of 65.11, just marginally lower than the SV1533D's 65.71. The disk access time of 14.5 ms was quite average, but the CPU utilisation of 2.23 percent was one of the lowest in the range. With a cost per MB of only Rs 0.35, the SV2044D proved to be the best value drive in the category. The combination of performance and value makes this drive an appropriate choice for both home and office.