Figures for WD’s 320 GB Scorpio

Overall, the drive delivers an across the board performance gain over its 250-gig predecessor while weighing in just a hair noisier when it comes to idle operation.

Nonetheless, WD’s latest closes the gap between the firm’s offerings and Hitachi’s king-of-the-hill Travelstar 7K200.

The WD3200BEVT also delivers some of the highest scores we’ve seen from a 2.5″ notebook-oriented drives in our IOMeter suite, indicating suitability for light use in multi-user environments.