5400 RPM a 7200 RPM to jedna wielka ściema - różnicy prawie w ogóle nie widać.
Oto testy wykonane przez ludzi z strony www.gamepro.com
PS3 startup time
5400rpm speed test: 15.7 sec
7200rpm speed test: 13.5 sec
VERDICT: This one was the most noticeable; we could swear that the faster HDD allowed the PS3 to start and load the Cross Media Bar slightly faster.
Game background load time
5400rpm speed test: 1.9 sec
7200rpm speed test: 1.9 sec
VERDICT: When you highlight a game icon, the PS3 loads a high-res background image. There was zero discernable difference in the delay here.
Time to load Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
5400rpm speed test: 25.8 sec
7200rpm speed test: 23.3 sec
VERDICT: Tekken 5: DR is a 555MB game, but we noticed very little difference between the two drives. It's possible that the game loaded a bit quicker, but it was barely noticeable.
Time to load first fight in Tekken 5: DR
5400rpm speed test: 5.5 sec
7200rpm speed test: 4.8 sec
VERDICT: It's probably no faster, as we're talking fractions of a second here and that falls within the margin of error in our loose test.
Time to quit mid-match and return to XMB
5400rpm speed test: 5.6 sec
7200rpm speed test: 5.4 sec
VERDICT: Identical.
Time to install version 1.82 update
5400rpm speed test: 1min 58.6 sec
7200rpm speed test: 1 min 54.2 sec
VERDICT: After downloading the patch, the PS3 must install the update. We were disappointed that there seemed to be very little, if any, real advantage to having a faster HDD here, as the PS3's updates take some time to install.