PC Hard Drives That Pack More Power for Less Dough
Technical Data
Manufacturer
Hitachi
Samsung
Series
7K160
SpinPoint T133 Series
Model
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HDS721616PLA380
HD400LJ
Capacity
160
400 GB
Rotation Speed
7200 RPM
7200 RPM
Other Capacities
80 GB
320, 300, 250 GB
Platter
1
1 to 4
Cache
8
8 MB
NCQ
yes
yes
Interface
SATA/300
SATA/300
Warranty
3 years
5 years
Test Setup
System Hardware
Processor(s)
2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)
3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
Platform
Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)
Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005
RAM
Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)
2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings
System Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB
120 GB, 7,200 rpm, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Mass Storage Controller(s)
Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)
Silicon Image Sil3124, PCI-X
Networking
Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Card
On-Board Graphics
ATI RageXL, 8 MBSystem Hardware
Performance-
c’t h2benchw 3.6
I/O Performance
IOMeter 2003.05.10
Fileserver-Benchmark
Webserver-Benchmark
Database-Benchmark
Workstation-BenchmarkSystem Software & Drivers
OS
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1
Platform Driver
Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphics Driver
Default Windows Graphics Driver
Benchmark Results
Data Transfer Diagrams