Three Generations Of 1.8" Hard Drives Benchmarked
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Test Setup And Comparison Table
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System Hardware | |
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Hardware | Details |
CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB L2 Cache) |
Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.0; Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R; BIOS: 1.0B |
RAM | 3 x 1GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
HDD | Seagate NL35, 400GB; ST3400832NS; 7,200 RPM, SATA/150, 8 MB Cache |
Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800W; OCZ800EXS-EU |
Benchmarks | |
Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.12PCMark Vantage 1.0 |
I/O Performance | IOMeter 2006.07.27Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-BenchmarkStreaming ReadsStreaming Writes |
System Software & Drivers | |
Driver | Details |
Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 |
Intel Chipset Drivers | Chipset Installation Utility 9.1.0.1007 |
AMD Graphics | Radeon 8.12 |
Intel Matrix Storage | 8.7.0.1007 |
Drive Comparison Table
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Manufacturer | Toshiba | Toshiba | Toshiba |
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Model | MKxx17GSG | MKxx29GSG | MKxx33GSG |
MK1617GSG | MK2529GSG | MK3233GSG | |
Form Factor | 1.8" | 1.8" | 1.8" |
Capacity | 160GB | 250GB | 320GB |
Spindle Speed | 5,400 RPM | 5,400 RPM | 5,400 RPM |
Other Capacities | 80GB | 120, 160GB | 160, 250GB |
Platters | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Cache | 8MB | 8MB | 16MB |
NCQ | yes | yes | yes |
Interface | Micro-SATA/150 | Micro-SATA/300 | Micro-SATA/300 |
Weight | 62 g | 62 g | 62 g |
Operating Temperature | 5-55°C | 5-55°C | 5-65°C |
Specified Idle Power | 0.45W | 0.4W | 0.4W |
Measured Idle Power | 0.5W | 0.5W | 0.5W |
Operating Shock (2 ms, read) | 500G | 500G | 500G |
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