Comparison Table And Test Setup
Comparison Table
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Manufacturer | Hitachi | Hitachi | Seagate | Western Digital |
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Family | Deskstar 5K3000 | Deskstar 7K3000 | Barracuda XT | Caviar Green |
Model | HDS5C3030ALA630 | HDS723030ALA640 | ST33000651AS | WD30EZRS |
Form Factor | 3.5" | 3.5" | 3.5" | 3.5" |
Capacity | 3000 GB | 3000 GB | 3000 GB | 3000 GB |
RPM | CoolSpin | 7200 RPM | 7200 RPM | 5400 RPM |
Other Available Capacities | 2000 GB, 1500 GB | 2000 GB, 1500 GB | 2000 GB | 2500 GB, 2000 GB, 1500 GB, 1000 GB, 750 GB |
Platters | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Cache | 32 MB | 64 MB | 64 MB | 64 MB |
NCQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s |
Operating Temperature | 5-60 °C | 5-60 °C | 5-60 °C | 0-60 °C |
Idle Power, According To Manufacturer | 4.8 W | 6.8 W | 6.4 W | 5.5 W |
Idle Power, According To Tom's Hardware | 5.1 W | 7.3 W | 7.3 W | 6.2 W |
Operating Shock (2 ms, Read) | 70 G | 70 G | 63 G | 65 G |
Warranty | 3 years | 3 years | 5 years | 3 years |
Test Setup
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System Hardware | |
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Hardware | Details |
CPU | Intel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge, D2), 32 nm 4C/4T, 3.3 GHz, 4 x 256 KB L2 Cache, 6 MB L3 Cache w/ HD Graphics 3000, 95 W TDP, 3.7 GHz max. Turbo Boost |
Motherboard (LGA 1155) | Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3, Revision: 2.0, Chipset: Intel Z68 Express, BIOS: F3 |
RAM | 2 x 2 GB DDR3-1333, Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D |
System SSD | Intel X25-M G1, 80 GB, Firmware 0701, SATA 3 Gb/s |
Controller | Intel PCH Z68 SATA 6 Gb/s |
Power Supply | Seasonic X-760 760W, SS-760KM Active PFC F3 |
Benchmarks | |
Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.16 PCMark 7 1.0.4 |
I/O Performance | IOMeter 2006.07.27 Fileserver benchmark Webserver benchmark Database benchmark Workstation benchmark Streaming reads Streaming writes 4K Random reads 4K Random writes |
System Software And Drivers | |
Operating System | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 |
Intel Chipset Drivers | 9.2.0.1030 |
Intel Rapid Storage Drivers | 10.5.0.1026 |