Comparison Table And Test Configuration
Manufacturer | Hitachi | Samsung | Samsung |
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Product Line | Travelstar 5K750 | Spinpoint M8 | Spinpoint M8 |
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Model | HTS547575A9E384 | HN-M500MBB | HN-M101MBB |
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Form Factor | 2.5“ | 2.5“ | 2.5“ |
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Storage Capacity | 750 GB | 500 GB | 1000 GB |
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Spindle Speed | 5400 RPM | 5400 RPM | 5400 RPM |
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Other Capacities | 640 GB, 500 GB | 1000 GB, 750 GB, 320 GB | 750 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB |
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Number of Platters | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB | 8 MB |
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Advanced Format | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Interface | SATA 3 Gb/s | SATA 3 Gb/s | SATA 3 Gb/s |
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Operating Temperature | 0-60 °C | 5-55 °C | 5-55 °C |
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Idle Power (Specified) | 0.8 W | 0.7 W | 0.7 W |
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Idle Power (Measured) | 0.8 W | 0.7 W | 0.6 W |
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Shock (Operating, 2 ms, Read) | 225 G | 325 G | 325 G |
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Warranty | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years |
Manufacturer | Toshiba | Western Digital | Western Digital |
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Product Line | MKxx61GSYN | Scorpio Blue | Scorpio Black |
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Model | MK6461GSYN | WD10JPVT | WD7500BPKT |
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Form Factor | 2.5“ | 2.5“ | 2.5“ |
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Capacity | 640 GB | 1000 GB | 750 GB |
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Spindle Speed | 7200 RPM | 5400 RPM | 7200 RPM |
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Other Capacities | 500 GB, 320 GB, 2500 GB, 160 GB | 750 GB, 640 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB, 150 GB | 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB, 160 GB |
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Platter | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Cache | 16 MB | 8 MB | 16 MB |
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Advanced Format | No | Yes | Yes |
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Interface | SATA 3 Gb/s | SATA 3 Gb/s | SATA 3 Gb/s |
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Operating Temperature | 5-55 °C | 0-60 °C | 0-60 °C |
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Idle Power (Specified) | 0.8 W | 0.6 W | 0.8 W |
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Idle Power (Measured) | 0.9 W | 0.7 W | 1.0 W |
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Shock (Operating, 2 ms, Read) | 325 G | 400 G | 350 G |
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Warranty | 3 Years | 3 Years | 5 Years |
Test Setup
System Hardware |
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Hardware | Details |
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CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (Sandy Bridge) 45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8 MB SharedL3 Cache |
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Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX, Revision: 1.1, Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R, BIOS: 1.0B |
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RAM | 3 x 1 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
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HDD | Seagate NL35 400 GB, ST3400832NS, 7200 RPM, SATA 1.5Gb/s, 8 MB Cache |
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Hard Disk Controller | Highpoint Rocket 620 Marvell 88SE9128 |
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Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800W OCZ800EXS-EU |
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Benchmarks |
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Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.13PCMark Vantage 1.0 |
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I/O Performance | Iometer 2006.07.27 File server Benchmark Web server Benchmark Database Benchmark Workstation Benchmark Streaming Reads Streaming Writes |
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System Software & Drivers |
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Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 |