Momentus XT 750 GB Review: A Second-Gen Hybrid Hard Drive
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
Published
When a little bit of flash memory is good, more must be better, right? Seagate's second-generation Momentus XT hybrid hard drive is out to compete with SSDs, even as it delivers capacities typical of laptop-oriented 2.5" mobile disks.
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Test Setup And Benchmarks
Our testing of Seagate’s new Momentus XT 750 GB consists of three different suites:
- Synthetic and storage benchmarks
- Power consumption and efficiency testing
- Real-world and boot/shutdown testing
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| Performance Benchmark Test System | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2500K (32 nm, Sandy Bridge, D2), 4C/4T, 3.3 GHz, 4x 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 3Gb/s |
| Controller | Intel PCH Z68 Express SATA 6Gb/s |
| Power Supply | Seasonic X-760 760 W, SS-760KM Active PFC F3 |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.16 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | 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 & Drivers | |
| Driver | Details |
| Operating System | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| Intel Chipset Driver | 9.2.0.1030 |
| Intel Rapid Storage | 10.5.0.1026 |
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| Real World Benchmarking Test System | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-2600K (32 nm, Sandy Bridge, D2), 4C/8T, 3.4 GHz, 4x 256 KB L2 Cache, 8 MB L3 Cache, w/ HD Graphics 3000, 95 W TDP, 3.8 GHz max. Turbo Boost |
| Motherboard (LGA 1155) | Intel DP67BG, Chipset: Intel P67 Express, BIOS: 2040 |
| RAM | 2 x 4 GB DDR3-1333, Kingston KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX |
| Discrete Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 6850, GPU: Barts (775 MHz), Graphics RAM: 1024 MB GDDR5 (2000 MHz), Stream Processors: 960 |
| Controller | Intel PCH P67 Express SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Power Supply | Seasonic X-760 760 W, SS-760KM Active PFC F3 |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | Boot Timer |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| Driver | Details |
| Operating System | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| Intel Chipset Driver | 9.2.0.1030 |
| Intel Rapid Storage | 10.5.0.1026 |
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| Drive Power Consumption Test System | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800 (65 nm, Merom XE, E1), 2C/2T, 2.6 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 44 W TDP |
| Motherboard (Sockek 478) | MSI Fuzzy GM965, Revision: 1.0, Chipset: Intel GM965, BIOS: A9803IMS.220 |
| RAM | 2x 1 GB DDR2-666, Crucial BallistiX CM128M6416U27AD2F-3VX |
| System HDD | Western Digital WD3200BEVT, 320 GB, SATA 3Gb/s, 5400 RPM |
| Controller | Intel ICH8-ME |
| Power Supply | Seasonic X-760 760 W, SS-760KM Active PFC F3 |
| Benchmarks | |
| Video Playback | VLC 1.1.1 Big_Buck_Bunny_1080p |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2006.07.27 Database-Benchmark Streaming Writes |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| Driver | Details |
| Operating System | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| Intel Chipset Driver | 9.2.0.1021 |
| Intel Graphics | 15.12.75.4.64 |
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