Hard Drives, Yesterday And Today: From 500 GB To 1.5 TB

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Comparison Table And Test Setup

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Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Model Spinpoint T166 Ecogreen F1 Ecogreen F2
Model Number HD501LJ HD103UI HD153UI
Form Factor 3.5" 3.5" 3.5"
Capacity 500 GB 1,000 GB 1,500 GB
Spindle Speed 7,200 RPM 5,400 RPM 5,400 RPM
Other Capacities 80, 160, 320 GB 250, 320, 500, 640, 750 GB 250, 320, 500, 640, 750, 1,000 GB
Platters 3 3 3
Cache 16 MB 32 MB 32 MB
NCQ Yes Yes Yes
Interface SATA/300 SATA/300 SATA/300
Operating Temperature 0-60°C 0-60°C 0-60°C
Specified Idle Power 8.2 W 5.0 W 5.1 W
Measured Idle Power 6.4 W 4.3 W 3.8 W
Operating Shock ( 2 ms, Read) 63 g 70 g 70 g
Warranty 3 Years 3 Years 3 Years

System Hardware

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Hardware Details
CPU Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB L2 Cache)
Motherboard (Socket 1366) Supermicro X8SAX
 Revision: 1.0
Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R
BIOS: 1.0B
RAM 3 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX
System HDD Seagate NL35 400 GB 
ST3400832NS
 7,200 RPM, SATA150, 8 MB
Test HDDs Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ, 500 GB
 Samsung Ecogreen F1, HD103UI, 1,000 GB 
Samsung EcoGreen F2, HD153UI, 1,500 GB
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 And Drivers
Operating System Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
Intel Chipset Drivers Chipset Installation Utility 9.1.0.1007
AMD Graphics ATI Radeon 8.12
Intel Matrix Storage 8.7.0.1007