PC Components Storage HDDs Not All 500 GB Hard Drives Are Created Equal Features By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 23 July 2009 Page 8 of 9: Power Consumption And Power Efficiency Page 1: Hard Drive Progress Visualized: Two 500 GB Notebook Drives Compared Page 2: Three Platters: Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM500LI (500 GB) Page 3: Two Platters: Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI (500 GB) Page 4: Test Setup And Throughput Diagrams Page 5: Access Time And I/O Performance Page 6: Throughput, Streaming, And Interface Performace Page 7: PCMark Vantage Application Performance Page 8: Power Consumption And Power Efficiency Page 9: Conclusion Power Consumption And Power EfficiencyPower RequirementsPower EfficiencyStay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware NewsletterGet Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Current page: Power Consumption And Power Efficiency Prev Page PCMark Vantage Application Performance Next Page Conclusion Patrick Schmid and Achim RoosSocial Links Navigation More about hddsSeagate's HAMR HDDs qualified by customers — volume shipments imminentWD Red Plus 10TB NAS HDD hits its lowest-ever price point for Cyber Monday — Just $146LatestNvidia, AMD, and Intel all invest in light-based communication networks powering next-gen chips — Ayar Labs gets $155 million in fundingSee more latest ► Most PopularHDD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2024: Here's all the hard disks we've tested over the past couple of years ranked by performance.Best Raspberry Pi Projects: November 2024Intel Core Ultra 9 285K cooling testing: How much does it take to keep Arrow Lake cool in MSI's MPG Gungnir 300R Airflow PC Case? 10 Raspberry Pi Halloween projects from 2024 that scared our socks offIntel Core Ultra 7 265K cooling testing: How much does it take to keep Arrow Lake cool in MSI's MPG Velox 100R PC Case?Building a new family PC? These motherboards bring style and substanceAMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core i9-14900K FaceoffDon't overlook this core component when building your next PCHands-on with Lian Li's Lancool 207 PC case: Rethinking ATX on a budgetCreate even faster with local AI-enhanced desktopsAMD RX 7600 XT vs RX 7600 GPU faceoff: Is 16GB of video memory worth it in a budget GPU?
