Seagate 750 GB Barracuda Enters The Big League

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Technical Data

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Manufacturer	Maxtor	Seagate	Western Digital
Series	DiamondMax 11	Barracuda	WD5000KS
Model	6H500F0	7200.10	Caviar SE16
Capacity	500	750 GB	500 GB
Rotation Speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
Other Capacities	400 GB	500, 400, 320, 300, 250, 200 GB	250, 320, 400 GB
Platter	3 to 4	1 to 4	2 to 4
Cache	16 MB	16 MB	16 MB
NCQ	yes	yes	no
Interface	SATA/300	SATA/300	SATA/300
Warranty	3 years	5 years	3 years

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System Hardware
Processor(s)	2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
Platform	Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005
RAM	Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings
System Hard Drive	Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB120 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Mass Storage Controller(s)	Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)Silicon Image Sil3124, PCI-X
Networking	Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Card	On-Board GraphicsATI RageXL, 8 MB
System Hardware
Performance Measurements	c’t h2benchw 3.6
I/O Performance	IOMeter 2003.05.10Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-Benchmark
System Software & Drivers
OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1
Platform Driver	Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphics Driver	Default Windows Graphics Driver

As always, the benchmark charts include lots of hard drives for comparison of the three models under test. However, we have now dropped UltraATA drives, as Serial ATA has become the dominant interface. If you are looking for comprehensive comparison options, please check out our Interactive Hard Drive Charts ; these include all hard drives tested to date, including lower capacity and UltraATA models.