Momentus XT Review: Seagate's Marriage Of The HDD And Flash Memory
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Update: with more real-world testing under our belts, Seagate's Momentus XT is receiving our rare Best of Tom's award for excellent performance. This new hybrid hard drive combines up to 500GB of storage and 4GB of flash memory to maximize performance.
Test Setup And Throughput Diagram
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Low Level Benchmarks Test System | |
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Hardware | Details |
CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB Shared L3 Cache) |
Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.0; Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R; BIOS: 1.0B |
RAM | 3 x 1GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
HDD | Seagate NL35, 400GB ST3400832NS; 7,200 RPM, SATA 1.5Gb/s, 8MB Cache |
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 | |
Driver | Details |
Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 |
Intel Chipset Drivers | Chipset Installation Utility 9.1.0.1007 |
AMD Graphics | Radeon 8.12 |
Intel Matrix Storage | 8.7.0.1007 |
Notebook Benchmarks Test Platform | |
Notebook | Dell Latitude D630Mobile Intel GM965 Express Chipset |
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 (45 nm; 2600 MHz, 6MB L2 Cache) |
RAM | Corsair ValueRAM 2 x 2,048 MB DDR2-667 SDRAM 5-5-5-15 |
HDD I | Seagate Momentus 7200.4 7,200 RPM, 500GB, 16MB Cache |
HDD II | Seagate Momentus XT 7,200 RPM, 500GB, 16MB Cache |
DVD-ROM | 8x DVD+/-RW |
Wireless | Intel 4965 WLAN (802.11a/g/n) mini Card |
Screen | 14.1 inch WideScreen WXGA+ LCD (1400x900) |
Graphics Card | Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 |
Sound Card | Integrated |
Power Supply | 9-Cell/85WHr Primary Battery |
System Software and Drivers | |
OS | Windows 7; Updated on March 20 2010 |
Benchmarks and Settings | |
MobileMark 2007 | Version 1.06Productivity |
Throughput Diagram
The throughput diagram is impressive for a 2.5” drive, but not revolutionary. Performance basically evolves.
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