HGST Travelstar 7K1000 Review: A 1 TB Notebook Drive At 7200 RPM

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HGST's Travelstar 7K1000 is the first 1000 GB notebook drive we've tested with a 7200 RPM spindle speed. Is this hard disk a performance crown winner? We run our standard suite of benchmarks on it and compare the repository to 13 competitors.

Technical Data And Test Configuration

Technical Data

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ManufacturerHitachi
ModelTravelstar 7K1000
Model NumberHTS721010A9E630
Form Factor2.5"
Capacity1 TB
Platters2
Rotational Speed7200 RPM
Cache Size16 MB
InterfaceSATA 6 Gb/s
Dimensions (W x L x H)2.75" x 3.93" x 9.5 mm
Weight4 oz.
WarrantyThree Years

Test Configuration

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System Hardware
HardwareDetails
CPUIntel Core i5-2500K (32 nm, Sandy Bridge, D2), 4C/4T, 3.3 GHz, 4 x 256 KB L2 Cache, 6 MB L3 Cache, w/ HD Graphics 3000, 95 W TDP, 3.7 GHz max. Turbo
Motherboard (LGA 1155)Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3, Revision: 0.2, Chipset: Intel Z68 Express, BIOS: F3
RAM2 x 2 GB DDR3-1333, Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D
System SSDIntel X25-M G1, 80 GB, Firmware 0701, SATA 3 Gb/s
ControllerIntel PCH Z68 Express SATA 6Gb/s
Power SupplySeasonic X-760 760 W, SS-760KM Active PFC F3
Benchmarks
Performance Measurementsh2benchw 3.16
Row 9 - Cell 0 PCMark 7 1.0.4
I/O PerformanceIometer 2006.07.27
Row 11 - Cell 0 Fileserver-Benchmark
Row 12 - Cell 0 Webserver-Benchmark
Row 13 - Cell 0 Database-Benchmark
Row 14 - Cell 0 Workstation-Benchmark
Row 15 - Cell 0 Streaming Reads
Row 16 - Cell 0 Streaming Writes
Row 17 - Cell 0 4 KB Random Reads
Row 18 - Cell 0 4 KB Random Writes
System Software & Drivers
DriversDetails
Operating SystemWindows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1
Intel Chipset Driver9.2.0.1030
Intel Rapid Storage10.​5.​0.​1026