| Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB |
|
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9
500GB (ST3500641AS)
Specifications |
| Capacity |
500GB |
| Platter Size |
125GB |
| Number of
Platters |
4 |
| Average Seek
Time |
8.5 ms |
| Buffer Size |
16MB |
| Spindle Speed |
7,200 RPM |
| Interface |
PATA,
SATA-II 3.0 Gb/s |
Benchmarks of the Seagate 7200.9 500GB hard drive
were taken with NCQ enabled unless otherwise noted, and were also taken after a
clean install of Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2, including all
Windows updates and latest drivers. The test system used is as follows.
|
Test System |
|
Processor |
AMD
Athlon 3000+ (Winchester) |
|
Motherboard |
DFI
LANPARTY nF4 Ultra-D |
|
Memory |
1GB
(2x512) Crucial Ballistix PC4000 |
|
Graphics Card |
Powercolor X700 XT SCS |
|
Operating System |
Windows XP Professional (SP2) |
Again, thanks to Crucial Technologies we are
proud to include some of their Ballistix PC4000 DDR memory in this test system.
Information about their Ballistix line of memory can be found at
www.crucial.com.
