Samsung vs Seagate 250GB 7200RPM Benchmark

Just to get a comparison of the 250GB 7200RPM available for the M1530 right now and to get an idea of the differences between the two, here are the two benchmark tests for your comparison and review. Credit goes to Mattocs for the Seagate, whereas I tested the Samsung.

Samsung 250GB 7200RPM
(For some reason when saving the image access time and burst rate didn't show up in the saved file, but the results are: Access Time - 19.0ms Burst Rate 73.5 MB/sec)


Seagate Momentus 250GB 7200RPM


In case any of you were wondering whether Samsung or Seagate was better, or if your Samsung drive is better than the other Seagates vice versa, here you go!

As one can see, clearly the 250GB Seagate as a slightly better Minimum Transfer rate and much better maximum transfer rate and the difference between the performance is a little over 2.7MB/sec. Access time is also much shorter by a good 2.4 seconds.

The Samsung is better in its burst rate by 19.7MB/sec as well as having a smaller CPU usage by 1.3 percent.

However, both drives are quiet and do not experience any heat problems with temperatures at 39 for the Samsung and 38 for the Seagate. Seagate wins by a 1 degree difference, no big deal.

Overall there are a few tradeoffs:

Min Transfer Rate: Samsung Wins
Max Transfer Rate: Seagate
Avg Transfer Rate: Samsung
Burst: Samsung
Access Time: Seagate
CPU Usage: Samsung
Temperature: Samsung (Minimal)
Minimal Degredation: Samsung

 

There were too many other processes trying to access the HDD when you tested the Samsung.

Try again after making sure that indexing is turned off and SuperFetch has settled down. This will remove most of the downward spikes. However, I suspect the Seagate will still be ahead on performance. How do they compare for power consumption and heat?

John

 

Alright, I've reperformed the tests and have updated the Samsung above. For the sake of consistency, indexing and is left on to be accurate. Temperatures are about the same as the Samsung is 1 degree hotter than the Seagate, minimal difference.

 

Forte - my Seagate 160/5400rpm makes that constant "click-click" sound when it is not highly active - I had to use a hdparm script to keep it quiet. Does this Seagate do the same (seems that most of the people who had this problem had the exact drive I have from Seagate). I like the results - and your temps are about 4 degrees cooler than mine is currently.

 

Click click sound is not normal. No it does do the same. It is also very cool on the wristpad. Usually click click sounds are caused by impact of the hard drive... I recommend you swap or find a way to get a new one.

 

Something's strange - what is the bottleneck on the Samsung over the first half of the platter? There is no decay seen with virtually every other magnetic disk made in the last 20 years.