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    5400rpm drive faster than 7200?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hyelton, Aug 27, 2012.

  1. hyelton

    hyelton Notebook Consultant

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    So i got my friend a new laptop for his birthday tommrow. It came with a 500gb 5400 rpm speed hard drive well i was gonna put his old 320gb drive in it was 7200 rpm thought it would be faster for his gaming well the 5400 rpm drive scores 5.8 onwei! And the 7200 scores lower at 5.7 why is that? Yes i know windows exspeicance index and be flakey, but why should it show the 7200 lower? My 7200.rpm drive in my laptop scores 5.9
     
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Yeah, ignore WEI.

    If both HDD's are from the same manufacturer, the same capacity and the same generation; then the 7200 RPM model will always be faster than the 5400 RPM version.

    What you're seeing is possibly different generations of HDD's with different capacities and of course the WEI variability thrown in for good measure.

    In actual usage... is the 7200 RPM model demonstratably better though?
     
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  3. hyelton

    hyelton Notebook Consultant

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    Don`t know yet havent had time yet. I just found it odd. The 500GB drive 5400rpn is from Late 2011, and the 7200rpm 320gb drive is from late 2009. Would the 5400rpm be faster? Cause all of my drives but that one all score 5.9 and that one only scores 5.7
     
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    I can see the 5.4K RPM drive have better sequential scores due to higher platter density/less platters, but i'd guess the 7200RPM will still beat it in access times and 4K randoms.
     
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    Okay thanks! makes things easier too Cause I can keep his data without having to transfer it.

    Been an interesting computer though. Bought it off someone who purchuched it in Russia. Basicly brand new.

    Any idea as to Why it would had came with Windows 7 Home Basic? It has 4gb of ram, and even a Nvidia GT540m Graphics card 1GB and It came with Windows 7 Home Basic? haha. I`ll be using my Retail disk anyway cause the Language is also Russian
     
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