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    Seagate Momentus 7200.2 Benchmark

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Meetloaf13, Feb 20, 2008.

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    Well my Hitachi 160GB 5400 is the same so yea, could be a problem. Oh yea PATA also! Sorry! Kind of funny how when sold promise the moon but when you get not.
     
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    I think you just have one too many applications running by looking at the graph, it's spiking way down too early and should look more like a sloped curve rather than a stock trading graph on a bad day. Make sure nothing is running when you run HD Tune's benchmark and resist multi-tasking.

    Other than that, the burst speeds and max transfer rate looks about right.
     
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    Here's my hitachi 7K200 200GB just for comparison, keep in mind that this has a higher density so the burst rate will be faster.

    [​IMG]

    Notice the resulting curve, access times, as well as your CPU usage. Running too many intensive applications while running this bench can rear in bad results.
     
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    Here is my Seagate Momentus 160GB 5400 PATA on my W3V

    [​IMG]
     
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    You have way too much running at the same time. Your CP activity is way out of whack and it looks like the drive is having a heart attack. Heres mine.

    I need to reiterate...START ALL OVER...lol
     

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    Hey guys, thanks for the feedback, it looks like I'm in good shape.
     

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    Much better! But now I have to get new HDD cause mine is slow now.
     
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    :p I got this drive off e-bay for $110 shipped. Great deal I thought.
     
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    I recken does the guy have anymore?
     
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    Look like he raised the price by $10 :D

    ...oh wait, nm, I offered $105 and he accepted ;P
     
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