HD Tach results for Seagate 7200.7 Drive

[ctk1981]

Just did a fresh install, have Unreal 2 installed and have never defragged the drive yet. Havent seen too much posted on these drives so Id chirp in what I found out.

This drive is quiet, I cant hear it over my case fans. Course you folks out there with really quiet machines would scoff at my setup anyways! =)

Asus A7N8X Deluxe board with newest Asus nForce drivers.

Random Access Time 15.7ms
61124kps High
8631kps Low
46063 Avg

Drive is a 80GB 7200.7 Drive 2MB version. 7200 RPM

Access time isnt the greatest, but it does have a good average speed.

 

[mechBgon]

Nice! 😀 Now, that's a parallel ATA drive, or serial ATA?

 

[ctk1981]

Parallel ATA

That low was one of those infamous quick dips in the beginning also. Dont want anyone to think that was something it did frequently. It had a pretty good graph too, a few dips here and there which is to be expected....or so I think anyways, most of the charts ive seen have them.

 

[mechBgon]

Where did you buy it from?

 

[Eug]

Significanty faster, but also reportedly louder than the Barracuda series.

 

[bgeh]

that's a good score
i might be consider that for my friend's pc

 

[ctk1981]

I got mine from CDW because I have a friend that works there, so discount! Heh....even still, I paid more than I really wanted to for this drive. Check nextag.com or pricegrabber.com and see all where you can get this drive. They listed a few places, maybe someone can figure out a coupon deal or something for one of these drives.