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Seagate Momentus 5400.2 2.5” Hard Disk Drive Review (page 3)

Category: Storage

by Andrey Kuznetcov

[ 12/09/2004 | 10:43 PM ]

When partitioned in NTFS, the Seagate again has scored less High-End Disk WinMark points compared to Business Disk WinMark. And again, the Momentus 5400.2 is the worst device in this test in the former parameter, although the gap between it and the other drives is smaller here than in FAT32. Note also that the Seagate has a bigger advantage over its competitors in the Business Disk WinMark parameter her and that the difference between the two results of the Momentus 5400.2 is smaller in NTFS than in FAT32.

We again create a 32GB partition on the drives, now in NTFS. And here’s a surprise once again: the Momentus’ High-End Disk WinMark score is much bigger than its Business Disk WinMark score. This makes the Seagate an unrivalled leader in this particular test – this must be due to its higher data density, which reduces the access time with operations on a 32GB partition.

The next diagram shows you the read speeds of the drives. The Momentus 5400.2 takes the second position, closely following the leading drive from Hitachi. 

Our access time measurements (in FAT32) are presented in the last diagram, and the Seagate has the best access time of all. It is better than the two drives with the same (5400rpm) spindle rotation speed as well as the 4200rpm Toshiba.