Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB, Single 500GB Platter

**onethreehill** · 02-21-2009, 01:42 AM

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB Review
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**jobol** · 02-21-2009, 03:27 AM

What bugs me about this bencharmk, is that the guy handicaped his 7200.11 because he copied the file from one partition (probably non empty) to his main system partition (C) that has the OS and probably a load of stuff, thus giving the 7200.11 a disadvantage because the file will NOT be copied to head of partition, which is faster.

On the 7200.12, he copied one file from one virgin partition to another, thus having a great read/write performance.

So this benchmark is in no way indicative of real world results unless all variables are known. I think there should be now way the 7200.12 is x2 faster than the 7200.11 under similar real world test conditions.

On another note,

I was wondering....Should I wait for the 1TB 7200.12 or go with a Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB (available right now)?

**moreempty** · 02-22-2009, 02:50 AM

would you guys go for a 7200.12 500gb or a WD black 500Gb as a system disc? might go raid0 aswell?

what to do!?

**onethreehill** · 02-22-2009, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by jobol

On another note,

I was wondering....Should I wait for the 1TB 7200.12 or go with a Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB (available right now)?

I would wait for the 7200.12 1TB
2 platters vs 3 platters
Higher areal density

**EniGmA1987** · 02-22-2009, 08:31 AM

The 500GB 7200.12 dribe is $60 with free shipping at newegg right now. That is the "18" version though, which is slightly louder but gets just a tad bit more performance.

**onethreehill** · 02-22-2009, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by moreempty

would you guys go for a 7200.12 500gb or a WD black 500Gb as a system disc? might go raid0 aswell?

what to do!?

Good?

RAID0 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12, 500 GB, ST3500418AS

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**Mr.Bean** · 02-23-2009, 03:52 AM

only 125MB/seg ?

, where are the 160MB/seg posted on the website of Seagate ?

7200.11 1,5TB use 4 platters of 375GB density 7.2000 rpm = 120MB/seg.

7200.12 500GB use 1 platter of 500GB, 33% more density, at same 7.2000 rpm, ok ? this is 120 + 33% = 160 MB/seg.

ST3500410AS / 418AS use really 1 platter of 500GB ?

or, really spin at 7200 rpm ?

in case of positive this 2 questions, why they only have 125 ?

**sabe** · 02-23-2009, 04:04 AM

11.3ms access times? Does RAID0 help access times that much?

**Mr.Bean** · 02-23-2009, 04:19 AM

access time is not dependent of raid, is a limit of individual drive.

4ms initially, 25ms in the end, average 11ms

only if you limit the total capacity of single drive or raid array increase the performance of average access time, because you leaning more to the faster zone

**mstp2009** · 02-23-2009, 06:04 AM

Review is in progress on the 1TB. We've a ton of stuff come in for review and are backlogged.

**sabe** · 02-23-2009, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by Mr.Bean

access time is not dependent of raid, is a limit of individual drive.

4ms initially, 25ms in the end, average 11ms

only if you limit the total capacity of single drive or raid array increase the performance of average access time, because you leaning more to the faster zone

I just noticed the last bench posted is a 338gb RAID0, no wonder the access times are low :/ That's kinda misleading isn't it.

**sabe** · 02-24-2009, 06:05 AM

So I decided to get another one, and 'cheat' with a small RAID0 as well. My OS is actually sitting on the array, so it might be a little poorer than it should be

**Mr.Bean** · 02-24-2009, 07:08 AM

CPU Usage -1%

**sabe** · 02-24-2009, 07:14 AM

Clearly I managed to harness my hard drive's processor

**Mr.Bean** · 02-24-2009, 07:20 AM

my 4x 500GB 7200.10 RAID0 Slice 32GB

i win

**~~Baron_Davis~~** · 02-24-2009, 08:14 AM

How come 2 of them get 200 and 4 get 300?

**sabe** · 02-24-2009, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by Baron_Davis

How come 2 of them get 200 and 4 get 300?

Perhaps its the ICH10R limiting it...

**mrcape** · 02-24-2009, 02:57 PM

No Raid0 SSD wins. These are storage drives lol.

**Mr.Bean** · 02-25-2009, 12:12 AM

LOL xD

see above -> 4x 500GB 7200.10 !!

4x 80MB/s = 320 MB/s

**onethreehill** · 02-27-2009, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by pa9797

I m using my 1.5TB HDD results as a base reference:

The 7200.12 @ RAID 0

Single 7200.12

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**[XC] Lead Head** · 02-27-2009, 11:32 PM

Holy crap, access time on the 7200.12 is ridiculously slow! Seems like that would kill off much of the benefit of increased data rate. My 80GB 7200.1 not .10 manages a better access time then that!

**onethreehill** · 02-28-2009, 03:13 AM

Originally Posted by EniGmA1987

The 500GB 7200.12 dribe is $60 with free shipping at newegg right now. That is the "18" version though, which is slightly louder but gets just a tad bit more performance.

The "10" version is $60 with free shipping now

**hollo** · 02-28-2009, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by [XC] Lead Head

Holy crap, access time on the 7200.12 is ridiculously slow! Seems like that would kill off much of the benefit of increased data rate. My 80GB 7200.1 not .10 manages a better access time then that!

the first 10% of the drive is nice, <10ms & >100MB/s

**onethreehill** · 02-28-2009, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by pa9797

Since I have rave reviews for the 7200.12 , I thought I need to satisfy myself that the WD Black is as good so I went to get one and try.

At SRP of $149, this baby is expensive in term of per Gb. This works out to be $0,23 per GB vs Seagate 7200.12 is $0.18 per GB.

Do note however in terms of warranty this baby has full 5 years from WD. Seagate only offer 3 years for the 7200.12

As compared to the 7200.12, the Black is fat:

In this department 7200.12 is slimmer. This is due to the single platter Vs I think 2 for the WD.

Temperature this baby is much hotter. I recorded an average of 40d vs 7200.12's 30d

Noise.... Haiz , sad to say this baby is not quiet when seek. However to be fair the noise is muted. I still prefer to 7200.12's Cool and Quiet.

In terms of access speed. This baby is fast. Bootup , surfing is much faster than 7200.12

However in term of burst speed and transfer rate 7200.12 is well ahead:

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