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by TSW
(Nikolas Tuzhilin)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS (320GB, 7200rpm) HDD
Last updated: 31.01.2007
WinBench99 2.0 results on Athlon 2800+ (at 2200GHz), 1024M, SiL3112R SATA controller compared to older drives:
| WD3200KS | MPD3130AT | |||
| Disk Transfer Rate: Beginning | 65000 | 16100 | Thousand Bytes/Sec | |
| Disk Transfer Rate: End | 40000 | 9240 | Thousand Bytes/Sec | |
| Disk Access Time | 12.8 | 15.7 | Milliseconds | |
| Disk CPU Utilization | - | 1.42 | Percent Used |
WinBench unable to test physical drive so above the results of logical drive that starts at 42G boundary.
Official specifications:
| Performance Specifications | ||
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Rotational Speed | 7,200 RPM (nominal) |
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Buffer Size | 16 MB |
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Average Latency | 4.20 ms (nominal) |
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Contact Start/Stop Cycles | 50,000 minimum |
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| Seek Times | ||
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Read Seek Time | 8.9 ms |
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Write Seek Time | 10.9 ms (average) |
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Track-To-Track Seek Time | 2.0 ms (average) |
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Full Stroke Seek | 21.0 ms (average) |
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| Transfer Rates | ||
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Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) | 300 MB/s (Max) |
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Buffer To Disk | 748 Mbits/s (Max) |
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| Physical Specifications | ||
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Formatted Capacity | 320,072 MB |
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Capacity | 320 GB |
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Interface | SATA 300 MB/s |
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User Sectors Per Drive | 625,142,448 |
| Heads/plates | 6/3 | |
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| Physical Dimensions | ||
| English | ||
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Height | 1.028 Inches (Max) |
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Length | 5.787 Inches (Max) |
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Width | 4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch) |
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Weight | 1.32 Pounds |
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| Metric | ||
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Height | 26.1 mm (Max) |
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Length | 147 mm (Max) |
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Width | 101.6 mm |
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Weight | 0.6 kg |
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| Environmental Specifications | ||
| Shock | ||
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Operating Shock (Read) | 65G, 2 ms |
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Non-operating Shock | 250G, 2 ms |
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| Acoustics | ||
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Idle Mode | 28 dBA (average) |
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Seek Mode 0 | 33 dBA (average) |
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Seek Mode 3 | 29 dBA (average) |
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| Temperature (Metric) | ||
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Operating | 5° C to 55° C |
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Non-operating | -40° C to 65° C |
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| Humidity | ||
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Operating | 5-95% RH non-condensing |
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Non-operating | 5-95% RH non-condensing |
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| Altitude (Metric) | ||
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Operating | -305M to 3,050M |
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Non-operating | -305M to 12,200M |
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| Vibration | ||
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Operating | |
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Linear |
20-300 Hz, .75G (0 to peak) |
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Random |
10-300 Hz, 0.004 g² / Hz |
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Non-operating | |
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Low Frequency |
5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude) |
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High Frequency |
20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak) |
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| Electrical Specifications | ||
| Current Requirements | ||
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12 VDC | |
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Read/Write |
450 mA |
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Idle |
430 mA |
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Standby |
20 mA |
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Sleep |
20 mA |
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5 VDC | |
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Read/Write |
800 mA |
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Idle |
730 mA |
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Standby |
270 mA |
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Sleep |
250 mA |
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Power Dissipation | |
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Read/Write |
9.50 Watts |
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Idle |
8.75 Watts |
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Standby |
1.60 Watts |
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Sleep |
1.50 Watts |
