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Fujitsu MHW2040BH internal hard drive vs Samsung 160GB SATA II HDD

8specifications compared
7differ
1identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung 160GB SATA II HDD has 120 GB more HDD capacity than the Fujitsu MHW2040BH internal hard drive (160 GB vs 40 GB). The Samsung 160GB SATA II HDD has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Fujitsu MHW2040BH internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Samsung 160GB SATA II HDD has 1" more HDD size than the Fujitsu MHW2040BH internal hard drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). Interface: Serial ATA on the Fujitsu MHW2040BH internal hard drive, Serial ATA II on the Samsung 160GB SATA II HDD. Operating voltage: 5 V on the Fujitsu MHW2040BH internal hard drive, 5 / 12 V on the Samsung 160GB SATA II HDD.

HDD capacity
- MHW2040BH internal hard drive:40 GB
- 160GB SATA II HDD:160 GB
HDD speed
- MHW2040BH internal hard drive:5400 RPM
- 160GB SATA II HDD:7200 RPM
HDD size
- MHW2040BH internal hard drive:2.5"
- 160GB SATA II HDD:3.5"
Interface
- MHW2040BH internal hard drive:Serial ATA
- 160GB SATA II HDD:Serial ATA II
Track to track seek time
- MHW2040BH internal hard drive:1.5 ms
- 160GB SATA II HDD:0.8 ms
Average latency
- MHW2040BH internal hard drive:5.56 ms
- 160GB SATA II HDD:4.17 ms
Operating voltage
- MHW2040BH internal hard drive:5 V
- 160GB SATA II HDD:5 / 12 V

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Comparison of MHW2040BH, 160GB SATA II HDD
32 specifications	A Fujitsu MHW2040BH internal hard drive Model MHW2040BH View product	B Samsung 160GB SATA II HDD View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	40 GB	160 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA	Serial ATA II
Storage drive buffer size	8 MB	8 MB
Track to track seek timeDiffers	1.5 ms	0.8 ms
Average seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.9 ms
Average latencyDiffers	5.56 ms	4.17 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000 h
TypeKnown for one	HDD	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	1.5 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	150 MiB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeKnown for one	14 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Full stroke seek timeKnown for one	22 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.5 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 V	5 / 12 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 3000 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 12000 m
Other featuresidentical
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 MB/s
Drive ready timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 s
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	70 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	100 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	9.5 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	101 g	Unknown — not stated by the source

A dash means the value is not stated by the source. Unknown values are never counted for or against a product, and there is no overall score.

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