Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive vs Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB

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  • 15specifications compared
  • 8differ
  • 7identical
  • 16known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB has 1.4 ms more average latency than the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive (5.56 ms vs 4.16 ms). The Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB has 285 G more operating shock than the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive (350 G vs 65 G).

  • HDD speed
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:7200 RPM
    • Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:5400 RPM
  • Average latency
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:4.16 ms
    • Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:5.56 ms
  • Operating shock
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:65 G
    • Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:350 G
  • Non-operating shock
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:350 G
    • Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:1000 G
  • Width
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:101.6 mm
    • Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:69.8 mm
  • Depth
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:147 mm
    • Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:100.5 mm
  • Height
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:20.2 mm
    • Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:9.5 mm
  • Weight
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:390 g
    • Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:98.5 g

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Comparison of Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive, Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB
31 specifications
Features2 differ
HDD capacity160 GB160 GB
HDD speedDiffers7200 RPM5400 RPM
InterfaceSerial ATASerial ATA
TypeHDDHDD
Component forKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceLaptop
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2
Average latencyDiffers4.16 ms5.56 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source600000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source500000 h
Read seek timeKnown for one11 msUnknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one12 msUnknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0.205 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0.685 W
Power consumption (read)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1.6 W
Power consumption (write)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1.6 W
Start-up currentKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1 A
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)0 - 60 °C0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-40 - 70 °C
Operating shockDiffers65 G350 G
Non-operating shockDiffers350 G1000 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers101.6 mm69.8 mm
DepthDiffers147 mm100.5 mm
HeightDiffers20.2 mm9.5 mm
WeightDiffers390 g98.5 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rate3 Gbit/s3 Gbit/s
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source60.3 MB/s
InternalYesYes
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source300 Mbit/s

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