Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive

19specifications compared
12differ
7identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive has 1,300 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5900 RPM). The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 56 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (64 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 3.5 ms more read seek time than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (12 ms vs 8.5 ms). HDD capacity: 250 GB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, 4 TB on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive. Interface: Serial ATA II on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, Serial ATA III on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:250 GB
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4 TB
HDD speed
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:7200 RPM
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5900 RPM
Interface
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA II
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:64 MB
Read seek time
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:8.5 ms
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:12 ms
Write seek time
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:10 ms
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:12 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:700000 h
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:800000 h
Power consumption (idle)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:5.3 W
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4.59 W

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Comparison of ST3250310AS-RF, ST4000NC000-RF
38 specifications	A Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive Model ST3250310AS-RF View product	B Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive Model ST4000NC000-RF View product
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	250 GB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5900 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	64 MB
Read seek timeDiffers	8.5 ms	12 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	10 ms	12 ms
Average latencyKnown for one	4.16 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Refurbished	Yes	Yes
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	50000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	700000 h	800000 h
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Average seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 ms
SMART technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096
Power1 differ
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5.3 W	4.59 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one	8.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (write)Known for one	8.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	2 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6.49 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.77 W
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 90%	5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95%	5 - 95%
Operating altitudeKnown for one	-60.96 - 3048 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	-60.96 - 12192 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockKnown for one	63 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	350 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
DepthKnown for one	147 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightDiffers	20 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	365 g	606 g
Other featuresidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s

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