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Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive

14specifications compared
12differ
2identical
23known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive has 248 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive has 550,000 more start/stop cycles than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (600000 vs 50000). The Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive has 300,000 h more mean time between failures (MTBF) than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (1000000 h vs 700000 h). HDD capacity: 250 GB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, 4 TB on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive. Interface: Serial ATA II on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, Serial ATA III on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:250 GB
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:4 TB
Interface
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA II
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:256 MB
Start/stop cycles
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:50000
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:600000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:700000 h
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:1000000 h
Power consumption (idle)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:5.3 W
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:2.5 W
Start-up current
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:2 A
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:1.8 A
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:0 - 60 °C
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:0 - 70 °C

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Comparison of ST3250310AS-RF, ST4000VX005
37 specifications	A Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive Model ST3250310AS-RF View product	B Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive Model ST4000VX005 View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	250 GB	4 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	256 MB
Read seek timeKnown for one	8.5 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	10 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	4.16 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
RefurbishedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesDiffers	50000	600000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	700000 h	1000000 h
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Digital video recorder (DVR)
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	< 1 per 10^14 bits read
24/7 operationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power2 differ
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5.3 W	2.5 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 voltageKnown for one	5 / 12 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start-up currentDiffers	2 A	1.8 A
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.7 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.25 W
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	0 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	20.2 mm
HeightDiffers	20 mm	147 mm
WeightDiffers	365 g	490 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

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