Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive

13specifications compared
8differ
5identical
20known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive has 192 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 64 MB). The Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive has 200,000 h more mean time between failures (MTBF) than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (1000000 h vs 800000 h). The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 2.79 W more power consumption (typical) than the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive (6.49 W vs 3.7 W). Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 60 °C on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive, 0 - 70 °C on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive.

Storage drive buffer size
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:64 MB
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:256 MB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:800000 h
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:1000000 h
Power consumption (typical)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:6.49 W
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:3.7 W
Power consumption (standby)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:0.77 W
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4.59 W
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:2.5 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:0 - 70 °C
Height
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:26.1 mm
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:147 mm
Weight
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:606 g
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:490 g

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Comparison of ST4000NC000-RF, ST4000VX005
33 specifications	A Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive Model ST4000NC000-RF View product	B Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive Model ST4000VX005 View product
Features2 differ
HDD speedKnown for one	5900 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	256 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
SMART technologyKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	4096	Unknown — not stated by the source
RefurbishedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	800000 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
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	6.49 W	3.7 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.77 W	0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.59 W	2.5 W
Operating voltageKnown for one	5 / 12 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.8 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 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
Weight & dimensions2 differ
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	147 mm
WeightDiffers	606 g	490 g
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20.2 mm
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source

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