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5900rpm Seagate Hard Drives: Barracuda LP, Pipeline HD .2

Submitted by Lawrence Lee on Sat, 2009-10-10 04:20. Storage
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HD TACH RESULTS


HD Tach results for our 1TB Pipeline HD .2. The other drives performed similarly.

All three Seagates performed similarly in HD Tach. Like most quiet drives, random access time was higher than usual, but the 2TB and 1TB models managed to edge out the competition in this regard by 2-3ms, while the 500GB Pipeline was 1-2ms slower. Average read speeds were excellent though, with all three drives measuring about 95MB/s, on par with 7200rpm models.

HD TACH RESULTS COMPARISON
Drive
Random Access
Avg Read
Samsung Pipeline HD Pro 1TB
17.0ms
102MB/s
Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB
14.9ms
97MB/s
Seagate Pipeline HD .2 500GB
18.6ms
96MB/s
Seagate Pipeline HD .2 1TB
15.0ms
95MB/s
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB
12.4ms
88MB/s
Samsung EcoGreen F2 500GB
16.7ms
87MB/s
WD Green WD20EADS 2TB
17.9ms
82MB/s
Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB
17.7ms
75MB/s
5400/5900rpm drives in green, 7200rpm drives in blue.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

These recordings were made with a high resolution, lab quality, digital recording system inside SPCR's own 11 dBA ambient anechoic chamber, then converted to LAME 128kbps encoded MP3s. We've listened long and hard to ensure there is no audible degradation from the original WAV files to these MP3s. They represent a quick snapshot of what we heard during the review.

These recordings are intended to give you an idea of how the product sounds in actual use — one meter is a reasonable typical distance between a computer or computer component and your ear. The recording contains stretches of ambient noise that you can use to judge the relative loudness of the subject. Be aware that very quiet subjects may not be audible — if we couldn't hear it from one meter, chances are we couldn't record it either!

The recording starts with 5 to 10 seconds of ambient noise, then 10 second segments of the drive in the following states: idle, seek with AAM enabled (if applicable), and seek with AAM disabled (if applicable).

  • Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB ST32000542AS — Idle: 15 / Seek: 17 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Seagate Pipeline HD .2 1TB ST31000424CS — Idle: 12 / Seek: 16 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Seagate Pipeline HD .2 500GB ST3500414CS — Idle: 13 / Seek: 13~14 dBA@1m— One Meter

Comparatives:

  • Samsung F2 EcoGreen 500GB HD502HI — Idle: 12 / Seek (AAM): 15 / Seek (Normal): 16 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS — Idle: 13 / Seek (AAM): 13 / Seek (Normal): 13~14 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB ST3500321CS— Idle: 14 / Seek: 15 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Seagate Pipeline HD Pro 1TB ST31000533CS — Idle: 15 / Seek: 16 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB WD6400AAKS — Idle: 16 / Seek (AAM): 16~17 / Seek (Normal): 18~19 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Samsung F1 750GB HD753LJ — Idle: 16 / Seek (AAM): 18~19 / Seek (Normal): 20~21 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB ST31500341AS — Idle: 17 / Seek: 19 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Seagate 7200.11 1TB ST31000340AS — Idle: 18 / Seek: 19 dBA@1m— One Meter
  • Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB WD1001FALS — Idle: 21 / Seek (AAM): 21 / Seek (Normal): 25 dBA@1m— One Meter



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