Thread: Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HardDrive

The Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543232L9A300 has indeed been a modern SATA/300-interface, a theoretical maximum transfer rate of up to 300 MB / s.. The 320 GB drive in the 2.5-inch format makes use of the technical possibilities but not quite as well the competitive environment like this capacity class and lands with a maximum data rate of around 60 MB / s only in the upper middle of the SATA/300- Notebook drives.



The Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543232L9A300 characterized by a high shock resistance. In the off state tolerates the 320 GB drive up to 1,000 G and durable in operation 400 g. The 2.5-inch hard disk consists of two data disks, which typically 5400 revolutions per minute of the four read-write heads .

The Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543232L9A300 offered solid but not outstanding transfer rate: The maximum data rate of 62.0 in reading and writing 57.9 MB / s. So they ended up in the test discipline in 7th place or 11th place all previously tested 2.5-inch drives. In the medium and minimum data rate, the 5K320 was just under 46 MB / s respectively, almost 29 MB / s, however bravely. When the access time was the 320 GB drive light and shadow: On average, it was good 8.3 ms, with the measurement by activating the automatic acoustic management (AAM) is not measurably increase - great! The full stroke access was 18.0 milliseconds, but only enough and jumped when the AAM is high even at 20.0 milliseconds.