Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives Review

• Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives Review

This is a review on the Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives. The Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives is normally available with capacities of 500GB, 320GB and 250GB, bringng the best of both SSD and HDD. With these drives, users obtain a 50% faster boot-up speed, with twice the overall performance of the system.

500, 320 and 250GB hard drive • 4GB solid state memory • 7200 RPM • 32MB cache • SATA 3Gb/s with NCQ

Here are the model key for the 3 different capacities of the Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives :-

500GB - Model ST95005620AS
320GB - Model ST93205620AS
250GB - Model ST92505610AS


Key Advantages of Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives

• Solid state hybrid drive delivers SSD-like performance with hard drive capacity options.
• Adaptive Memory™ technology customizes performance by aligning to user needs for overall improved system response.
• 80 percent faster performance than traditional 7200-RPM drives in PCMark Vantage benchmark scores
• Low heat and vibration—quiet operation without giving up storage capacity and affordability
• OS- and application-independent—designed for any SATA standard laptop PC
• Seagate® 5-Year Limited Warranty

Best-Fit Applications for Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives

• High-end laptops and workstations
• High-performance gamer laptops
• Fast external enclosures: USB 3.0, eSATA
• Small form factor PCs

Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives

• Higher productivity – less wait time
• Up to 50% faster boot-up speed*
• Twice the overall performance*
• Seagate® 5-year Limited Warranty

Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives are the Ideal solutions for:

• Mainstream and high performance laptops
• Gaming laptops and desktops
• Fast external enclosures: USB 3.0, eSATA
• Small form factor PCs

Get SSD-like-Performance Today
The Seagate® Momentus® XT drive is a solid state hybrid with Seagate® Adaptive Memory™, enabling the drive to deliver SSD-like performance along with higher capacity. Designed with high-performance core components on an innovative platform, the Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive consists of a 7200-RPM hard drive with 32MB of cache, 4GB of solid state SLC NAND flash storage and Adaptive Memory technology.


Higher Productivity - Less Wait Time
Adaptive Memory technology intelligently monitors your frequently used applications and data files, then places them into the solid state portion of the drive so they can be quickly recalled.


The Seagate Momentus® XT drive offers hybrid storage with Adaptive Memory technology, enabling the drive to deliver higher capacities up to 500GB and SSD-like performance. The Momentus XT drive is designed for all standard laptop PCs and is OS-, driver- and softwareindependent, making this drive easy to integrate and easy to use. Adaptive Memory technology enables the drive to tailor its performance to the user. Whether you are gaming, editing digital media or crunching numbers, the performance is optimized and ready for your next move.

Adaptive Memory technology is a Seagate data management technique that constantly monitors and quickly recalls data usage and preferences. It places files and data that the user will likely access again and again into the solid state portion of the drive. When the user requires the data or application fi le, it already sits
in an instantly accessible location, thereby customizing system performance for the user. Constant monitoring dynamically improves overall response time based on personal usage. You can perform at your best no matter how you use your laptop PC.



The Seagate Advantage
Seagate has a proven record of innovation and is the first drive manufacturer to deliver a solid state hybrid drive that self-tunes its performance so that frequently used data and applications are immediately accessible. Seagate continues to lead the industry in driving extreme performance and capacity at prices anyone can afford.

Below is the specifications of the 500GB Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drive. You can look at the specifications of the other capacities in the picture after it.


Momentus® XT 3Gb/s 500GB Hard Drive
ST95005620AS

Specifications
Model Number : ST95005620AS
Interface : SATA 3Gb/s
Cache : 32MB
Capacity : 500GB
Areal density (avg) : 394Gb/in2
Guaranteed Sectors : 976,773,168

PHYSICAL
Height : 9.5mm (0.370 in)
Width : 69.85mm (2.75 in)
Length : 100.35mm (3.951 in)
Weight (typical) : 110g (.238 lb)

PERFORMANCE
Spin Speed (RPM) : 7200 RPM
Average latency : 4.17ms
Random read seek time : 11ms
Random write seek time : 13ms
I/O data transfer rate : 300MB/s
Unrecoverable read errors : 1 in (10 to the power of 14)

RELIABILITY
Annual Failure Rate : 0.5%

POWER
5V start max current : 1.0A
Average idle power : 0.8W
Average operating power : 1.1W
Average seek power : 2.2W

ENVIRONMENT
Ambient Temperature
Operating : 0°–60°C
Non-operating : -40°–70°C
Maximum operating temperature change : 20°C per hour
Maximum nonoperating temperature change : 35°C per hour
Shock
Operating Shock (max) : 350 Gs for 2ms
Nonoperating Shock (max) : 900 Gs for 1ms

ACOUSTICS
Acoustics (Idle Volume) : 2.3 bels
Acoustics (Seek Volume) :  2.6 bels

Features
Storage Type : Solid State Hybrid



*Performance may vary depending on user's hardware configuration and operating system. Test results based on comparison with standard 5400-RPM hard disk drive (HDD) using Windows 7 and PCMark Vantage benchmark analysis. Share this post on Seagate Momentus® XT Solid State Hybrid Drives Review