Test System Setup

Processor: Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 940 (800MHz FSB) (Supplied by Intel)

Memory: 2x 1GB DDR2-1000 Super Talent (Supplied by Super Talent)

Motherboard: ASUS P5WD2-E Premium (Supplied by ASUS)

Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce 7800GT (Supplied by ASUS)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP2

Drivers: Intel INF 7.2.2.1006

For these tests we put the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 against its younger brother, the 5400.2, the Toshiba MK 4200 series, IBM Travel Star as well as included the Seagate 7200.9 results to show comparisons between high-end mobile and desktop Hard Disks.

PCMark

Version and / or Patch Used: 1.1.0

Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com

Product Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/products/pcmark04/

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PCMark shows us that the new Momentus model has the goods over the other notebook drives which we included in our testing.