We move on to the HD Tune Pro software, another utility we used to measure the drive's reading and writing performances. The drive's random access time was 17.1 ms. The highest transfer rate was about 120 MB/s, in the beginning of the disk. In the sequential read test, the Samsung M3 1TB HDD read the data at an average speed of 89.7 MB/s and write at 89.17 MB/s. The software measures the sequential read speed, the random access speed and sequential write speed. It shows the potential read speed which you are likely to experience with the HDD. We start the tests with the HDTachRW software. IOMeter v2006.07.27 with Xtreme Benchmark template.OS: Windows 7 圆4 SP1 with all the latest updates installed HDD: WD 5001ALLS (500GB, 7200rpm Black Scorpio series) VGA: Gigabyte GT-430 (Nvidia Based) / On board Motherboard: Asus Maximum IV Gene-Z with 0902 BIOS Our test system was running Windows 7 圆4 SP1 with the latest software updates installed along with a WD 500GB 7200rpm Black Scorpio Edition HDD: We installed the Samsung M3 HDD to the Asus Maximum IV Gene-Z motherboard (Z68 chipset). The Samsung M3 1TB HDD came with firmware Ver. The Spinpoint M8 also utilizes a Marvell 88i9322-TFJ2 controller with 8MB of DDR cache provided by a Samsung K4H641638-LCCC memory chip. The drive measures 4.4 x 3.2 x 0.8 inches and its weigh is just 151g.Īt the heart of the drive there is a Samsung 2.5' Spinpoint M8 1TB HDD, spinning at 5400rpm. The USB 3.0 port is positioned at the side of the drive's body and a small label at the bottom side of the drive includes product information. The 'Samsung' logo is embossed on the top side of the drive. AutoBackup personal backup solution, Secure Manager and SecretZone encryption software come preloaded on the drive.Īlso backwards compatible with USB2.0., the M3 drive is housed in a stylish black case with scratch-resistant finish. It includes the external HDD, a USB3.0 cable and a warranty card. The drive retails in the package illustrated below. SecretZone can encrypt data on the device)

Software preloaded on the drive (AutoBackup personal backup solution, Secure Drive,.S2 Portable external drives and the Spinpoint M8 internal laptop drives under the Samsung brand.īesides the 1TB model, the M3 series also includes a 500GB version. When Seagate combined its hard disk drive (HDD) operations into Seagate. The Samsung M3 series is a result of the strategic alignment between Seagate and Samsung last year, We have in our labs a portable Hard Disk Drive (HDD) with a USB 3.0 interface and a capacity of 1TB.

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