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MK5055GSX / MK4055GSX / MK3255GSX / MK2555GSX / MK1655GSX / MK1255GSX
ITEM MK5055GSX MK4055GSX MK3255GSX
Basic specification
Interface Serial ATA 2.6 / ATA8 Serial ATA 2.6 / ATA8 Serial ATA 2.6 / ATA8
Interface speed 3.0Gb/s 3.0Gb/s 3.0Gb/s
Formatted Capacity 500GB 400GB 320GB
Number of data heads 4 4 4
Number of disks 2 2 2
Number of User data cylinders 164,887 151,523 136,152
Bytes per sector (HOST) 512 512 512
Bytes per sector (DISK) 512 512 512
Logical Blocks (LBA) 976,773,168 781,422,768 625,142,448
Maximum areal density 576.4Mbit/mm2 (371.9Gbit/in2) 473.8Mbit/mm2 (306.0Gbit/in2) 392.4Mbit/mm2 (253.1Gbit/in2)
Environmental compliance RoHS compliant RoHS compliant RoHS compliant
Performance
Buffer size 8MB 8MB 8MB
Rotation speed 5,400rpm 5,400rpm 5,400rpm
Average Latency time 5.55 ms 5.55 ms 5.55 ms
Internal transfer rate 363 to 952 Mb/s (typ.) 363 to 952 Mb/s (typ.) 363 to 952 Mb/s (typ.)
Average seek time 12ms 12ms 12ms
Track to track seek time 2ms 2ms 2ms
Max. seek time 22ms 22ms 22ms
Reliability
Load/Unload 600,000 times 600,000 times 600,000 times
Error rate non-recoverable 1/1014 bit read 1/1014 bit read 1/1014 bit read
Supply Voltage
Allowable Voltage 5V ±5% 5V ±5% 5V ±5%
Power consumption
Start 4.5W (max.) 4.5W (max.) 4.5W (max.)
Seek 1.7W (typ.) 1.7W (typ.) 1.7W (typ.)
Read/Write 1.4W (typ.) 1.4W (typ.) 1.4W (typ.)
Low power Idle 0.6W (typ.) 0.6W (typ.) 0.6W (typ.)
Stand-by 0.18W (typ.) 0.18W (typ.) 0.18W (typ.)
Sleep 0.13W (typ.) 0.13W (typ.) 0.13W (typ.)
Energy Consumption Efficiency
/Category name
0.0012
e
0.0015
e
0.0019
d
Dimension
Height 9.5mm 9.5mm 9.5mm
Width 69.85mm 69.85mm 69.85mm
Depth 100.0mm 100.0mm 100.0mm
Weight 101g (typ.) 101g (typ.) 101g (typ.)
Temperature
Operating 5 to 55°C 5 to 55°C 5 to 55°C
Non-Operating -40 to 60°C -40 to 60°C -40 to 60°C
Shipping -40 to 70°C -40 to 70°C -40 to 70°C
Vibration/Shock
Vibration (op) 9.8m/s2 (1.0G) 9.8m/s2 (1.0G) 9.8m/s2 (1.0G)
Vibration (non-op) 49m/s2 (5.0G) 49m/s2 (5.0G) 49m/s2 (5.0G)
Shock (op) 3,920m/s2 (400G) (2ms half sine) 3,920m/s2 (400G) (2ms half sine) 3,920m/s2 (400G) (2ms half sine)
Shock (non-op) 8,820m/s2 (900G) (1ms half sine) 8,820m/s2 (900G) (1ms half sine) 8,820m/s2 (900G) (1ms half sine)
Acoustics
Idle (ave.) 25dBA 25dBA 25dBA
Seek (ave.) 25dBA 25dBA 25dBA
*Energy Consumption Efficiency: Energy consumption efficiency is calculated based on power consumption divided by formatted capacity, as defined by Japanese law.
*Definition of Capacity: TOSHIBA defines a megabyte(MB) as 1,000,000bytes, and a gigabyte(GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
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MK5055GSX / MK4055GSX / MK3255GSX / MK2555GSX / MK1655GSX / MK1255GSX
ITEM MK2555GSX MK1655GSX MK1255GSX
Basic specification
Interface Serial ATA 2.6 / ATA8 Serial ATA 2.6 / ATA8 Serial ATA 2.6 / ATA8
Interface speed 3.0Gb/s 3.0Gb/s 3.0Gb/s
Formatted Capacity 250GB 160GB 120GB
Number of data heads 2 2 1
Number of disks 1 1 1
Number of User data cylinders 164,887 136,152 164,887
Bytes per sector (HOST) 512 512 512
Bytes per sector (DISK) 512 512 512
Logical Blocks (LBA) 488,397,168 312,581,808 234,441,648
Maximum areal density 576.4Mbit/mm2 (371.9Gbit/in2) 392.4Mbit/mm2 (253.1Gbit/in2) 552.6Mbit/mm2 (356.5Gbit/in2)
Environmental compliance RoHS compliant RoHS compliant RoHS compliant
Performance
Buffer size 8MB 8MB 8MB
Rotation speed 5,400rpm 5,400rpm 5,400rpm
Average Latency time 5.55 ms 5.55 ms 5.55 ms
Internal transfer rate 363 to 952 Mb/s (typ.) 363 to 952 Mb/s (typ.) 363 to 952 Mb/s (typ.)
Average seek time 12ms 12ms 12ms
Track to track seek time 2ms 2ms 2ms
Max. seek time 22ms 22ms 22ms
Reliability
Load/Unload 600,000 times 600,000 times 600,000 times
Error rate non-recoverable 1/1014 bit read 1/1014 bit read 1/1014 bit read
Supply Voltage
Allowable Voltage 5V ±5% 5V ±5% 5V ±5%
Power consumption
Start 4.5W (max.) 4.5W (max.) 4.5W (max.)
Seek 1.7W (typ.) 1.7W (typ.) 1.7W (typ.)
Read/Write 1.4W (typ.) 1.4W (typ.) 1.4W (typ.)
Low power Idle 0.6W (typ.) 0.6W (typ.) 0.6W (typ.)
Stand-by 0.18W (typ.) 0.18W (typ.) 0.18W (typ.)
Sleep 0.13W (typ.) 0.13W (typ.) 0.13W (typ.)
Energy Consumption Efficiency
/Category name
0.0024
d
0.0038
d
0.0050
d
Dimension
Height 9.5mm 9.5mm 9.5mm
Width 69.85mm 69.85mm 69.85mm
Depth 100.0mm 100.0mm 100.0mm
Weight 97g (typ.) 97g (typ.) 97g (typ.)
Temperature
Operating 5 to 55°C 5 to 55°C 5 to 55°C
Non-Operating -40 to 60°C -40 to 60°C -40 to 60°C
Shipping -40 to 70°C -40 to 70°C -40 to 70°C
Vibration/Shock
Vibration (op) 9.8m/s2 (1.0G) 9.8m/s2 (1.0G) 9.8m/s2 (1.0G)
Vibration (non-op) 49m/s2 (5.0G) 49m/s2 (5.0G) 49m/s2 (5.0G)
Shock (op) 3,920m/s2 (400G) (2ms half sine) 3,920m/s2 (400G) (2ms half sine) 3,920m/s2 (400G) (2ms half sine)
Shock (non-op) 8,820m/s2 (900G) (1ms half sine) 8,820m/s2 (900G) (1ms half sine) 8,820m/s2 (900G) (1ms half sine)
Acoustics
Idle (ave.) 19dBA 19dBA 19dBA
Seek (ave.) 20dBA 20dBA 20dBA
*Energy Consumption Efficiency: Energy consumption efficiency is calculated based on power consumption divided by formatted capacity, as defined by Japanese law.
*Definition of Capacity: TOSHIBA defines a megabyte(MB) as 1,000,000bytes, and a gigabyte(GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
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