Samsung’s latest drive, the Spinpoint M7E, is available at capacities of 160, 250, 320, 500 and 640 gigabytes. The 105 g weight applies to the 500GB and 640GB models, as these are based on two rotating platters. The datasheet mentions a peak throughput of 138 MB/s, which applies to reads or writes from or to the drive’s 8MB cache memory (and is thus a bit misleading). Physical throughput reaches between 46 and 95 MB/s on sequential reads and writes. This makes the new Spinpoint M7E the second fastest drive in this roundup.
Key Features
- Max. 640 GB formatted capacity per disk.
- Serial ATA 3.0Gbps Interface Support.
- SATA Native Command Queuing Feature.
- TuMR/PMR head with FOD technology.
- Load/Unload Head Technology.
- ATA Security Mode Feature Set.
- ATA S.M.A.R.T. Feature Set.
- PS3 Compatible
