WD Blue 1000GB (1TB) 7200rpm SATA (WD10EZEX)

WD Blue Serial ATA hard drives have the features and capacities that are ideal for next-generation computers and low-end enterprise storage. Users benefit from a data transfer rate of 150 MB/s and an improved cabling that enables greater system design flexibility. Designers of enterprise storage systems and servers are increasingly using desktop-class, large-capacity SATA hard drives because of the advantages that the SATA interface provides.

General
Rotational Speed 7200 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size 64MB
Average Latency 4.20 ms (nominal)
Contact Start/Stop Cycles 50,000 minimum
Seek Times (Average)
Read Seek Time (Average) 8.9 ms
Write Seek Time (Average) 10.9 ms (average)
Track-To-Track Seek Time 2.0 ms (average)
Full Stroke Seek 21.0 ms (average)
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 1,200 Mbits/s (Max)
Buffer To Disk 748 Mbits/s (Max)