My laptop HDD benchmark

[ykgoh]

5400 rpm HDD. HGST HTS545050A7E680

Is this normal? Or very slow?

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

but what are using this hdd for? i did say its pretty normal for a 5400rpm hdd.

 

[jtjt00]

Move forward to an SSD upgrade for your lappy.

 

[ykgoh]

but what are using this hdd for? i did say its pretty normal for a 5400rpm hdd.

Boot drive and storage for a budget laptop.
Feels that it is pretty slow.

More used to my desktop PC with a 7200 rpm HDD which feels faster.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Move forward to an SSD upgrade for your lappy.

Agree with that

Boot drive and storage for a budget laptop.
Feels that it is pretty slow.

More used to my desktop PC with a 7200 rpm HDD which feels faster.

Yes boot up will be slow and as stated its a budget laptop, no choice unless u change to SSD to higher rpm. beside that 7200 rpm 3.5" is definitely faster than 5400 rpm 2.5"

 

[ykgoh]

And I realise it is bottle-necking my system.

i5 processor that never goes above 12% utilization with the HDD at 100% constantly for 3 minutes when starting a big application.

 

[Swiftbladez]

time for a SSD!

 

[yusoffb01]

5400 rpm HDD. HGST HTS545050A7E680

Is this normal? Or very slow?

Only important value for responsiveness is 4k. Looks like u need to upgrade

 

[ykgoh]

Only important value for responsiveness is 4k. Looks like u need to upgrade

The 4k is for random access of small files?

 

[watzup_ken]

The main difference between a mechanical drive and a SSD is the response time. Mechanical drive head needs to seek the data on the platter while this problem does not exists on a SSD.