Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB Hybrid HDD Review
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As the SSD cache within the Momentus XT drives is designed to store data that is used frequently, we will be showing results for the first and third boots in a row on a system based on Windows 7 Home Premium to see how the performance compares.
Between the first and third boot time tests, the second-generation Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB exhibited a massive 77% reduction in the time taken to boot into Windows. The first-generation Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB also exhibited a massive performance improvement between the two tests of 172 percent. However, both drives achieved similar performance.
Compared to the OCZ Agility 3, which is a proper SSD, the Seagate Momentus XT makes a good case for itself, only lagging behind by a margin of about 10% after three runs. Considering that the OCZ Agility 3 240 GB SSD performed 73% faster than the standard Seagate Momentus 750 GB drive, this is quite impressive.