Combining proven components, state-of-the-art technology and industry-leading manufacturing expertise, the Seagate® Barracuda® 7200.12 drive—the 12th generation of this award-winning desktop hard drive family—delivers 1 TB of high-performing, eco-friendly digital storage.
Key Advantages
- Sustainable technology for a green world:
- Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to build the drive is recycled.
- Complies with the RoHS directive
- Complies with several non-regulatory restrictions
- 12th generation of the world’s most popular desktop hard drive
- Reliable, proven perpendicular magnetic recording technology
- 500-GB capacity
- Delivers high performance:
- 160-MB/s maximum sustained data rate
- Up to 3-Gb/s instantaneous burst
- 16-MB cache
Best-Fit Applications
- Workstations
- Desktop RAID
- Gaming PCs
- High-end PCs
- Mainstream PCs
- USB/FireWire/eSATA personal external storage
| Specifications | 500 GB |
| Model Number |
ST3500418AS |
| Interface |
SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Cache |
16 MBytes |
| Capacity |
500 GB |
| Areal density (avg) |
329 Gbits/inch2 |
| Guaranteed Sectors |
976,773,168 |
| PHYSICAL | |
| Height (max) |
19.98 mm (0.787 inches) |
| Width (max) |
101.6 mm (4.000 inches) |
| Length (max) |
146.99 mm (5.787 inches) |
| Weight (typical) |
415 grams (0.915 pounds) |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Spindle Speed |
7,200 rpm |
| Average latency |
4.16 msec |
| Random read seek time |
<8.5 msec |
| Random write seek time |
<9.5 msec |
| RELIABILITY | |
| Annual Failure Rate |
0.32% |
| POWER | |
| Maximum start current, DC |
2.0 amps |