4.5.2
Mechanical positioning
4.5.2.1
Single track seek time (without command overhead, including settling)
Common to all models and all seek modes
Function
Read
Write
Table 6 Single Track Seek Time
4.5.2.2
Average latency
Rotational speed
7200 RPM
Table 7 Latency Time
4.5.3
Drive ready time
Power on to ready
3 Disk model
Table 8 Drive ready time
Ready
Power on
Typical (ms)
0.5
0.6
Time for a revolution
(ms)
8.3
Typical (sec)
14
The condition in which the drive is able to perform a media access command (such as
read, write) immediately.
This includes the time required for the internal self diagnostics.
Max (ms)
0.7
0.8
Average latency
(ms)
4.16
Maximum (sec)
20
22