We test the performance of the 7,200 rpm mechanical hard drive on this page.
Very poor results from the internal 2.5 inch mechanical hard drive, peaking close to 110 MB/s in both read and write sequential tests.
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The results are mirrored in the ATTO Disk Benchmark, peaking around 110 MB/s in both the sequential read and write tests. In real world terms this system takes around 1 minute to boot up and become responsive. When we deinstalled the Norton bloatware it helped a little, but this system really does need a Solid State Drive.