Description

The Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L100P0 (often listed simply as Maxtor 6L100P0) is a model from the DiamondMax 10 series, released around 2004–2005. This was Maxtor’s mainstream 7200 RPM Parallel ATA (PATA/IDE) desktop drive family, using high-density platters (typically ~50–80 GB per platter with longitudinal recording) and an 8 MB cache for solid performance in its era. It succeeded the DiamondMax Plus 9 series and was popular for upgrades and OEM systems before SATA became dominant.

*** Hard drive is tested for good S.M.A.R.T. , no bad sectors and is formatted as an NTFS partition.

Here are the key specifications (compiled from archived Maxtor/Seagate DiamondMax 10 PATA product manual, data sheets, and vendor listings):

• Capacity: 100 GB (100,000,000,000 bytes / 100 × 10⁹ bytes; approximately 93 GiB usable after formatting)
• Form Factor: 3.5-inch
• Interface: Ultra ATA/133 (also known as ATA-7 or Ultra DMA Mode 6) — maximum burst transfer rate up to 133 MB/s (backward compatible with ATA/100, ATA/66, etc.)
• Spindle Speed (RPM): 7,200 RPM
• Cache / Buffer: 8 MB
• Average Seek Time: ~9 ms (typical read; Maxtor spec lists 9 ms average)
• Average Latency: ~4.17 ms
• Sustained Data Transfer Rate (outer zones, max): Typically ~60–80 MB/s (varies by zone; good for the time due to density and cache)
• Internal Data Transfer Rate (max): Around 700–900 Mbit/s (~87–112 MB/s theoretical, sustained lower in practice)
• Bytes per Sector: 512
• Guaranteed Sectors: Approximately 195,352,516 (exact for 100 GB models in the series)
• Number of Platters / Heads: Typically 2 platters / 4 heads (using high-density ~50 GB/platter technology)
• Power Connector: Standard 4-pin Molex (IDE power)