WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

The Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0 is a 2.5" hard drive with a capacity of 320 GB. We first tested the 7200 RPM hard drive in 2011 and found the performance to be subpar.

The WD3200BEKT makes use of the outdated SATA II bus (peak throughput: 300 MB/s).

Notebookcheck says:

... HD Tune determined an extremely weak burst rate - Dell Latitude E5420 Laptop Review, 2011

... The hard drive in the Aspire 5250 ended up with a below average HDD score of 2296 points in PCMark Vantage - Acer Aspire 5250 Laptop Review, 2012

Benchmarks

CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Write

min: 0.12     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (0%)     max: 1.172 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	0.12
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		1.172

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-80HXZT1 -62%

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Samsung SpinPoint M7 HM321HI -5%

Toshiba MQ02ABF050H (SSHD 500 + 8 GB) -5%

Samsung SpinPoint M5S HM160HI -4%

Samsung SpinPoint M8 HN-M500MBB -3%

Seagate Momentus Thin ST500LT012-9WS142 + 24 GB SanDisk i100 SSD -2%

Western Digital WD5000BPVT-55HXZT3 -2%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-35HXZT1 -1%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT-75A0RT0 -1%

Samsung SSD CM851 mSATA 32 GB + Seagate ST500LT032-1E9142 -1%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 + 20 GB SSD Cache 0%

Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS 1%

Seagate Momentus 5400.7 ST9750423AS 1%

Seagate Momentus SpinPoint M8 ST320LM001 2%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 2%

Seagate Momentus Thin ST92503010AS 2%

Seagate Momentus Thin ST500LT0 12-9WS142 2%

2x Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 RAID 0 3%

Seagate Momentus Thin ST500LT012-9WS142 + 24 GB SanDisk U100 SSD Cache 3%

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3x Samsung SM951 512 GB NVMe M.2 (RAID 0) 117702%

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K QD32 Read

min: 0.985     avg: 1.1     median: 1.1 (0%)     max: 1.192 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	0.985
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		1.192

WD Blue UltraSlim WD5000MPCK-22AWHT0 -68%

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Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000LPVX -9%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVX-75JC3T0 -7%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT -7%

WDC Slim WD10SPCX-21KHST0 -7%

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000LPVT -5%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPVX-22JC3T0 -2%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT-22A0RT0 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-00HXZT3 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 0%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive 0%

WDC Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT-75PKA4T0 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT-22A23TO 0%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 + 32 GB SanDisk i100 SSD Cache 1%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT-75A1Yt0 1%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-22A1YT0 4%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT-60A1YT0 5%

Seagate Mobile HDD 1TB ST1000LX015-1U7172 7%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT-80A0R 9%

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Intel Optane 32 GB MEMPEK1W032GA 81351%

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Write

min: 0.789     avg: 1.2     median: 1.2 (0%)     max: 1.579 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	0.789
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		1.579

Seagate Mobile HDD 1TB ST1000LX015-1U7172 -86%

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Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003-1AC154 -4%

WDC Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT-75PVMT0 -4%

Toshiba MK7559GSXP -4%

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000LPCX-24C6HT0 -3%

WDC WD10SPCX-22HWST0 + Kingston SMS151S324G 24 GB SSD Cache -3%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 -3%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT -1%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPVX-22JC3T0 0%

Seagate Momentus Thin ST500LT012-1DG142 0%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Toshiba MK6461GSY 1%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPVX-75JC3T0 2%

WDC Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT-22PK4T0 3%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVX-75JC3T0 4%

Toshiba MK5065GSX 5%

Western Digital WD Black Mobile 500GB (WD5000LPLX) 9%

Samsung SpinPoint M5S HM160HI 9%

Samsung SpinPoint M7 HM500JI 9%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-22A1YT0 10%

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Intel Optane 905P 18903%

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 4K Read

min: 0.388     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (0%)     max: 0.722 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	0.388
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		0.722

Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 HTS545050KTA300 -54%

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HGST Travelstar 7K1000 HTS721010A9E630 -9%

Toshiba MK3265GSXN -9%

ADATA DashDrive Durable HD650 USB 3.0 -8%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT -6%

Toshiba MK6461GSY -6%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 + 32 GB SanDisk i100 SSD Cache -4%

Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HTS725032A9A -4%

Toshiba MK3265GSX -3%

Toshiba MK2565GSXN -2%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Toshiba MK6465GSXN 0%

Toshiba MK5065GSX 1%

Samsung SpinPoint MP4 HM640JJ 1%

WDC Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT-75KA9T0 4%

Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003-1AC154 7%

Samsung SpinPoint M7 HM321HI 8%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT-75A23T0 9%

Samsung SpinPoint M5S HM160HI 9%

Samsung SpinPoint M7 HM500JI 10%

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Intel Optane 32 GB MEMPEK1W032GA 56657%

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Write

min: 38.72     avg: 50.5     median: 50.5 (1%)     max: 62.32 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	38.72
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		62.32

SanDisk SSD P4 -88%

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Seagate Momentus 7200.5 ST9750420AS -2%

Seagate Momentus XT ST500UM001-1EK162 -2%

WDC Slim WD10SPCX-24HWST1 -2%

Seagate ST500LX005-1CW162 500 GB + 16 GB Flash -2%

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000LPCX-24C6HT0 -1%

WDC Slim WD10SPCX-21KHST0 -1%

Western Digital WD10S21X SSHD 1TB + 8GB SSD-Cache -1%

Avolusion MD1TBLSSHD 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT-24HXZT3 0%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPVX-22JC3T0 0%

Samsung SpinPoint MP4 HM320HJ 1%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1%

SanDisk DF4032 2%

HGST Travelstar 7K1000 HTS721010A9E630 6%

WDC WD10JPVX-08JC3T5 + Sandisk SSD U110 16GB 6%

HGST Travelstar 7K1000 HTS721075A9E630 6%

Toshiba MQ01ACF050 9%

WDC Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT-75KA9T0 9%

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Corsair MP600 8213%

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - 512K Read

min: 29.09     avg: 41.6     median: 41.6 (2%)     max: 54.09 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	29.09
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		54.09

Toshiba MK1235GSL -57%

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Seagate Momentus Thin ST320LT00 -3%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT -3%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 -3%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT-22PK4T0 -2%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT-24ZEST0 -2%

Samsung SpinPoint MP4 HM640JJ -2%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 + 32 GB SanDisk i100 SSD Cache -2%

Samsung SpinPoint M7 HM500JI 0%

Seagate Momentus SpinPoint M8 ST1000LM024 0%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Kingston RBU-SMS10053128GA 2%

ADATA DashDrive Durable HD650 USB 3.0 3%

Hitachi HTS545032A7E380 + 32 GByte Samsung SSD 830 3%

Seagate Momentus SpinPoint ST500LM012 10%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT-35A0RT0 10%

Toshiba MK5056GSY 10%

Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003-1AC154 14%

Samsung SSD CM851 mSATA 32 GB + Seagate ST500LT032-1E9142 20%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPVX-75JC3T0 29%

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Corsair MP600 5595%

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Write

min: 75.64     avg: 86.7     median: 86.7 (2%)     max: 97.67 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	75.64
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		97.67

SanDisk SEM128 -70%

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WDC Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT-22HXZT3 -2%

Toshiba MK7559GSXF -2%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 HTS545050KTA300 -2%

Intel SSD 525 Series SSDMCEAC060B3A -2%

Toshiba MK3265GSXN -1%

Toshiba MQ02ABF050H (SSHD 500 + 8 GB) -1%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-22A1YT0 0%

128 GB eMMC Flash 0%

Samsung SpinPoint MP4 HM500JJ 0%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E680 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-35HXZT1 0%

Samsung CGND3R eMMC 1%

Samsung SpinPoint M8 HN-M101MBB 1%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVX-75JC3T0 1%

500 GB - 5400 rpm 1%

Seagate Mobile HDD 1TB ST1000LM035 2%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 + 20 GB SSD Cache 3%

Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS 3%

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Corsair MP600 4811%

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 - Sequential Read

min: 75.09     avg: 86.8     median: 86.8 (2%)     max: 98.54 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	75.09
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		98.54

Toshiba MK1235GSL -59%

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WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT-75ZEST0 -2%

Samsung SpinPoint MP4 HM640JJ -2%

Samsung SpinPoint M7 HM321HI -2%

Toshiba MK7559GSXF -2%

Seagate ST500LM000 Solid State Hybrid Drive -2%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT -1%

Western Digital WD5000BPVT-55HXZT3 -1%

Toshiba MK3265GSXN -1%

Samsung MCG8GC -1%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 + 24 GB SanDisk SSD U100 Cache 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-00HXZT3 0%

Seagate Momentus 5400.7 ST9750423AS 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-22A1YT0 0%

Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive 0%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 HTS547564A9E384 1%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVX-75JC3T0 1%

320 GB - 5400 rpm 3%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-35HXZT1 3%

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2x Samsung SM951 MZVPV256HDGL (RAID 0) 3658%

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HD Tune Transfer Rate Minimum - HD Tune Transfer Rate Minimum

min: 18.7     avg: 23     median: 23 (1%)     max: 27.3 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		18.7
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	27.3

WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G -99%

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500 GB - 5400 obr/min -10%

Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9160314AS -9%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543232L9A -8%

Verbatim BlackBox 47478 128GB -7%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0 -7%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT-22ZES -4%

Toshiba MK6476GSX -3%

Toshiba MK5056GSY -2%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT-80ZEST0 -1%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Toshiba MK1237GSX 1%

WDC Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT-75PVMT0 2%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT-80JJ5T0 2%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E680 2%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT-80HXZT1 3%

Fujitsu MHZ2320BH FFS G1 3%

Toshiba MK3263GSX 3%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E380 + 24 GB SSD Cache 3%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K320 HTS543225A7A 3%

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2x Toshiba HG6 THNSNJ128G8NU (RAID 0) 8591%

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HD Tune Transfer Rate Average - HD Tune Transfer Rate Average

min: 28.5     avg: 46.4     median: 46.4 (2%)     max: 64.2 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		28.5
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	64.2

Fujitsu MHW2060AT -56%

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Fujitsu MHZ2160BH FFS G1 -5%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543225L9A3 -3%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543232L9A300 -3%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543216L9SA00 -2%

120 GB - 7200 rpm -1%

Toshiba MK1655GSX -1%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543232L9A -1%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543216L9S 0%

Seagate Momentus 5400.4 ST9250827AS 0%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Fujitsu MHZ2320BH FFS G1 0%

Samsung MCCOE32GQMPQ 0%

2x 500 GB - 5400 obr/min 1%

Fujitsu MHZ2250BH G2 2%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543216L9A300 2%

Samsung PZA064 2%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVS-16VAT 2%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545032B9S 2%

Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 3%

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2x Toshiba HG6 THNSNJ128G8NU (RAID 0) 5062%

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HD Tune Transfer Rate Maximum - HD Tune Transfer Rate Maximum

min: 29.7     avg: 59.8     median: 59.8 (2%)     max: 89.8 MB/s

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Model	SSD / HDD	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	HD Graphics 3000	4096 MB	650 /  MHz		29.7
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	Radeon HD 6310	4096 MB	488 /  MHz	256MB	89.8

Fujitsu MHW2060AT -59%

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Toshiba MK1633GSG -4%

3x 250 GB - 5400 rpm -4%

232 GB - 7200 rpm -3%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543216L9S -2%

120 GB - 7200 rpm -2%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543216L9SA00 -1%

Fujitsu MHZ2250BH G2 -1%

Seagate Momentus 7200.2 ST9160823AS -1%

Toshiba MK4055GSX 0%

WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543232L9A300 1%

Toshiba MK1655GSX 1%

250 GB - 5400 rpm 2%

Fujitsu MHZ2320BH FFS G1 3%

300 GB - 5400 rpm 3%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT-35A23 3%

Toshiba MK1652GSX 3%

Fujitsu MHZ2160BH 4%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543225L9A3 4%

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2x Toshiba HG6 THNSNJ128G8NU (RAID 0) 4102%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Notebook reviews with WDC Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT-75KA9T0

Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk: AMD E-300 AMD Radeon HD 6310, 15.6", 2.3 kg
  Review » Review Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk Notebook

Dell Latitude E5420 Essential: Intel Core i3-2310M Intel HD Graphics 3000, 14", 2.3 kg
  Review » Review Dell Latitude E5420 Essential Notebook

Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk: AMD E-300 AMD Radeon HD 6310, 15.6", 2.3 kg
  External Review » Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk

Dell Latitude E5420 Essential: Intel Core i3-2310M Intel HD Graphics 3000, 14", 2.3 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude E5420 Essential