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 is a SATA II-class drive. The interface's peak throughput is limited to 300 MB/s.

Here is our opinion on the product:

.... HD Tune determined an extremely weak burst rate - Dell Latitude E5420 Laptop Review from 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 from 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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	0.12
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	0.985
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	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

WDC Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT-75PKA4T0 0%

Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT-22A23TO 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT-75A1Yt0 1%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 + 32 GB SanDisk i100 SSD Cache 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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	0.789
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	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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Samsung PM991 MZVLQ256HAJD 74562%

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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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	0.388
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	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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Samsung PM991 MZVLQ256HAJD 243504%

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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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	38.72
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	29.09
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	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%

Hitachi HTS545032A7E380 + 32 GByte Samsung SSD 830 3%

ADATA DashDrive Durable HD650 USB 3.0 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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	75.64
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	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

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-35HXZT1 0%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E680 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%

Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS 3%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 + 20 GB SSD Cache 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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	75.09
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	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%

Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive 0%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-22A1YT0 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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	18.7
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	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 Blue WD3200BPVT-80JJ5T0 2%

WDC Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT-75PVMT0 2%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E680 2%

WDC Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT-80HXZT1 3%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E380 + 24 GB SSD Cache 3%

Fujitsu MHZ2320BH FFS G1 3%

Hitachi Travelstar Z5K320 HTS543225A7A 3%

Toshiba MK3263GSX 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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	28.5
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	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%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543216L9A300 2%

Fujitsu MHZ2250BH G2 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	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Latitude E5420 Essential	2310M	HD Graphics 3000 650 MHz	4 GB	29.7
Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk	E-300	Radeon HD 6310 488 / 533 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	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%

Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543225L9A3 4%

Fujitsu MHZ2160BH 4%

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2x Toshiba HG6 THNSNJ128G8NU (RAID 0) 4102%

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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* 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, 15.60", 2.3 kg
  Review » Review Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk Notebook

Dell Latitude E5420 Essential: Intel Core i3-2310M Intel HD Graphics 3000, 14.00", 2.3 kg
  Review » Review Dell Latitude E5420 Essential Notebook

Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk: AMD E-300 AMD Radeon HD 6310, 15.60", 2.3 kg
  External Review » Acer Aspire 5250-E304G50Mnkk

Dell Latitude E5420 Essential: Intel Core i3-2310M Intel HD Graphics 3000, 14.00", 2.3 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude E5420 Essential