Storage Solutions Post your HD Tach scores

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Chaos

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Well I wanted to create this thread since ages but couldn't find the time till now. Anyway the objective of the thread is to post scores of the popular hard drive bench HD Tach. It is available here:

http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach

Please use ver 3 available on that site. Run the Quick test. People have been suggesting all sorts of drives to buy. Let this be a repository of scores to make judgements upon. Since the drive performance is quite dependent on the rest of the system config, please post in the following format:

Code: 
Name of the Drive: (Eg Seagate Barracuda 7200.7)
Model No: (Eg ST3200822A 3.01 or whatever is supplied by HDTach)
Note that in case of RAID, you'd have to specify the individual drives here.
Cache Size: (Eg 8MB)
CPU: (Eg Athlon 64 3000+ @2.7GHz)
Chipset: (Eg NV NF4 SLI)

Average Transfer Rate:
Burst Transfer Rate:
Random Access:

This must be followed by HD Tach screenie. My first post below is an illustration. So start posting!
 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA2
Model No: ST3300822AS 3.AAE
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: A64 3000+ @2.7GHz
Chipset: NF4 SLI

Average Transfer Rate: 64.4 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 248.5 MB/s
Random Access: 11.9ms

 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA
Model No: ST3160023AS 3.18
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: A64 3000+ @2.7GHz
Chipset: NF4 SLI

Average Transfer Rate: 47.3 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 101.9 MB/s
Random Access: 12.7ms

 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
Model No: ST3200822AS 3.01
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: A64 3000+ @2.7GHz
Chipset: NF4 SLI

Average Transfer Rate: 55.1 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 94.1 MB/s
Random Access: 15.0ms

 
Name: Segate barracuda PATA

Model No. ST3160021A 8.01 (160 GB)

Cache size: ??

CPU AMD 3000+ @ 2.5Ghz

Chipset NF4 SLi

Average Transfer Rate: 47.1 MB/s

Burst Transfer Rate: 91.1 MB/s

Random Access: 14.8ms

 
Ehh... you did Quick Test / Long Test ?

Edit : Whoa Chaos ! Good scores on that Seagate mate ;)

Might dispose my 120GB and pick that up, after all, performance + Seagate supports = :D !
 


Name of the Drive: Hitachi Deskstar 250GB SATA-2

Model No: ST3120827AS (v 3.42)

Cache Size: 8MB

CPU: AMD Opteron 146 (At 2.0 Ghz)

Chipset: nVidia nForce 4 Ultra

Average Transfer Rate: 56.0 MB/s

Burst Transfer Rate: 224.4 MB/s

Random Access: 12.5ms
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Name of the Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7

Model No: HDT722525DLA380 (V44OA96A)

Cache Size: 8MB

CPU: AMD Opteron 146 (At 2.0 Ghz)

Chipset: nVidia nForce 4 Ultra

Average Transfer Rate: 48.3 MB/s

Burst Transfer Rate: 134.9 MB/s

Random Access: 12.9ms
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Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA
Model No: ST3160827AS 3.42
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: A64 3000+ @1.81GHz
Chipset: NF4 Ultra

Average Transfer Rate: 48.2 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 128.6 MB/s
Random Access: 13.0ms

 
Name: Segate barracuda PATA
Model No. ST340014A (40 GB)
Cache size: 2 MB
CPU : AMD 2800+
Chipset : nVidia nForce4 4x
Average Transfer Rate: 47.4 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 92.1 MB/s
Random Access: 14.9ms


Name: Segate barracuda PATA
Model No. ST380011A (80 GB)
Cache size: 2 MB
CPU : AMD 2800+
Chipset : nVidia nForce4 4x
Average Transfer Rate: 47 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 86.2 MB/s
Random Access: 15 ms

 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7

Model No: ST3160827AS 3.42

Cache Size: 8MB

CPU: A64 3000+ @2.6GHz

Chipset: NF4 Ultra

Average Transfer Rate: 45.6 MB/s

Burst Transfer Rate: 118.7 MB/s

Random Access: 12.7ms

 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.x SATA (dunno which model it is exactly)
Model No: ST3160827AS 3.42
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: A64 3200+ @2.45GHz
Chipset: VIA something..... A8V deluxe mobo

Average Transfer Rate: 46.5MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 111.6 MB/s
Random Access: 13.2ms

What does random access mean??
 
Name: Segate Barracuda 72000.7 SATA NCQ
Model No. ST3160827AS (160 GB)
Cache size: 8 MB
CPU : AMD 2800+
Chipset : nVidia nForce4 4x
Average Transfer Rate: 48 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 134.1 MB/s
Random Access: 12.7 ms



Name: Segate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA II NCQ
Model No. ST3160812AS (160 GB)
Cache size: 8 MB
CPU : AMD 2800+
Chipset : nVidia nForce4 4x
Average Transfer Rate: 61.7 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 128.8 MB/s
Random Access: 12.9 ms

 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA
Model No: ST3160827AS 3.42
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: Opteron 144 @ 2.57ghz
Chipset: NF4 SLI

Average Transfer Rate: 47.7 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 129.1 MB/s
Random Access: 12.7ms

the 2nd hdd is exactly same as this. so dint bother benching that 1 too.

 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 2
Model No: ST3250624AS 3.AAE
Cache Size: 16MB
CPU: A64 3000+ @2.45GHz
Chipset: NF4 Ultra

Average Transfer Rate: 56.1 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 248.1 MB/s
Random Access: 12.7ms



@ chaos i think your gains are because of that expert :p
@Anish
Name of the Drive: Hitachi Deskstar 250GB SATA-2
Model No: ST3120827AS (v 3.42)
?? :p lol
 
Nikhil said:
What is random access time?? What does it mean?? What does it signify ??
Click to expand...
Random access time = average latency to access any random block on the hard drive. I'm not 100% sure about this but its something like that.
 
Name: Segate Barracuda PATA
Model No. ST380011A 3.54 (80 GB)
Cache size: 2MB
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU @ 2.80GHz
Chipset Intel(R) D865GBF

Average Transfer Rate: 24.1 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 32.1 MB/s
Random Access: 14.7ms

 
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