How to detect UDMA 66?

[MoleDK]

I ran a benchmark on HD Tach and got this:

Random Access time: 13,1ms
Read Burst Speed: 26,3mbps
Read speed: Max 15776, min 13366, average 14855

CPU tilization 3.6%

Is this good or bad?



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Cya,
J.

"Unix can be a cynical Operating System for a person whos mind is limited to a Windows user interface"

System specs:
AMD Athlon 600mhz, OEM FIC SD11, 192MB RAM, Matrox Millenium G200 (PD5.41), Nothing O/C.
Running Windows 98SE & Linux Mandrake 7

[Grinner]

I think that's pretty good. I have a Fujitsu ATA-3 (UDMA-33) drive and it checks out at:

Random Access: 13.2
Read burst: 27.2 mbps
CUP Utilization: 2.8%
Avg read speed: 9800.6 kps

All of which makes me want to make my "tax return present" go into a nice new ATA-4 hard drive!



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Grinner0

[Jorden]

Mu Fujitsu 10.8 GB reads:

random access: 15.4 ms
read burst: 26.8 Mb/sec
CPU util: 64.7%

average read speed: 13447.2 kbps

Jorden.

[MoleDK]

I know who has the same model Western Digital Caviar I had before. I am going to bench it and post the result. That drive seemed to be much faster.

I think I am spoiled :/



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Cya,
J.

"Unix can be a cynical Operating System for a person whos mind is limited to a Windows user interface"

System specs:
AMD Athlon 600mhz, OEM FIC SD11, 192MB RAM, Matrox Millenium G200 (PD5.41), Nothing O/C.
Running Windows 98SE & Linux Mandrake 7

[MoleDK]

I borrowed the drive and ran a test on my
old Western Digital Caviar 17.2Gig/UDMA66

This is very good

Random access time: 12.7
Read Burst speed: 30,5mbps
Read Max: 20342 kps
Read Min: 17375 kps
Read Aver: 19404 kps

The biggest difference seems to be the minimum.

Man, I want that drive back

Thanks for your feedback guys, at least I know what I am going to buy next time.

Have a good one day



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Cya,
J.

"Unix can be a cynical Operating System for a person whos mind is limited to a Windows user interface"

System specs:
AMD Athlon 600mhz, OEM FIC SD11, 192MB RAM, Matrox Millenium G200 (PD5.41), Nothing O/C.
Running Windows 98SE & Linux Mandrake 7