Hard drive not running at 6Gb/s

[zackb101]

Hello,

I recently bought a western digital 1TB 6 Gb/s hard drive and it shows that it's running at 1.5 Gb/s under Intel Rapid Storage. What can I do to make the hard drive run at max speed?

Thanks

 

[Dereck47]

Hard drives can be SATA 6Gb/s compatible, not 6Gb/s capable.

No hard drive can spin fast enough to achieve SATA 6Gb/s speeds.

Your drive has a buffer (16MB, or 32MB, or 64MB) which briefly transfers data at 6Gb/ speeds, but that's it.

What's the model of your drive?

 

[zackb101]

Hard drives can be SATA 6Gb/s compatible, not 6Gb/s capable.

No hard drive can spin fast enough to achieve SATA 6Gb/s speeds.

Your drive has a buffer (16MB, or 32MB, or 64MB) which briefly transfers data at 6Gb/ speeds, but that's it.

What the model of your drive?

It's the WD1002FAEX drive. I have it hooked up to a SATA 6Gb/s port.

 

[Dereck47]

That drive has maximum Read/Write speeds of 126MB/s, which is SATA 1 (1.5Gb/s) speeds.

Here's the link to the spec sheet of your drive: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701276.pdf

 

[zackb101]

That drive has maximum Read/Write speeds of 126MB/s, which is SATA 1 (1.5Gb/s) speeds.

Here's the link to the spec sheet of your drive: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701276.pdf

Thanks for the info. Is this speed average compared to other similar drives? (Not including those WD drives)

 

[Dereck47]

Yes, it is. Some faster HDDs (like the Seagate Barracuda) can get up to 210MB/s, which is in the SATA 2 (3Gb/s) speed range.

 

[zackb101]

Best answer selected by zackb101.

 

[zackb101]

Yes, it is. Some faster HDDs (like the Seagate Barracuda) can get up to 210MB/s, which is in the SATA 2 (3Gb/s) speed range.

Thanks for your help. What is the point in 6Gb compatibility if it doesn't come close... I have a lot to learn regarding hard drives.

 

[Dereck47]

What is the point in 6Gb compatibility if it doesn't come close... I have a lot to learn regarding hard drives.

It's mainly Marketing.