Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 AWindows 2000 Pro 5.00.2195
Benchmarks and Measuring
Office Applications Benchmark
ZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2
Highend Applications Benchmark
ZD WinBench 99 - Highend Disk Winmark 1.2
Additional Content Creation Benchmark
ZD Content Creation Winstone 2000
Performance Tests
ZD WinBench 99 - Disc Inspection Test
Temperature Measurements
Using the motherboard's monitoring port and a thermistor, we give you the highest temperature value measured on the drive's surface. All drives ran two hours to ensure they were at working temperature.
Noise Measurement
We built our own noise measurement crate to avoid influences from other noise sources.
Environment Settings
Graphics Driver
Intel i810 Reference Driver 4.11.01.2555 for Windows 98
IDE Driver
Intel Busmaster DMA Drivers 5.01
DirectX Version
7.0a
Screen Resolution
1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh
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