Test Setup
| System Hardware (Reference System for Storage Testing) | |
|---|---|
| Processor(s) | 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)
3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache |
| Platform | Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)
Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005 |
| RAM | Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)
2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings |
| System Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB
120 GB, 7,200 rpm, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100 |
| Mass Storage Controller(s) | Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)
Promise SATA 300TX4 Promise FastTrak TX4310 Driver 2.06.1.310 |
| Networking | Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
| Graphics Card | On-Board Graphics
ATI RageXL, 8 MB |
| System Hardware | |
| Performance Measurements | c’t h2benchw 3.6 |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2003.05.10
Fileserver-Benchmark Webserver-Benchmark Database-Benchmark Workstation-Benchmark |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1 |
| Platform Driver | Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025 |
| Graphics Driver | Default Windows Graphics Driver |
| System Hardware (Notebook for This Project) | |
|---|---|
| Socket 479 | Intel Pentium M 1.3 GHz (Banias, 32 + 32 kB L1 Cache, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| RAM | 768 MB DDR266 (CL 2.5-3-3-6) |
| Graphics Card | Intel Extreme Graphics 2 |
| Chipset | Intel i855GM |
| Hard Drive I | Samsung Solid State Disk 32 GB, UltraATA/66
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD |
| Hard Drive II | 100 GB 7,200 RPM, 8 MB cache, UltraATA/100
Hitachi TravelStar 7K100 |
| Hard Drive III | 160 GB 5.400 RPM, 8 MB cache, UltraATA/100
Samsung HM160JC |
| DVD-ROM | Matsushita DVD/RW UJ-811 |
| Software | |
| Intel Graphics Driver | Ver. 6.14.10.4497 |
| Intel Chipset Driver | Intel Chipset Software 8.1.1.1001 |
| DirectX | Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| OS | Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2 |
Our tests were performed on an Averatec 5100 Notebook with 768 MB RAM and a Pentium M 1.3 GHz CPU (600 MHz in SpeedStep mode).
Benchmark Results
Data Transfer Diagram
Drive Interface Bandwidth
In terms of our test for drive interface bandwidth the limiting factor is the UltraATA/66 interface effectively handicapping scores, especially in the data read category. All other drives the SSD was tested against feature either ATA/100 or SATA/150.
2
Comments
Related Stories :
- Conventional Hard Drive Obsoletism? Samsung's 32 GB Flash Drive Previewed
- Deals May 21: 2TB Seagate 3.5" SATA III Hard Drive $92 FS
- Deals April 25: 3TB Seagate Internal Hard Drive $120
- Sony's PS4 Will Have Very Large Hard Drive
- Deals March 19: 3TB WD USB 3.0 Hard Drive $109
- Seagate Hits Milestone with 2 Billionth Hard Drive
- An HTML5 Exploit Can Fill Your Entire Hard Drive Quick
- Deals Feb 21: 3TB WD USB 3.0 Hard Drive $117
- Deals February 5: 3TB Seagate Hard Drive $119.99
- WD Announces 10K RPM XE 3.5-inch SAS Hard Drives
See more
Sponsored
All about Internal Storage
Well, here you go, 6 days later they are everywhere on a market and I personally have flash drives inside of my computer as a main memory, In fact I have 2 SSDs in raid with Amazing speeds taking advantage of latest 6GB/s sata technology. Everything just flies and the advantage is tremendous. I managed to get up to 1Gbyte/s for read and up to 0.7Gbyte/s for write. Isn't is awesome? How far we've gone in only 6 years since this article was published!
-----------------------------------
Well, here you go, 6 days later they are everywhere on a market and I personally have flash drives inside of my computer as a main memory, In fact I have 2 SSDs in raid with Amazing speeds taking advantage of latest 6GB/s sata technology. Everything just flies and the advantage is tremendous. I managed to get up to 1Gbyte/s for read and up to 0.7Gbyte/s for write. Isn't is awesome? How far we've gone in only 6 years since this article was published!
-----------------------------------