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Test Setup
1:03 PM - August 30, 2000 by
Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: king, capacity
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Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: king, capacity
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Table of Contents:
Test Setup
| Test System | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Celeron, 500 MHz |
| Motherboard | Asus CUSL2, i815 chipset |
| RAM | 128 MB SDRAM, 7ns (Crucial/Micron or Wichmann Workx ) CL2 |
| IDE Controller | i815 UltraDMA/100 Controller (ICH2) |
| Graphics Card | i815 On-Board Graphics |
| Network | 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit |
| Operating Systems | Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 A
Windows 2000 Pro 5.00.2195 SP1 |
| 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 i815 Reference Driver 4.2 |
| IDE Driver | Intel Busmaster DMA Drivers 6.0 |
| DirectX Version | 7.0a |
| Screen Resolution | 1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh |
Most of you should already be familiar with the test setup. I changed the formerly used 810 chipset motherboard to this 815 one in order to have an UltraATA/100 controller on-board.
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