Real Gentlemen: Budget IDE Hard Drives

Test Setup

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Test System
CPUIntel Celeron, 500 MHz
MotherboardAsus CUSL2, i815 Chipset
RAM128 MB SDRAM, 7ns (Crucial/Micron ) CL2
IDE Controlleri815 UltraDMA/100 Controller (ICH2)
Graphics Cardi815 On-Board Graphics
Network3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
Operating SystemsWindows 98 SE 4.10.2222 AWindows 2000 Pro 5.00.2195 SP1
Benchmarks and Measurements
Office Applications BenchmarkZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2
Highend Applications BenchmarkZD WinBench 99 - High-End Disk Winmark 1.2
Low Level BenchmarksHD Tach 2.61
Performance TestsHD Tach 2.61
Settings
Graphics DriversIntel i815 Reference Drivers 4.3
IDE-DriversIntel Bus Master DMA Drivers 6.03
DirectX Version8.0a
Screen Resolution1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh