A Latecomer Compared: Hitachi's UltraStar 146Z10 vs. Fujitsu, Maxtor and Seagate

Features
By published

Hitachi UltraStar 146Z10, Continued

Memory made in the USA: 8 MB SDRAM by Micron.

Test Configuration

Swipe to scroll horizontally
Test System
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz256 kB L2-Cache (Willamette)
MotherboardIntel D845EBT, Intel 845E chipset
RAM256 MB DDR/ PC2100, CL2, Infineon
Controlleri845E UltraDMA/100 controller (ICH4)Adaptec 39320D-R, Ultra320 SCSI
Display AdapterNVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
Network Card3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OSWindows XP Pro 5.10.2600Service Pack 1
Benchmarks and Tests
Office ApplicationsZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 2.0
High-End ApplicationsZD WinBench 99 - High-End Disk Winmark 2.0
Performance MeasurementsHD Tach 2.61, c't h2benchw
I/O performanceIntel I/O-Meter
Drivers and Settings
Graphics DriverNVIDIA reference driver 29.42
DriversIntel Application Accelerator 2.3
DirectX Version9.0
Resolution1024x768, 16 bit, 85 Hz refresh
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.