A New Toshiba 100 GB Notebook Drive at 5,400 RPM

Test Configuration

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Hardware
Processor Intel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz256 kB L2 Cache (Willamette)
Mainboard Intel 845EBTIntel 845E chipsetBIOS BT84520A.86A.0024.P10
Memory 256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2.0Micron/Crucial
Controller i845E UltraDMA/100 controller (ICH4)On-board USB 2.0On-board FireWire
Graphics Card ATI Radeon SDRAM, 32 MB
Network 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OS Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600Service Pack 1
Benchmarks & Measurements
Performance Measurements c't h2benchw 3.6
I/O Performance IOMeter 2003.05.10
Drivers & Configuration
Graphics Driver 5.1.2001.0 (Windows XP Standard)
IDE Drivers Intel INF Drivers 5.02.1003
DirectX Version 9.0c
Resolution 1024x768, 32 Bit, 85 Hz
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.