Back To The Future: Serial ATA Arrives At Last

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Test Setup

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Test System
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4, 2.26 GHz, 512 kB L2 cache (Northwood)
MotherboardABit IT7-MAX2, 845E chipset
RAM256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2Micron/Crucial
IDE controlleri845E UltraDMA/100 controller (ICH4)HighPoint HPT374 serial ATA(bridges from Marvell)
Display adapterNVIDIA GeForce 3, 64 MB DDR
Network3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
Operating systemWindows 2000 Pro 5.00.2195Service Pack 3
Benchmarks & Measurements
Office applicationsZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2
High-end applicationsZD WinBench 99 - high-end disk Winmark 1.2
Performance measurementZD WinBench 99 - disk inspection test
I/O performanceIntel I/O meter
Drivers & Settings
Graphics driverNVIDIA reference driver 29.42
IDE driverIntel Application Accelerator 2.2
DirectX version8.1
Screen resolution1024x768, 16 bit, 85 Hz refresh

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