Test Configuration
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| Test System | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Pentium 4, 2.26 GHz, 256 kB L2 cache (Northwood) |
| Motherboard | Asus P4B533845E chipset |
| RAM | 256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2Infineon |
| IDE controller | i845E UltraDMA/100-Controller (ICH4)HighPoint RocketRAID 4044 Channel UltraATA/133 RAID |
| Graphics card | NVIDIA GeForce3, 64 MB |
| Network | 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit |
| Operating systems | Windows XP Pro 5.10.2600 |
| Benchmarks and Measurements | |
| Office applications | ZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2 |
| High-end applications | ZD WinBench 99 - Highend Disk Winmark 1.2 |
| Performance test | HD Tach 2.61PC Mark 2002, HD Test |
| I/O performance | Intel I/O-Meter |
| Drivers and Settings | |
| Graphics driver | NVIDIA reference driver 29.42 |
| IDE driver | Intel Application Accelerator 2.2HighPoint RAID driver 1.21 |
| DirectX version | 8.1 |
| Screen resolution | 1024x768, 16 bit, 85 Hz refresh |
Test Results
Data Transfer Performance
The tests of the transfer rates show that a RAID 0 array can clearly rake in points over a single drive when it comes to writing.
