Not All 500 GB Hard Drives Are Created Equal
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System Hardware | |
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Hardware | Details |
CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8 MB L2 Cache) |
Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.0 Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R BIOS: 1.0B |
RAM | 2 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
HDD | Seagate NL35 400 GB ST3400832NS 7,200 RPM, SATA/150, 8 MB Cache |
Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800W OCZ800EXS-EU |
Benchmarks | |
Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.12PCMark Vantage 1.0 |
I/O Performance | IOMeter 2006.07.27Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-BenchmarkStreaming ReadsStreaming Writes |
System Software and Drivers | |
Driver | Details |
Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 |
Intel Chipset Drivers | INF Chipset Installation Utility 9.1.0.1007 |
AMD Graphics Drivers | Catalyst 8.12 |
Intel Matrix Storage Drivers | 8.7.0.1007 |
Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM500LI
Samsung Spinpojnt M7 HM500JI
While the Spinpoint M6 drops to ~37 MB/s minimum throughput, the Spinpoint M7 maintains at least 41 MB/s. Peak results differ more significantly.
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