SATA Hard Drive with a Kick: Western Digital's Raptor Put to the Test
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Page 1:Off To New Worlds: The WD360 Alias Raptor With 10,000 Rpm And Serial ATA Interface
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Page 2:SATA Vs. SCSI - Western Digital Vs. Rest Of The World
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Page 3:Practical Comparison: Serial ATA And SCSI
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Page 4:SCSI Representative: Maxtor Atlas 10K.4, Up Close And Personal
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Page 5:Technical Data: Western Digital Raptor
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Page 6:WD360: The Connections
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Page 7:Test Setup
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Page 8:Benchmark Results, Continued
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Page 9:Benchmark Results, Continued
Test Setup
| Test System | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz
256 kB L2-Cache (Willamette) |
| Motherboard | Intel D845EBT, Intel 845E chipset |
| RAM | 256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2, Infineon |
| Controller | i845E UltraDMA/100 controller (ICH4)
Silicon Image Sil3112, Serial ATA Adaptec 39320-R, Ultra320 SCSI |
| Display Adapter | NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 |
| Network Card | 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit |
| Operating System | Windows XP Pro 5.10.2600
Service Pack 1 |
| Benchmarks and Tests | |
| Office Applications | ZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2 c't h2benchw |
| High-End Applications | ZD WinBench 99 - High-End Disk Winmark 1.2 |
| Performance Measurements | HD Tach 2.61, c't h2benchw |
| I/O performance | Intel I/O meter |
| Drivers and Settings | |
| Graphics Driver | NVIDIA reference driver 29.42 |
| Drivers | Intel Application Accelerator 2.3 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0 |
| Resolution | 1024x768, 16 bit, 85 Hz refresh |
Benchmark Results
Summary
- Off To New Worlds: The WD360 Alias Raptor With 10,000 Rpm And Serial ATA Interface
- SATA Vs. SCSI - Western Digital Vs. Rest Of The World
- Practical Comparison: Serial ATA And SCSI
- SCSI Representative: Maxtor Atlas 10K.4, Up Close And Personal
- Technical Data: Western Digital Raptor
- WD360: The Connections
- Test Setup
- Benchmark Results, Continued
- Benchmark Results, Continued
