Serial ATA Is Here: Seagate Barracuda ATA V and Five of the Latest Controllers Reviewed
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Test Setup
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| Test System | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz256 kB L2-Cache (Willamette) |
| Motherboard | Intel D845EBT, Intel 845E chipsetMSI KT4 Ultra, VIA KT400 chipset |
| RAM | 256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2, Infineon |
| IDE Controller | i845E UltraDMA/100 controller (ICH4)KT400E UltraDMA/133 controller (VT8235) |
| Display Adapter | NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 |
| Network Card | 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit |
| Operating System | Windows XP Pro 5.10.2600Service Pack 1 |
| Benchmarks and Tests | |
| Office Applications | ZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2c'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 2.3VIA Hyperion 4in1 4.45Promise driver 1.00.0.14HighPoint 1.22s3Ware driver 7.5.3 |
| DirectX Version | 9 |
| Resolution | 1024x768, 16 bit, 85 Hz refresh |
Benchmark Results, Barracuda ATA V
We carried out all measurements except the burst transfer rate with the Promise SATA150 TX2.
Disk Access Time
Data Transfer Performance
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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.
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