Western Digital WD1200JB With 8 MB Cache: Outperforms SCSI Drives

Page 3 of 7:

Configuration: Simple, As Always

Configuring IDE drives takes only a matter of seconds. You only have to specify the drive to run as the master (first drive attached to an IDE channel) or as the slave (second drive). Since only two drives can be installed per channel, there is no other option. Some drives, like the Western Digital models, also have a jumper setting that has to be used for single drive configuration (master without a slave).

Test Setup

Swipe to scroll horizontally

Test System
CPU	Intel Pentium 4, 2 GHz
Motherboard	MSI 845 Ultra, i845
RAM	256 MB DDR-SDRAM, CL2,Corsair Microsystems
IDE-Controller	i815 UltraDMA/100 Controller (ICH2 / 82801BA)
Graphics Card	nVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200,32 MB DDR
Network Adapter	3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
Operating System	Windows 2000 Pro 5.00.2195 SP2 + SRP1
Benchmarks and Measurements
Office Applications Benchmark	ZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 2.0
Highend Applications Benchmark	ZD WinBench 99 - High-End Disk Winmark 2.0
Low Level Benchmarks	HD Tach 2.61
Performance Tests	HD Tach 2.61
Settings and Drivers
Graphics Drivers	nVIDIA Detonator 4 (23.11)
IDE Drivers	Intel Bus Master DMA Driver 6.2
DirectX Version	8.1
Screen Resolution	1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh

Current page: Configuration: Simple, As Always

Prev Page WD1200JB: What A Trendsetter! Next Page Test Results

TOPICS

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.