A Latecomer Compared: Hitachi's UltraStar 146Z10 vs. Fujitsu, Maxtor and Seagate

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By Patrick Schmid
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Hitachi UltraStar 146Z10, Continued

As usual, the jumpers are located on the bottom of the drive. While this standard placement reduces the design costs for the manufacturer, it makes life harder for the user whenever a change becomes necessary - for example, when drives are added.

Memory made in the USA: 8 MB SDRAM by Micron.

Test Configuration

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Test System
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz256 kB L2-Cache (Willamette)
MotherboardIntel D845EBT, Intel 845E chipset
RAM256 MB DDR/ PC2100, CL2, Infineon
Controlleri845E UltraDMA/100 controller (ICH4)Adaptec 39320D-R, Ultra320 SCSI
Display AdapterNVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
Network Card3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OSWindows XP Pro 5.10.2600Service Pack 1
Benchmarks and Tests
Office ApplicationsZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 2.0
High-End ApplicationsZD WinBench 99 - High-End Disk Winmark 2.0
Performance MeasurementsHD Tach 2.61, c't h2benchw
I/O performanceIntel I/O-Meter
Drivers and Settings
Graphics DriverNVIDIA reference driver 29.42
DriversIntel Application Accelerator 2.3
DirectX Version9.0
Resolution1024x768, 16 bit, 85 Hz refresh
Patrick Schmid