Hitting 100 GB per Platter: Seagate ST3200822A

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Hardware
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz256 kB L2 Cache (Willamette)
MotherboardIntel 845EBTIntel 845E ChipsetBIOS BT84520A.86A.0024.P10
Memory256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2.0Micron/Crucial
Controlleri845E UltraDMA/100-Controller (ICH4)On-Board USB 2.0 (ICH4)On-Board FireWire
Graphics CardATI Radeon SDRAM, 32 MB
Network3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OSWindows XP Pro 5.10.2600 SP1
Benchmarks & Measurements
Office ApplicationsZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 2.0 c't h2benchw
High-End ApplicationsZD WinBench 99 - High-End Disk Winmark 2.0
Performance Measurementsc't h2benchw
I/O performanceIntel I/O meter 2003.05.10
Drivers and Settings
Graphics Driver5.1.2001.0 (Windows XP Standard)
IDE DriverIntel INF Drivers 5.02.1003
DirectX Version9.0b
Screen Resolution1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz refresh

Benchmark Results

Datatransfer Diagram

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
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.