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- Apr 9, 2002
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Hello folks,
Pardon me with this newbie hardware question. I have an
ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2: ULi Dual x16 SLI motherboard
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2706
I just bought a
Seagate 160GB Hard Drive
7200RPM, Internal, SATA/300, 3.5 inch, 8MB hard drive.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=cat3&product_code=337570&Pn=160GB_Hard_Drive
I have a
Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 160GB Hard Drive
7200RPM, Internal, ATA/100
http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...ode=314482&Pn=Deskstar_7K250_160GB_Hard_Drive
I just did a speed comparison with:
Drive Speed Checker
http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_hdd.html
The segate scored 55,159 write and 38,647 read.
The hitachi scored 32,407 write and 38,395 read.
I'm dissapointed. I thought the segate sata III drive would kick super steak bombs on both read and write tests against the hitatchi ata 100 drive.
Can you folks explain if/why the read speed is so slow when compared to the hitatch? I really hoping that I would get faster read speeds with the segate sata III. I bought the new drive to load my games faster (doom, farcry, soldiers heroes of WWII).
How do I know if this drive is running at sata III speeds? Is there another test I can do to show whether I am really getting more performance out of a Sata III drive?
Thank you in advance for your information.
Pardon me with this newbie hardware question. I have an
ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2: ULi Dual x16 SLI motherboard
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2706
I just bought a
Seagate 160GB Hard Drive
7200RPM, Internal, SATA/300, 3.5 inch, 8MB hard drive.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=cat3&product_code=337570&Pn=160GB_Hard_Drive
I have a
Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 160GB Hard Drive
7200RPM, Internal, ATA/100
http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...ode=314482&Pn=Deskstar_7K250_160GB_Hard_Drive
I just did a speed comparison with:
Drive Speed Checker
http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_hdd.html
The segate scored 55,159 write and 38,647 read.
The hitachi scored 32,407 write and 38,395 read.
I'm dissapointed. I thought the segate sata III drive would kick super steak bombs on both read and write tests against the hitatchi ata 100 drive.
Can you folks explain if/why the read speed is so slow when compared to the hitatch? I really hoping that I would get faster read speeds with the segate sata III. I bought the new drive to load my games faster (doom, farcry, soldiers heroes of WWII).
How do I know if this drive is running at sata III speeds? Is there another test I can do to show whether I am really getting more performance out of a Sata III drive?
Thank you in advance for your information.