HDD Speed

Weatherlite · 03-11-12, 05:05 AM

I know the Windows Experience rating doesn't amount to a hill of beans, but my WD Caviar Black 6Gb/s drive is only showing as a 5.9 and my son's Caviar Blue at 3Gb/s shows 5.8. You would think mine with the higher transfer speed and 64MB cache would be considerably higher than his lower rate and 16MB cache. Yes, I have it plugged into the 6GB/s slot on the board and yes, I have all the latest drivers installed. Running Windows 7 Pro 64. Any ideas?

drka0tic · 03-11-12, 10:16 AM

Microsoft decided that a 6.0 or higher requires at the minimum an SSD. Even if you have the fastest drive on the market (the SATA 6.0 Gb/s Velociraptor) it will read at a 5.9 because of this MS limitation.

You need to use another HD benchmarking tool such as HD Tune.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Cigarsmoker · 03-11-12, 02:56 PM

6 GB vs 3 GB transfer speed with respect to HDD is pure marketing. NO HDD is anywhere near saturating SATA II 3 GB speeds. Only new gen SSDs will saturate and surpass SATA II speeds.

Weatherlite · 03-11-12, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cigarsmoker

6 GB vs 3 GB transfer speed with respect to HDD is pure marketing. NO HDD is anywhere near saturating SATA II 3 GB speeds. Only new gen SSDs will saturate and surpass SATA II speeds.

I didn't know this! Learned something new today.

I used HDTune and am totally underwhelmed. It said my average speed was somewhere around 130 MB/s, which is a hair over 1Gb/s. Does that seem low to you as well or am I just that unfamiliar with true transfer speeds to know better?

drka0tic · 03-11-12, 10:46 PM

That's actually a pretty good speed for a spinning disk drive. If you google reviews for your drive you will see your drive is performing as its supposed to be.

Cigarsmoker · 03-11-12, 10:49 PM

For a HDD, that's about right. If you want to give your whole computing experience a boost put one of the latest gen SSD in there and you'll never go back.

Archer0915 · 03-11-12, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Cigarsmoker

6 GB vs 3 GB transfer speed with respect to HDD is pure marketing. NO HDD is anywhere near saturating SATA II 3 GB speeds. Only new gen SSDs will saturate and surpass SATA II speeds.

Though true for some things with raid it makrs a big diffrence.

03-11-12, 05:05 AM	Thread Starter #1
Weatherlite Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Idaho	HDD Speed I know the Windows Experience rating doesn't amount to a hill of beans, but my WD Caviar Black 6Gb/s drive is only showing as a 5.9 and my son's Caviar Blue at 3Gb/s shows 5.8. You would think mine with the higher transfer speed and 64MB cache would be considerably higher than his lower rate and 16MB cache. Yes, I have it plugged into the 6GB/s slot on the board and yes, I have all the latest drivers installed. Running Windows 7 Pro 64. Any ideas? __________________ CPU/HSF: AMD FX-4100 / Xigmatek Gaia, MX-2 paste MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX RAM: G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 GRAPHICS: MSI 5770 "Twin Frozr" 1GB DDR5 -- HP w2408 24" 1920x1200; Shimian Q270 27" 2560x1440 PSU: XFX PRO850W XXX Edition Semi-Modular 80 Plus Silver STORAGE: OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD; WD Caviar Black 1TB, 32MB cache; 2 x WD Green 2TB; WD Green 2.5 TB; 2 x WD Green 3TB; WD My Book Essential 1TB Ext HDD OS: Windows 7 64 Pro CASE: NZXT Phantom, black w/green trim FANS: Out-2 x 200mm, 1 x 120mm In-1 x 140mm, 2 x 120mm MISC: A bunch of pretty little green LEDs lol
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03-11-12, 10:16 AM	#2
drka0tic Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NYC	Microsoft decided that a 6.0 or higher requires at the minimum an SSD. Even if you have the fastest drive on the market (the SATA 6.0 Gb/s Velociraptor) it will read at a 5.9 because of this MS limitation. You need to use another HD benchmarking tool such as HD Tune. http://www.hdtune.com/ __________________ Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.6Ghz \| Gigabyte P67A-UD5-B3 \| MSI 560Ti Twin Frozr II \| Corsair Vengeance PC3-12800 [2x4GB] \| OCZ Vertex 3 120GB \| XSPC RASA 750 RS240 \| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit \| Samsung 245BW 24" LCD \| Logitech G15 \| Corsair HX850 \| Fractal Design Arc Midi \| Logitech Performance MX \| Mionix Propus 380 \| Lamptron FC5 Fan Controller
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03-11-12, 02:56 PM	#3
Cigarsmoker Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada	6 GB vs 3 GB transfer speed with respect to HDD is pure marketing. NO HDD is anywhere near saturating SATA II 3 GB speeds. Only new gen SSDs will saturate and surpass SATA II speeds.
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03-11-12, 10:46 PM	#5
drka0tic Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NYC	That's actually a pretty good speed for a spinning disk drive. If you google reviews for your drive you will see your drive is performing as its supposed to be.
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03-11-12, 10:49 PM	#6
Cigarsmoker Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada	For a HDD, that's about right. If you want to give your whole computing experience a boost put one of the latest gen SSD in there and you'll never go back.
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