Which HD to use for OS and games older 74g raptor 8mb(sata1), or 250g 7200rpm 16mb(sata2)
I keep a second pc to use for random stuff, but when I have my son he does game on it.
I cant find anything solid on which HD would be more beneficial.
I know sata 1 sata 2 is not a factor, neither drive will ever use that much speed
It boils down to RPM and buffer differences
10,000 rpm with 8mb cache
7,200 rpm with 16mb cache
I would think the faster spinning drive would load OS and games faster. But benchmark testing says different? (I know its hard to benchmark a hd, but still)
I did run Crystaldiskmark on them both, both defragged.
1) C: Win 7 in use -- 10,000 RPM Raptor 8mb results
Sequential Read : 49.806 MB/s
Sequential Write : 45.680 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 13.163 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 28.028 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.449 MB/s [ 109.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.610 MB/s [ 148.8 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.682 MB/s [ 166.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.624 MB/s [ 152.3 IOPS]
2) Now Storage disc 7,200 RPM 16mb Cache
Sequential Read : 90.363 MB/s
Sequential Write : 90.402 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 39.524 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 34.969 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.576 MB/s [ 140.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.990 MB/s [ 241.8 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.721 MB/s [ 176.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.008 MB/s [ 246.2 IOPS]
I keep a second pc to use for random stuff, but when I have my son he does game on it.
I cant find anything solid on which HD would be more beneficial.
I know sata 1 sata 2 is not a factor, neither drive will ever use that much speed
It boils down to RPM and buffer differences
10,000 rpm with 8mb cache
7,200 rpm with 16mb cache
I would think the faster spinning drive would load OS and games faster. But benchmark testing says different? (I know its hard to benchmark a hd, but still)
I did run Crystaldiskmark on them both, both defragged.
1) C: Win 7 in use -- 10,000 RPM Raptor 8mb results
Sequential Read : 49.806 MB/s
Sequential Write : 45.680 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 13.163 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 28.028 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.449 MB/s [ 109.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.610 MB/s [ 148.8 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.682 MB/s [ 166.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.624 MB/s [ 152.3 IOPS]
2) Now Storage disc 7,200 RPM 16mb Cache
Sequential Read : 90.363 MB/s
Sequential Write : 90.402 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 39.524 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 34.969 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.576 MB/s [ 140.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.990 MB/s [ 241.8 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.721 MB/s [ 176.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.008 MB/s [ 246.2 IOPS]
