hard drive benches scsi/raptor/ide

[bazx]

i wanted to see if a raptor was faster then a scsi drive

using sandra

here are the results

raptor-sata-10rpm-74g

New volume (E >>
< Benchmark Results >
Drive Index: 58 MB/s

< Performance Test Status >
Run ID: TED on 16 October 2005 at 20:57:28
SMP Test: No
Total Test Threads: 1
SMT Test: No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance: No
Processor Affinity: No
Operating System Disk Cache Us:No
Use Overlapped I/O: Yes
IO Queue Depth: 4 request(s)
Test File Size: 1GB
File Fragments: 1
Block Size: 1MB
File Server Optimised: No

< Benchmark Breakdown >
Buffered Read: 33 MB/s
Sequential Read: 69 MB/s
Random Read: 38 MB/s
Buffered Write: 79 MB/s
Sequential Write: 68 MB/s
Random Write: 52 MB/s
Average Access Time: 12 ms (estimated)

< Drive >
Drive Type: Hard Disk
Total Size: 69GB
Free Space: 69GB, 100%

scsi drive-adaptec controller-10 rpm-17g

Hard Disk (F >>
< Benchmark Results >
Drive Index: 32 MB/s

< Performance Test Status >
Run ID: TED on 16 October 2005 at 21:06:15
SMP Test: No
Total Test Threads: 1
SMT Test: No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance: No
Processor Affinity: No
Operating System Disk Cache Us:No
Use Overlapped I/O: Yes
IO Queue Depth: 4 request(s)
Test File Size: 1GB
File Fragments: 1
Block Size: 1MB
File Server Optimised: No

< Benchmark Breakdown >
Buffered Read: 32 MB/s
Sequential Read: 34 MB/s
Random Read: 29 MB/s
Buffered Write: 28 MB/s
Sequential Write: 33 MB/s
Random Write: 30 MB/s
Average Access Time: 5 ms (estimated)

< Drive >
Drive Type: Hard Disk
Total Size: 17GB
Free Space: 11GB, 65%

ide-7500rpm-180g

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< Benchmark Results >
Drive Index: 50 MB/s

< Performance Test Status >
Run ID: TED on 16 October 2005 at 21:10:11
SMP Test: No
Total Test Threads: 1
SMT Test: No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance: No
Processor Affinity: No
Operating System Disk Cache Us:No
Use Overlapped I/O: Yes
IO Queue Depth: 4 request(s)
Test File Size: 1GB
File Fragments: 1
Block Size: 1MB
File Server Optimised: No

< Benchmark Breakdown >
Buffered Read: 40 MB/s
Sequential Read: 57 MB/s
Random Read: 40 MB/s
Buffered Write: 56 MB/s
Sequential Write: 57 MB/s
Random Write: 39 MB/s
Average Access Time: 8 ms (estimated)

< Drive >
Drive Type: Hard Disk
Total Size: 114GB
Free Space: 68GB, 59%

 

[Gautam]

Never done HD benchies in my life. Could you please explain what those results mean in a nutshell?

 

[bazx]

Never done HD benchies in my life. Could you please explain what those results mean in a nutshell?

this is the first time i have tryed to do this

my main reason for doing this is i intend to start some pcmark runs and wanted to no which would be the best drive for the job

now as i understand it the parts i have put in red are the results of the 3 drives
i tested

and it would seem the scsi kicked the raptors a**

now scsi drives have been comming down in price and are around the same as
the raptor gig for gig

and the controllers second hand are only $15

 

[theELVISCERATOR]

If you are getting 12msec access time on a Raptor you aint doing something right.

 

[El<(')>Maxi]

Looks to me by those numbers that the only thing the SCSI drive has over the Raptor is access time. But as ELVIS mentioned the Raptor access time seems off.

What you really need is at least a dual drive RAID setup using SCSI or Raptors. Even better would be a 4 or more spindle (drives) array which can be done with SCSI, not sure about the Raptors on our desktop boards. I'd imagine you could use as many drives as your mobo has onboard SATA ports.

SCSI has the advantage as it's been around alot longer. If you wanna compare true SCSI performance then you need to run U320 drives/controllers.