My new SCSI -My Performance -Do I need Drivers?

[Foxie3a]

Well, I setup my LSI Logic U160 host adaptor into a PCI slot. Plugged in the IBM hard drive. And spun em up!

I did a little rearraging in my case, and was able to get some nice CFM on my new HD. Also have nice exhaust going too. I will have pics and all once I do a review on my case, which is after I get my dremel, and of course the cathodes, and rheobus.

I ran Sisoft. I'm on Win98. And running off of another HD.

I DO NOT HAVE DRIVERS INSTALLED.

My score was a little under 6,000. Mind you my Maxtor 40gb 5400rpm get over 17,000.

I didn't look at it too hard, but I think that I had things like random read: 350mb/s or so, and my writing was horrible at around 5mb/s.

Now, my access times is what put a smile on my face. It says my Maxtor is around 12ms. And my U160 HD is 4ms.

Do you guys think that the drivers make that big of a difference in the performance? And do you think that Sisoft is lying about my access times? the HD is a IBM 9gb 7200rpm, supposed to have 8.5ms I thought.

 

[Th0r]

Yes DRIVERS make a big performance increase.... install then now

 

[Foxie3a]

too lazy, I like playing Deus Ex 2 also.

I don't have them either...I hope they're easy to find..

 

[Foxie3a]

I installed the drivers...and did it a little differently than it said to... ;-)

Sisoft scores go shooting through the roof to 21,000 points or so.

My access times went upto 7ms though.. but that's still better than the 8.5 it is supposed to be at.

 

[Th0r]

Don't use Sandra it is unreliable....

 

[Foxie3a]

any better suggestions for HD performance testing?

 

[Cemal Gurel]

Yes, use HD Tach 2.70 from http://www.simplisoftware.com it may tell the truth...

 

[Th0r]

Use ATTO benchmark aswell...