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Testing
The system in today's tests will be a system
build based on the ASUS P6T Deluxe. This has become our primary test
rig for testing hard drives.
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Hardware |
Model |
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Motherboard: |
ASUS P6T Deluxe |
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Motherboard BIOS Version: |
1303 |
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CPU: |
Intel Core i7 2.66GHz |
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Memory: |
Patriot Memory PVT36G1600LLK
12GB PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 |
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Video Card: |
Sapphire
HD 3870 1GB |
For
the bulk of the hard drive benchmarking I'll be using Hard Drive Tach. HD Tach has proven very
reliable for us over the years and I like to stick with what works.
However, I will include a few HD Tune benchmarks as well.
Single Hard Drive Test
HD Tach:
Quick Bench / 8MB Zones
Upon the first set of benchmarks we discover that there isn't the huge
boost in I had hoped for. Instead we are seeing mixed results when
compared to the 7200.11. I'll elaborate more later in the review.
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Burst Speed: |
161.4
MB/s |
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Average Read: |
108.0 MB/s |
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Average Write: |
74.7 MB/s |
Single Hard Drive Test
HD Tach: Long
Bench / 32MB Zones
Next we test the drive with HD Tach by using the Long Benchmark. Once
again we see some solid numbers, but nothing impressive over the
previous generation.
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Burst Speed: |
161.3
MB/s |
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Average Read: |
108.0 MB/s |
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Average Write: |
96.2 MB/s |
Single Hard Drive Test
HD
Tune
Next up is HD Tune. Many of our readers know this isn't one of my
favorite benchmarking programs, but people swear by it. On the single
hard drive test, HD Tune shows the following information:
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Minimum Transfer Rate: |
65.82 MB/sec |
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Maximum Transfer Rate: |
127.0 MB/sec |
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Average Transfer Rate: |
102.8 MB/sec |
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Access Time: |
13.9 ms |
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Burst Rate: |
182.1 MB/sec |
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CPU Usage: |
1.1% |
With HD Tune we see some solid transfer rate numbers and very low CPU
usage. If anything, we see a dramatic decrease in CPU usage over the
7200.11 family. Less CPU usage is definitely a good thing.
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