Well I wanted to create this thread since ages but couldn't find the time till now. Anyway the objective of the thread is to post scores of the popular hard drive bench HD Tach. It is available here:
http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach
Please use ver 3 available on that site. Run the Quick test. People have been suggesting all sorts of drives to buy. Let this be a repository of scores to make judgements upon. Since the drive performance is quite dependent on the rest of the system config, please post in the following format:
This must be followed by HD Tach screenie. My first post below is an illustration. So start posting!
http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach
Please use ver 3 available on that site. Run the Quick test. People have been suggesting all sorts of drives to buy. Let this be a repository of scores to make judgements upon. Since the drive performance is quite dependent on the rest of the system config, please post in the following format:
Code:
Name of the Drive: (Eg Seagate Barracuda 7200.7)
Model No: (Eg ST3200822A 3.01 or whatever is supplied by HDTach)
Note that in case of RAID, you'd have to specify the individual drives here.
Cache Size: (Eg 8MB)
CPU: (Eg Athlon 64 3000+ @2.7GHz)
Chipset: (Eg NV NF4 SLI)
Average Transfer Rate:
Burst Transfer Rate:
Random Access:
This must be followed by HD Tach screenie. My first post below is an illustration. So start posting!