I ran DISKSPEED32 on a Dell Dimension 4300 with Windows XP Home SP1 (DMA is
On) and 512MB of memory. The trasfer rate showed 37MBps. But the average
access time showed over 23MS. Its supposed to be an 80GB 7200RPM drive and
its the one that came with the Dell Dimension 4300. I don't know the make
and model of the drive.

"Pat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7Yowb.9734$7%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I ran DISKSPEED32 on a Dell Dimension 4300 with Windows XP Home SP1 (DMA
is
> On) and 512MB of memory. The trasfer rate showed 37MBps. But the average
> access time showed over 23MS. Its supposed to be an 80GB 7200RPM drive and
> its the one that came with the Dell Dimension 4300. I don't know the make
> and model of the drive.
>
>

Thanks, very informative.

--
Joep

"Joep" <j o e p @ d i y d a t a r e c o v e r y . n l> wrote in message
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> "Pat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7Yowb.9734$7%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I ran DISKSPEED32 on a Dell Dimension 4300 with Windows XP Home SP1 (DMA
> is
> > On) and 512MB of memory. The trasfer rate showed 37MBps. But the average
> > access time showed over 23MS. Its supposed to be an 80GB 7200RPM drive
and
> > its the one that came with the Dell Dimension 4300. I don't know the
make
> > and model of the drive.
> >
> >
>
> Thanks, very informative.


Ooooops!

QUESTION:

Are there 7200 RPM 80 GB hard drives with very slow average access times
above 20MS?

If not, what could possible cause a slow benchmark result like that?

Thanks,

Pat

"Pat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:9txwb.561$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Joep" <j o e p @ d i y d a t a r e c o v e r y . n l> wrote in message
> news:ca65$3fc24b08$3eddca68$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "Pat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:7Yowb.9734$7%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I ran DISKSPEED32 on a Dell Dimension 4300 with Windows XP Home SP1 (DMA
> > is
> > > On) and 512MB of memory. The trasfer rate showed 37MBps. But the average
> > > access time showed over 23MS. Its supposed to be an 80GB 7200RPM drive
> and
> > > its the one that came with the Dell Dimension 4300. I don't know the
> make
> > > and model of the drive.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, very informative.
>
>
> Ooooops!
>
> QUESTION:

> Are there 7200 RPM 80 GB hard drives with
> very slow average access times above 20MS?

Nope.

> If not, what could possible cause a slow benchmark result like that?

diskspeed32 is a steaming turd, not a benchmark.

HDTach is much better but it isnt free unless you've got the drive formatted fat32.

Pat wrote:
> "Joep" <j o e p @ d i y d a t a r e c o v e r y . n l> wrote in message
> news:ca65$3fc24b08$3eddca68$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>"Pat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:7Yowb.9734$7%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>I ran DISKSPEED32 on a Dell Dimension 4300 with Windows XP Home SP1 (DMA
>>
>>is
>>
>>>On) and 512MB of memory. The trasfer rate showed 37MBps. But the average
>>>access time showed over 23MS. Its supposed to be an 80GB 7200RPM drive
>
> and
>
>>>its the one that came with the Dell Dimension 4300. I don't know the
>
> make
>
>>>and model of the drive.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Thanks, very informative.
>
>
>
> Ooooops!
>
> QUESTION:
>
> Are there 7200 RPM 80 GB hard drives with very slow average access times
> above 20MS?
>
> If not, what could possible cause a slow benchmark result like that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat
>
>

If you want reliable results from a HD benchmark, then you must run it
standalone; sharing the CPU+OS with other processes can contaminate
the results. And, run the benchmark a few times to verify that your
results are consistent -- inconsistent results should be ignored, and
you should try to understand what is causing non-repeatable results.
--
Cheers, Bob

Bob WIllard <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<ZSIwb.227959$275.862379@attbi_s53>...
> Pat wrote:
> > "Joep" <j o e p @ d i y d a t a r e c o v e r y . n l> wrote in message
> > news:ca65$3fc24b08$3eddca68$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>"Pat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >>news:7Yowb.9734$7%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>
> >>>I ran DISKSPEED32 on a Dell Dimension 4300 with Windows XP Home SP1 (DMA
> >>
> >>is
> >>
> >>>On) and 512MB of memory. The trasfer rate showed 37MBps. But the average
> >>>access time showed over 23MS. Its supposed to be an 80GB 7200RPM drive
> >
> > and
> >
> >>>its the one that came with the Dell Dimension 4300. I don't know the
> >
> > make
> >
> >>>and model of the drive.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Thanks, very informative.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ooooops!
> >
> > QUESTION:
> >
> > Are there 7200 RPM 80 GB hard drives with very slow average access times
> > above 20MS?
> >
> > If not, what could possible cause a slow benchmark result like that?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pat
> >
> >
>
> If you want reliable results from a HD benchmark, then you must run it
> standalone; sharing the CPU+OS with other processes can contaminate
> the results. And, run the benchmark a few times to verify that your
> results are consistent -- inconsistent results should be ignored, and
> you should try to understand what is causing non-repeatable results.

Please enlighten us, what do we use?

"Rod Speed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> HDTach is much better but it isnt free unless you've got the drive
formatted fat32.

Hi! http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public...request=HdTach

With version 2.7 they give access to read-operation on WinXP/2000 systems
under NTFS. Works fine here.

"Egil Solberg" wrote
> Hi! http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public...request=HdTach
>
> With version 2.7 they give access to read-operation on WinXP/2000 systems
> under NTFS. Works fine here.



Hello,

thanks for posting that link. I been meaning to download HDTach for weeks
now (busy, busy). I been wanting to benchmark my SATA RAID-0 set-up and I
hear HDTach is pretty reliable (Rod Speed!). . .
--
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