How can I check if Sata Drive is working in 3.0GBps mode?

[Lawrence]

Hi

I have just installed my new Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive, how do I
find out if it has been connected using SATA 3.0 rather than SATA 1.5?

Thanks

Lawrence

 

[GT]

Hi

I have just installed my new Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive, how do I
find out if it has been connected using SATA 3.0 rather than SATA 1.5?

What's the difference - the drive can only do around 0.07GBps anyway!

 

[Hertz_Donut]

Hi

I have just installed my new Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive, how do I
find out if it has been connected using SATA 3.0 rather than SATA 1.5?

Thanks

Lawrence

You cannot get the theoretical limit on any drive. Unless you are using
huge files, running a server farm, accessing databases with millions of
entries, blueprints in real-time, 3d rendering, etc, you don't need SATA
3Gbs.

98% of computer users never even max the buffer on ATA100.

Live and learn

 

[Lawrence]

Hi


You cannot get the theoretical limit on any drive. Unless you are using
huge files, running a server farm, accessing databases with millions of
entries, blueprints in real-time, 3d rendering, etc, you don't need SATA
3Gbs.

98% of computer users never even max the buffer on ATA100.

Live and learn

Ok thanks, my naivity really!

Learn something every day!

Cheers

Lawrence

 

[Trimble]

The 300 is just the theoretical speed of the interface ...calculated on its
own.
My understanding Re: SATA 2 is that it does improve performance
when the Hard disc is getting full .
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[GT]

What's the difference - the drive can only do around 0.07GBps anyway!

Actually having said that, I might be wrong - I've just remembered about
NCQ. I think NCQ is only supported in SATA II. If your drive does NCQ
(Native Command Queing) then it might be worth you googling round this
subject for a few minutes.

 

[kony]

Hi

I have just installed my new Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive, how do I
find out if it has been connected using SATA 3.0 rather than SATA 1.5?

Thanks

Lawrence

Are you using an SATA300 controller? If so and you haven't
jumpered the drive to SATA150 mode it should be correct.

You could benchmark it to check burst speed. For example, 3
of these drives are obviously in SATA300 mode,
http://www.extremetech.com/image_popup/0,1694,iid=134339,00.asp