File Transfer Speed Test...

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My system has the following components:

Asus A7V133 w/1007 bios
Duron 800@1000

IBM Desk DeskStar 75GPX 46 Gig 7200RPM ATA 100
HDTACH Results
Read Burst Speed 60.7mgps
Random Access Time 12.8ms
Average Read Speed 29247.8kps


Maxtor DiamondMax 52049U4 20 Gig 7200RPM ATA 66
HDTACH Results
Read Burst SPeed 45.36mbps
Random Access Time 13.8ms
Average Read Speed 25078.9kps

I am running Windows 2000 Pro /w SP2

Via 4-in-1 4.31 Final
Promise Ultra 100TM IDE Controller Driver v1.60 (Build 33)

The IBM hard drive is set as Master on the Primary ATA 100 connector and
the Maxtor is set up as Master on the Secondary ATA 100 connector.

Each disk is the only device on that channel and they are both connected using new
ATA 100 cables.

I have been using a 2.01 Gig Norton Ghost Image file to transfer between the two disks.

Both Disks are formatted as Basic NTFS.


Transfer time from IBM to Maxtor is 117sec
Transfer time from Maxtor to IBM is 160sec

-nothing else running in the background


So according to my calculations

2.01g / 117s = 17.1mbps

and

2.01g / 160s = 12.6mbps

This seems a bit slow to me. Can anyone provide some insight on why the transfer speed it so slow?

Thanks in advance.
 

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It has been brought to my attention that my Asus A7V133 requires the 1004 version bios, and NOT the 1007 (which happens to be for the A7V board)

However after flashing the board with the correct bios, the file transfer time is even slower by about 15% !

Should I reinstall windows now that I have the correct bios? Should I reinstall any drivers?

Thanks
 

ledzepp98

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i'll start off by saying that i don't know the answer :frown: but i'll give you something to consider... the hdtach results show average read speed...i think write speed is slower than read speed so you shouldn't expect the mid-high 20megs/sec transfer. also, even though i think hdtach is more "real world accurate" than sandra (which just gives an index number) it is still just a benchmark and real world results will vary, especially going from drive to drive and not staying within the same physical drive.
 

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I have had some tell me that the write speed is about the same as the read speed, others said that the write speed is slower. Unfortunatelly to test with Hdtach I would need an unpartitioned drive.