Funny score on pcmark

[BmXStuD]

Why is my hdd score so low?

CPU SCORE 3416
Memory Score 2057
HDD SCORE 365

 

[LED]

See if your UDMA/DMA is enabled

 

[BmXStuD]

WHere do i check that in hdd properties or the prgms?

 

[LED]

1st in the BIOS it should be set @ Auto for IDE Devices and then under the Control Panel, ATA/ATAPIIDE Channel Properties, Advanced Settings

 

[BmXStuD]

so do i enable it or disable?
Theses the options i got:
Transfer Mode- DMA IF AVAVIBLE or PIO ONLY

 

[LED]

Oboy...DMA if available and I'm guessing you haven't downloaded the newer VIA Drivers and what type of HD doyou have abd would you by chance have an ATA33 cable on the HD when it's an ATA100?

 

[DanFungus]

DMA if available

 

[BmXStuD]

its a Western Digital 20GB
model # wd-200eb
im guessing this one from WD site ut this is the HDD

 

[LED]

its a Western Digital 20GB

Well that's a UDMA 100 5400RPM HD I believe so you would need the ATA 100 IDE cable to get maximum results with it...Do you have one in the the Rig as well?

 

[BmXStuD]

AHh blah this i dunno guess im learing theres a cable that came w/ mobo not sure what it is. Im using a cable which has the 2 connectors on it so i can have 2 hdds. I guess it ata133 and than i have 2 cd roms not sure either. So your saying i maybe need th orginal cable that came with hdd which i got what christmas of 2000 ;-(

 

[LED]

This is the wrong cable you need This one...it has twice as many strands and has to have the blue end plugged into the MoBo

 

[BmXStuD]

yep i only have the 1st one not the right one ;-(

 

[LED]

Why is my hdd score so low?

Well there's your answer...go and get one

 

[BmXStuD]

So this cable is killing my all computer PERFERMANCE? So i the cable i need is the one w/o any little lines on it.

 

[LED]

Originally posted by: BmXStuDer
So this cable is killing my all computer PERFERMANCE? So i the cable i need is the one w/o any little lines on it.

YES DUDE your running @ ATA33 quite the performance hit from ATA100 !

 

[SOSTrooper]

Also defrag your HD.

 

[BmXStuD]

the defrag gives me now a HDD SCORE OF 436

 

[SOSTrooper]

You can compare to mine

 

[Junin]

Compare it to this monster:


P4 4.44GHZ

 

[Davegod]

Originally posted by: SOSTrooper
You can compare to mine

your Western Digital 80GB SE 8MB Cache got 1001
my SG barracuda IV 40gb 2mb cache got 1096 under w98se (FAT32), though now gets around 900 with XP (NTFS) :/

otoh, your 256mb of samsung 2700 slaps my 512mb and 768mb of crucial 2100 ; 5100 vs 3260 marks

cpu wise my xp2400+ (2008mhz) gets >5800, versus your Intel Pentium 4 2270 MHz getting 5685.

(none of my benches done with any sort of "prepping", none clean install etc, other than defrag).

conclusion: irrelevant anyway since pcmark is a load of sh!t.

 

[Markfw]

It sounds like you still don't have the right cable. In case you missed it, the correct one has 80 wires(instead of 40 for the regular cable), and one end is specially color coded to fit into the motherboard, and you must plug that one into the motherboard.