Hard drive performance difference?

[Nessal]

Well...just got my WD 120gig 7200 8mb cache and I seriously can not tell any difference between my Maxtor Quantum Fireball Plus AS40 7200 2mb cache....are there any benchmark tools out there that lets you test the master drive and the slave drive separately? Also both are set at Ultra ATA100...but I can't seem to find a way to see if they really are. Are there any diagnostic tools in windows that show it? Thanks!

 

[Adul]

you be better off performance wise if you had both drives on seperate IDE channels

 

[skatertech]

Dr. Hardware will let you benchmark each drive individually, but why? Are you happy with the current setup?

Also, try to put each drive on a separate channel. It will be much faster.

 

[Nessal]

Yeah I'm happy with the current setup....I dont want to get into the raid crap even though I have it built onboard. Just that I would love to see how much faster the WD drive really is compared to the Maxtor....

 

[skatertech]

Try using Dr. Hardware, it's a pretty good app. There is a free trial, with all the important features
It will also tell you everything it can from the drives, including ATA settings.

Here's the link (again):
http://www.dr-hardware.com/

 

[Beandog]

Hmm...I just read an article comparing alot of Hard Drives including the WD SE with the 8MB Buffer. Basically the extra Buffer had lil to no inpact on performance except in Large File transfers like video etc. Their was a mention that it was more important to look at the density of the platters as compared to performance. I am no expert, so I will try to find the article and link it here, but basically the reviewers opinion on WD SE drives are good performing but not worth the extra cost to get the 8MB buffer since they performed neck in neck with oher drives like the Maxtor's with just 2 MB.

 

[Bloodstein]

Originally posted by: Beandog
Hmm...I just read an article comparing alot of Hard Drives including the WD SE with the 8MB Buffer. Basically the extra Buffer had lil to no inpact on performance except in Large File transfers like video etc. Their was a mention that it was more important to look at the density of the platters as compared to performance. I am no expert, so I will try to find the article and link it here, but basically the reviewers opinion on WD SE drives are good performing but not worth the extra cost to get the 8MB buffer since they performed neck in neck with oher drives like the Maxtor's with just 2 MB.

Now, you just made him/her feel bad ;-)