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My new WD Raptor is SLOW

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SocceRich20

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I just got a WD raptor, and installed XP fresh on it, along with a couple of games and such. I installed SiSoft Sandra 2005 Professional, and the Raptor scores a lowly 41MBPS. Is there something I can do to make it perform as it should, the examples show Raptors at almost 100MBPS.

Just ran some benchmarks with Hdtach.

Hitachi 7,200 rpm 160GB
http://www.cascadesys.com/stuff/Hitachi.JPG

WD Raptor 10,000 rpm 36GB
http://www.cascadesys.com/stuff/Raptor.JPG

Am I reading this correctly? My 7200 rpm drive is beating my 10k drive?
 
1) SiSoft Sandra is the AOL of benchmark programs 😛 The sooner you uninstall it, the happier you're likely to be IMHO 😉

2) SiSoft Sandra 2005 Professional, please don't tell me you paid for it. OTOH, please don't tell me you're using a warezed, virus-laden version of it either! 😛 Slowness... viruses... yesssss, Precious 😱

3) anyway 😛 the HDTach results look pretty realistic for a late-model Hitachi 7200rpm drive and a 36GB Ratpro. Unless it feels lethargic, I wouldn't let it bug me.


Knowing your mobo brand/model could help, if you really think something's wrong (I assume you're using an onboard SATA controller). Along with that, name any PCI cards you have, since a chipset-IRQ clash is one of the possible gotchas here.
 
Here is my entire system:

2.8C
IC7-G
9800 Pro
1GB HyperX PC4000
NEC 3500 dvd burner
Sony dvd rom
36GB WD Raptor Drive
160GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache Hitachi Sata drive
120GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache WD IDE drive
80GB 7200rpm 8MB cache Seagate IDE drive
Antec NeoPower 480w

PCI Cards:
Matrox G200 Dual VGA card
ATI TV Wonder VE
 
i just ran mine thru too and i got almost the exact same score, same drive. basically shows it to run the same as my 80 gb WD caviar, pretty disappointing really.

i don't know if we're doing something wrong or not really. the "compare drive" shows that our scores are almost identical to their model 36gb raptor, so maybe we just bought chit.

edit. and mines a p4c 2.4 @ 2.8, ausu p4p800-vm, with pretty much what you have as far as opticals and such but only 1 other hdd.

but love seeing mechBgone on the case, lol

 
You should have read the benchmarks on anandtech before purchasing that harddrive. It is not faster than today's 7200RPM drives in many scenarios. The 2nd gen, 74GB version is faster by a lot. I got 56mbps, which apparently is faster than 15k RPM scsi drives.
 
Originally posted by: malak
You should have read the benchmarks on anandtech before purchasing that harddrive. It is not faster than today's 7200RPM drives in many scenarios. The 2nd gen, 74GB version is faster by a lot. I got 56mbps, which apparently is faster than 15k RPM scsi drives.
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Here's my HDTach graph. Mrs. Cheetah can sprint 😀 and is actually the slowest sprinter of her generation of 15k drives, the Fujitsu and Maxtor models are faster yet (but not as quiet idling). But it's the fast seek times and SCSI multitasking efficiency that really make me wuv her 🙂:heart:

About the IC7-G, I'll dig out the manual in .PDF format and see what the chipset IRQ-sharing arrangements are. What slots are those PCI cards in?
 
Originally posted by: malak
You should have read the benchmarks on anandtech before purchasing that harddrive. It is not faster than today's 7200RPM drives in many scenarios. The 2nd gen, 74GB version is faster by a lot. I got 56mbps, which apparently is faster than 15k RPM scsi drives.
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Oh never mind.......
 
Super, I've got to shut down in a couple minutes and hook up my DVD drive since I archived my manual collection onto a DVD+R. I seem to recall that the IC7-G has two SATA controllers, the native Intel one and a tacked-on Promise or Silicon Image one, is that right? If so, which one are you hosting your SATA drives off of?
 
Originally posted by: SocceRich20
My hard drives are connected to SATA1 and SATA2, whatever that is.
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Me lookie... ok yep, those are the native Intel ones and ought to be clear of the PCI bus. Your PCI-slot choices appear to be harmonious too. I think maybe it's just that the 36GB Raptor is not any better of a sprinter than your 160GB Hitachi.
 
Yeah sandra isn't good for hard drive benches, use HDtach. And you would likely have been much better off with a large 8mb cache 7200rpm drive than the 36gb raptor.
 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: malak
You should have read the benchmarks on anandtech before purchasing that harddrive. It is not faster than today's 7200RPM drives in many scenarios. The 2nd gen, 74GB version is faster by a lot. I got 56mbps, which apparently is faster than 15k RPM scsi drives.
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Here's my HDTach graph. Mrs. Cheetah can sprint 😀 and is actually the slowest sprinter of her generation of 15k drives, the Fujitsu and Maxtor models are faster yet (but not as quiet idling). But it's the fast seek times and SCSI multitasking efficiency that really make me wuv her 🙂:heart:

About the IC7-G, I'll dig out the manual in .PDF format and see what the chipset IRQ-sharing arrangements are. What slots are those PCI cards in?
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I downloaded HDTach to see mine. I got 117mb/s for burst speed and 0% CPU usage, but your average read speed is 2% higher.
 
The raptor does have 8mb of cache, it's just that the older 36gig raptor doesn't offer as much of a boost as the newer 74gig raptor. I am using 2x36gig raptors in raid 0, getting 188mb/s burst rate, and 75.1 average speed. I"ve had them in raid 0 since I got them, so they have never been tested individualy.
 
Originally posted by: stevty2889
The raptor does have 8mb of cache, it's just that the older 36gig raptor doesn't offer as much of a boost as the newer 74gig raptor. I am using 2x36gig raptors in raid 0, getting 188mb/s burst rate, and 75.1 average speed. I"ve had them in raid 0 since I got them, so they have never been tested individualy.
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Yes, 2 in raid is fast. Although not for gaming, if that's what you get speed for.
 
Originally posted by: malak
Originally posted by: stevty2889
The raptor does have 8mb of cache, it's just that the older 36gig raptor doesn't offer as much of a boost as the newer 74gig raptor. I am using 2x36gig raptors in raid 0, getting 188mb/s burst rate, and 75.1 average speed. I"ve had them in raid 0 since I got them, so they have never been tested individualy.
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Yes, 2 in raid is fast. Although not for gaming, if that's what you get speed for.
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Nah, didn't do it specificly for gaming, I've just been running them that way since I first set them up, and haven't had any reason not to leave it that way. Haven't had to re-install windows a single time, even after changing motherboards 3 times.
 
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