littletemple
Golden Member
I just installed the Maxtor PATA on the promise controller and doing some testing showed really slow write speeds. This controller came with the Maxtor retail kit. The drive seemed really slow writing to the disk but ok reading from it. Running SiSoftware SANDRA reported this:
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Benchmark Results
Drive Index : 43 MB/s
Performance Test Status
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
SMT Test : No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : No
Operating System Disk Cache Used : No
Use Overlapped I/O : Yes
IO Queue Depth : 4 request(s)
Test File Size : 1GB
File Fragments : 1
Block Size : 1MB
File Server Optimised : No
Benchmark Breakdown
Buffered Read : 40 MB/s
Sequential Read : 57 MB/s
Random Read : 39 MB/s
Buffered Write : 15 MB/s
Sequential Write : 16 MB/s
Random Write : 15 MB/s
Average Access Time : 8 ms (estimated)
Drive
Drive Type : Hard Disk
Total Size : 114GB
Free Space : 114GB, 100%
Performance Tips
Notice 5008 : To change benchmarks, click Options.
Notice 5004 : Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-life' performance.
Notice 5006 : Only compare the results with ones obtained using the same version!
Notice 5209 : Consider using the Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark for Flash devices.
Tip 5202 : Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
Warning 5205 : Low write index. Check write verify is off.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.
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It seems like my cache ain't on or something but I used the utility from promise website to turn on cache and use write-back method. Most recent drivers from Maxtor and promise website were tested out but still same slowness. Can someone help me?
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Benchmark Results
Drive Index : 43 MB/s
Performance Test Status
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
SMT Test : No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : No
Operating System Disk Cache Used : No
Use Overlapped I/O : Yes
IO Queue Depth : 4 request(s)
Test File Size : 1GB
File Fragments : 1
Block Size : 1MB
File Server Optimised : No
Benchmark Breakdown
Buffered Read : 40 MB/s
Sequential Read : 57 MB/s
Random Read : 39 MB/s
Buffered Write : 15 MB/s
Sequential Write : 16 MB/s
Random Write : 15 MB/s
Average Access Time : 8 ms (estimated)
Drive
Drive Type : Hard Disk
Total Size : 114GB
Free Space : 114GB, 100%
Performance Tips
Notice 5008 : To change benchmarks, click Options.
Notice 5004 : Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-life' performance.
Notice 5006 : Only compare the results with ones obtained using the same version!
Notice 5209 : Consider using the Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark for Flash devices.
Tip 5202 : Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
Warning 5205 : Low write index. Check write verify is off.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.
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It seems like my cache ain't on or something but I used the utility from promise website to turn on cache and use write-back method. Most recent drivers from Maxtor and promise website were tested out but still same slowness. Can someone help me?
