Windows 7 - Take a guess at the disk.....a bit of fun

Golden · 02-10-2012

Take the challenge and see if you can guess the disk setup...

Below are 2 x winsat disk results. The first was performed using Windows 7 running on a OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD. The second was run in Windows 8 Developer Preview, but on what sort of disk setup disk?

Windows 7 Ultimate x64:

Code:

 
C:\>winsat disk
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:02.65
> Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:00.38
> Running: Storage Assessment '-scen 2009 -drive C:'
> Run Time 00:00:51.99
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -write -drive C:'
> Run Time 00:00:04.03
> Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -seq'
> Run Time 00:00:00.98
> Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -ran'
> Run Time 00:00:00.80
> Running: Storage Assessment '-hybrid -ran -read -n 2 -ransize 4096'
NV Cache not present.
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-hybrid -ran -read -n 2 -ransize 16384'
NV Cache not present.
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 227.61 MB/s 7.4
> Disk Random 16.0 Read 126.83 MB/s 7.3
> Responsiveness: Average IO Rate 0.69 ms/IO 7.9
> Responsiveness: Grouped IOs 8.23 units 7.5
> Responsiveness: Long IOs 1.96 units 7.9
> Responsiveness: Overall 16.16 units 7.8
> Responsiveness: PenaltyFactor 0.0
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Write 258.42 MB/s 7.5
> Average Read Time with Sequential Writes 0.259 ms 7.9
> Latency: 95th Percentile 0.575 ms 7.9
> Latency: Maximum 8.915 ms 7.9
> Average Read Time with Random Writes 0.260 ms 7.9
> Total Run Time 00:01:09.42
C:\>

Windows 8 Developer Preview x64:

Code:

 
C:\>winsat disk
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 0'
> Run Time 00:00:01.22
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 0'
> Run Time 00:00:02.56
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -write -drive C:'
> Run Time 00:00:03.23
> Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -seq'
> Run Time 00:00:00.76
> Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -ran'
> Run Time 00:00:00.94
> Running: Storage Assessment '-hybrid -ran -read -n 0 -ransize 4096'
NV Cache not present.
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-hybrid -ran -read -n 0 -ransize 16384'
NV Cache not present.
> Run Time 00:00:00.02
> Disk Random 16.0 Read 18.76 MB/s 5.9
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 759.19 MB/s 7.9
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Write 968.72 MB/s 7.9
> Average Read Time with Sequential Writes 0.062 ms 7.9
> Latency: 95th Percentile 0.169 ms 7.9
> Latency: Maximum 14.782 ms 7.9
> Average Read Time with Random Writes 0.187 ms 7.9
> Total Run Time 00:00:09.19
C:\>