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Numbers are fun..
When you use cache apps. anyone use them?
Disk Cache, Hybrid Disk Cache and RamDisk
&
FancyCache Overview
i know it ain't going to make your SSD that much better, but sure makes the numbers pretty
Crucal M4 256gb
write Enabled, and write Disabled
That looks interesting. I am going to try it on my Windows 8 to go which is on a USB3 stick.
I was looking at those apps a while ago, never did try them.
Do you notice any performance improvement?
Thanks! This worked...I don't know what I was doing wrong before....
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>winsat -v disk
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Command Line 'winsat -v disk'
> DWM running... leaving it on
> System processor power policy saved and set to 'max performance'
> Running: Feature Enumeration ''
> Gathering System Information
> Operating System : 6.1 Build-7601
> Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920
@ 2.67GHz
> TSC Frequency : 0
> Number of Processors : 1
> Number of Cores : 4
> Number of CPUs : 8
> Number of Cores per Processor : 4
> Number of CPUs Per Core : 2
> Cores have logical CPUs : YES
> L1 Cache and line Size : 32768 64
> L2 Cache and line Size : 262144 64
> Total physical mem available to the OS : 11.9 GB (12,875,550,720 bytes)
> Adapter Description : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
> Adapter Manufacturer : NVIDIA
> Adapter Driver Version : 8.17.12.9573
> Adapter Driver Date (yy/mm/dd) : 2012\2\9
> Has DX9 or better : Yes
> Has Pixel shader 2.0 or better : Yes
> Has LDDM Driver : Yes
> Dedicated (local) video memory : 1248.44MB
> System memory dedicated as video memory : 0MB
> System memory shared as video memory : 2815.84MB
> Primary Monitor Size : 1920 X 1080 (2073600 total pixels)
> WinSAT is Official : Yes
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 0'
Mode Flags = 0x%08x
Disk Number = 0
Iterations = 1
IO Count = 256
Sequential IO Size = 65536
Random IO Size = 16384
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[0] - 519.975073 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[1] - 527.649715 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[2] - 503.325934 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[3] - 513.795490 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[4] - 494.654794 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[5] - 516.377409 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[6] - 518.153907 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[7] - 521.404754 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[8] - 526.079467 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[9] - 520.779928 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[10] - 519.573578 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[11] - 524.630668 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[12] - 525.125933 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[13] - 524.208780 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[14] - 523.767843 MB/s
Run[1] Type[0x01080001] Zone[15] - 523.715243 MB/s
> Run Time 00:00:12.60
> Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 0'
Mode Flags = 0x%08x
Disk Number = 0
Iterations = 1
IO Count = 1000
Sequential IO Size = 65536
Random IO Size = 16384
Run[1] Type[0x01000002] Zone[0] - 300.316778 MB/s
> Run Time 00:00:00.81
> Running: Storage Assessment '-scen 2009 -drive C:'
Mode Flags = 0x%08x
Disk Number = 0
Iterations = 1
IO Count = 9000
Sequential IO Size = 65536
Random IO Size = 16384
Requesting a file of size 1073741824 located at physical offset 0x1bf590
0200.
Are these good numbers?
Actually, you can skip the -V argument and just run Winsat disk for a more 'optimal' output for the thread. It appears you're missing some data at the end to make the proper estimate. Here's my WD Raptor 150Gb at work:
That way you can see access time for reads, writes, sequential speeds, blah-de-blah. WinSat also properly puts Windows into the "high performance" state and submits disk access requests at the highest available priority in the I/O stack. It gives a far more thorough and repeatable set of metrics than most of the other apps.Code:C:\>winsat disk Windows System Assessment Tool > Running: Feature Enumeration '' > Run Time 00:00:00.00 > Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 0' > Run Time 00:00:05.99 > Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 0' > Run Time 00:00:05.40 > Running: Storage Assessment '-scen 2009 -drive C:' > Run Time 00:00:54.29 > Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -write -drive C:' > Run Time 00:00:07.10 > Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -seq' > Run Time 00:00:03.84 > Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -ran' > Run Time 00:00:06.60 > Running: Storage Assessment '-hybrid -ran -read -n 0 -ransize 4096' NV Cache not present. > Run Time 00:00:00.33 > Running: Storage Assessment '-hybrid -ran -read -n 0 -ransize 16384' NV Cache not present. > Run Time 00:00:00.11 > Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 104.81 MB/s 6.6 > Disk Random 16.0 Read 3.23 MB/s 4.7 > Responsiveness: Average IO Rate 1.45 ms/IO 7.6 > Responsiveness: Grouped IOs 8.20 units 7.5 > Responsiveness: Long IOs 3.11 units 7.9 > Responsiveness: Overall 25.50 units 7.6 > Responsiveness: PenaltyFactor 0.0 > Disk Sequential 64.0 Write 110.68 MB/s 6.7 > Average Read Time with Sequential Writes 4.972 ms 6.0 > Latency: 95th Percentile 14.435 ms 5.1 > Latency: Maximum 54.698 ms 7.8 > Average Read Time with Random Writes 6.636 ms 5.5 > Total Run Time 00:01:25.57
Now that I'm at home, here's my 6-disk OCZ Agility 3 240Gb RAID0 array on the HighPoint 2720 controller...
Code:C:\Windows\system32>winsat disk Windows System Assessment Tool > Running: Feature Enumeration '' > Run Time 00:00:00.00 > Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 0' > Run Time 00:00:02.82 > Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 0' > Run Time 00:00:00.23 > Running: Storage Assessment '-scen 2009 -drive C:' > Run Time 00:00:51.29 > Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -write -drive C:' > Run Time 00:00:01.56 > Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -seq' > Run Time 00:00:00.53 > Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -ran' > Run Time 00:00:00.61 > 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 Sequential 64.0 Read 2304.91 MB/s 7.9 > Disk Random 16.0 Read 276.08 MB/s 7.9 > Responsiveness: Average IO Rate 0.24 ms/IO 7.9 > Responsiveness: Grouped IOs 3.04 units 7.9 > Responsiveness: Long IOs 0.46 units 7.9 > Responsiveness: Overall 1.41 units 7.9 > Responsiveness: PenaltyFactor 0.0 > Disk Sequential 64.0 Write 2505.84 MB/s 7.9 > Average Read Time with Sequential Writes 0.223 ms 7.9 > Latency: 95th Percentile 1.546 ms 7.9 > Latency: Maximum 3.186 ms 7.9 > Average Read Time with Random Writes 0.368 ms 7.9 > Total Run Time 00:00:57.60 C:\Windows\system32>