Show us your hard drive performance

[Tyderion]

dont worry about your min speeds, that is simply the hdd being accessed by the o/s. you need to look at the average min speeds, in your case it is around 35-40mbps. you cant help the fluctuant droops unless you boot from another physical drive then test the other drive not in use in hd tune.

even if you disable most background services, disable pagefile and what ever else, you will still get droops from the o/s access.

ok thanks ... then I won't worry about that

 

[nDrg]

Got my OCZ Agility series SSD for my lappy today and i'm very pleased. It's not going to match up to the Intel x-25 but for the price i'm well chuffed

 

[nate42nd]

Very nice nDrg. Welcome to the SSD world.

 

[Cashis]

These are mine. (for now!)

1.) Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500418AS

2.)Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB WD6401AALS

3.)Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500320AS

 

[Maximus7]

HI guys, here is what I got on my desktop computer with Win7 64 bit. Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache.

 

[nate42nd]

SSD seems to be getting faster!

It's strange, I've been using this SSD for a few weeks and I have installed new firmware and used a "performance restore utility" HDTune shows it getting faster. My last average was 212Mb/s - Now it's 222.2Mb/s

 

[butchbs1985]

I thought I was on to something when I found this thread but now it seems that I'm not. My HD Tune results are attached for reference. Now here's my issue:

When I/O is happening to my RAID 5 array (2TB), The system is extremely sluggish. As soon as I stop I/O, the system works great! It doesn't have to be aggressive HDD usage to cause the issue (even a verify of the array causes it to happen). A snapshot of Storage Manager is attached.

I thought I was on to something as I am using three Seagate ST31000S40AS drives for my array and I am using the same controller ICH10R on a Gigabyte EX58-UD3R mobo.

I have also attached a snapshot of results from Passmark's PerformanceTest. I am VERY DISTURBED by the sequential Write speed and the Random Seek + RW results of that test. Any thoughts?

Complete Specs:
MOBO: EX58-UD3R
CPU: i7-920
Memory: 6GB PC308500 (running triple channel) OCZ
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3600
PSU: 750 Watt
OS: Windows 7 Build 7100
- I can download this from Technet if someone thinks the build is newer but I am pretty sure it is the same one that I have installed. en_windows_7_ultimate_rc_x64_dvd_347803.iso

I have reinstalled Windows 7 and have had the issue each time. Drivers / BIOS / Firmware are all the newest I can find for all devices. (Except the NIC driver that Windows Update wants to install that causes the NIC to stop working).

My apologies if it seems I'm trying to hijack this thread but it's the only place I have seen anything remotely close to my issue.

 

[Dogz]

I got this think it could have done better.

 

[Muad Dib]

I got this think it could have done better.

I won't speculate what is going on with your drive but it is an older model.

Here are the specs for it though: Legacy Product Specifications : WD300BB

The results you posted do not agree.

If I were you I would backup any important personal information on that drive for safekeeping ASAP.

I would also suggest reseating all the cable connections and trying the test again.

 

[Dogz]

update

 

[pilliboy12]

This is mine. It is not soo good

 

[Muad Dib]

update

This is mine. It is not soo good

How long does it take your computers to boot up?

 

[Dogz]

5 to 6 minutes sometimes.

 

[Muad Dib]

5 to 6 minutes sometimes.

Huhhhh.....!?!

Your specs state you have an ASUS P5B-VM MOBO.

Is that this MOBO? Newegg.com - ASUS P5B-VM LGA 775 Intel G965 Express Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

If so, WTH are you doing running off of that HDD?

With all due respect, you are either BSing the forum or you need to scrape together $50 and get a new SATA II HDD.

 

[Dogz]

All right it was just a guess.

 

[Dogz]

Okay final results are in and the grand total is less than a minute!!

 

[Muad Dib]

Okay final results are in and the grand total is less than a minute!!

Question remains: Why use a PATA/IDE drive (an old one to boot) when the ASUS P5B-VM MOBO has 5 SATA ports?

If you want better HD-Tune results upgrade the HDD ro a SATA II drive. In the meantime, my suggestion that the critical data on that drive be backed up stands.

 

[Dogz]

I use it because my DVD drive uses IDE cables too.

 

[ciphernemo]

I use it because my DVD drive uses IDE cables too.

You can mix and match SATA and IDE on the same PC. And you can also get a new DVD drive that uses SATA.

 

[Dogz]

Okay, Thats cool because I didn't know that!