Originally Posted by blackduck30

This thread was started to help give people some indication of speed and read/ write time of different drives ( be it raid or non raid ) in what i hope to be various systems.
This thread will hopefully allow people to post there scores in HD Tach only to keep things uniform. It will also allow you to post your system specs for others to compare scores with systems. THIS IS NOT A CONTEST

Please be aware thats scores can vary in two systems with the same specs and hard drives, this is meant as a reference point and can help you decide and gauge the difference between say a raid 0 and a non raid and may help you decide if it is worth your outlay and time or if indeed your system is way out of tune.

If you do not have HD Tach you can download a free version here

http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public...request=HdTach


Here are my scores for my Intel Raid 0 system drive running the quick 8MB zone test

Sequential Read Peak = 115Mb/s
Burst Speed = 270MB/s
Average Read = 96.9 MB/s
CPU Utilization = 6%
Random Access = 15ms

My 200G Maxtor storage drive ( Non raid ) running the quick 8MB zone test

Sequential Read Peak = 75Mb/s
Burst Speed = 210.7 Mb/s
Average Read = 57.3 Mb/s
CPU Utilization = 3%
Random Access = 16.3ms

System,
Asus P5WD2 Premium
Intel Pentium D 940 3.2 mhz
2G corsair value select DDR2
Gainward,Nvidia 7900GT
2 X maxtor 200G Sata 2, intel Raid 0 ( system drives )
2 X maxtor 200G Sata 2 storage drives
Silverstone Zeus 650W Power Supply