HD Tach Scores - Page 4

HD_Monkey · 05-01-2008, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by smz

That is sweet. I pumped up my system to the max though I took out my raid for now in favor of the latest model Maxtor/Seagate Sata II (turns of out the raid 0 was SATA I) but it looks on par for what I get with my one single drive. The burst is real sweet on yours too!

I know for sustained read I'm getting around 80MB/s
though for some reason now at x64, HD tach keeps crashing even if i set it in compatibility mode :(

Thanks smz, sorry to hear about the crashes. Did not have that issue, but am still finding my way around x64 and all the driver issues. Also haven't installed much software yet. Will not rant on Bill's business model because you all know the score anyhow. Exceptionally fast OS especially raided.

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**smz** · 05-01-2008, 09:16 PM

I just read your system profile and realized you are one of the few on XP x64, superior to vista X64 I must say.

I am testing Vista X64 and getting the error on it even with compatibility set to various Operating Systems.

Out of all the Vista's I've tested, this runs the fastest, though it takes full advantage of my 4GB of ram and I also upgraded to the Intel Core 2 Quad which really works well with the affinity settings when you do them manually. I need to do a dual boot with my XP x64 Pro and see how the affinity settings respond on it.

For the record, Vista x64, just like Vista in general generates errors in well more than just HD tach. I can't use 64-Bit Browsers with Flash, Quicktime doesn't work with any browser, I've found only "One" build of Sun Java runtime that does work, many drivers from hardware makers, say XP x64 support but no full support for vista x64 (there are work arounds for some), the list is gigantic.

Worst thing is so many programs that are x64 compatible run at x32 in task manager. But I guess with 4GB and the Quad, speed is not an issue with Vista x64, only compatibility. So I am only testing, I will be migrating back to XP x32 more than likely unless XP x64 gives me better compat.

Take Care.
For the record, attached is the screen shot of HD Tach taking a d*mp when launched from Vista Ultimate x64.

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Originally Posted by HD_Monkey

Thanks smz, sorry to hear about the crashes. Did not have that issue, but am still finding my way around x64 and all the driver issues. Also haven't installed much software yet. Will not rant on Bill's business model because you all know the score anyhow. Exceptionally fast OS especially raided.

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Lord Chaos · 05-13-2008, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by HD_Monkey

Hello, just set up my first raid 0 and here are the results. This was using two seagate 7200rpm barracudas sata2 with a 4kb stripe. Also, OS is x64. Not sure if that makes a difference.

Sequential read = 178 MB/s
Burst Speed = 350.5 MB/s
Random Access = 15.4 MB/s
CPU Utilization = 7%
Average Read = 155.5 MB/s

What do you think?

How exactly do you get sequential read and random access numbers?

Lord Chaos · 05-13-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by smz

Take Care.
For the record, attached is the screen shot of HD Tach taking a d*mp when launched from Vista Ultimate x64.

Well, HDTach is working like a champ in my Vista Ultimate 64 Bit, and heck I have 2 Raid Arrays. (6 drives in total, 4xRAID 0 and 2xRAID 0)

I just set it to WindowsXP SP 2 Compatibility and it runs and tests.