WD SE Driver Benchmark?

Heihachi · 03-15-2003, 01:33 PM

Hey Yall...

I can't seem to get my 120GB Wester Digital SE Drive over 19,000 on the Sisoft Sandra File System benchmark...

I changed the drive to LBA in the BIOS and still no luck... got any suggestions?

Shouldn't I bet getting like 30,000?

It's been partitioned
15GB - C Drive (fat32)
the rest is in NTFS

Could that be a reason?

Thanks

bachviet · 03-15-2003, 06:25 PM

Mine was benched @ around 32000 on SiSoft! You could see my score using PCMark.

Heihachi · 03-15-2003, 11:23 PM

Quick little update...

So here's what's going on.. Like I was saying.. I split the drive w/ 2 partitions... one of them... the C was in FAT32... and the other... E... was in NTFS

I did the benchmark on the C (FAT32) and I got 31,000 which is what I want to be getting...

I did the benchmark on the E (NTFS) and I got 17,000-18,000.... which is NOT what I want.

Is there a reason I can't get anything higher than that for my second partition?

bachviet · 03-16-2003, 01:31 AM

I haven't benched the other partition so I don't know the score! It's also depends on how much data you have in that partition! I don't have SiSoft anymore but I could give PCMark a run and see what I get!

Heihachi · 03-17-2003, 02:08 PM

Thanks... It's only like 20% full if at anything... Not much on there...

Heihachi · 03-17-2003, 08:28 PM

anyone got any suggestions?

Heihachi · 03-20-2003, 07:28 PM

ughhhh... I give up...

Leon · 03-20-2003, 07:37 PM

Taken from Tom's Hardware:

Quote:

Modern harddisks use different track sizes. The outer parts of a disk have more space for sectors than the inner parts. Usually, HD’s begin to write from the outside to the inside of a disk. Hence, data written or read at the beginning of a HD is accessed and transferred faster rate.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage...28/hdd-01.html

bachviet · 03-20-2003, 11:31 PM

My D partition (NTFS - 92GB) is only benched @ 24386!

Heihachi · 03-24-2003, 12:10 PM

Interesting.. although I'm still getting 19,000

GilbertsGrape · 03-24-2003, 02:11 PM

I think sandra lies it is showing my maxtor 40gb drive is being faster than my wd 120gb drive (8mb se) and both are 7200 rpm..

Nija · 03-24-2003, 02:46 PM

This just shows that Benchmarks suck.

shoeish · 03-24-2003, 03:53 PM

The outer part of the disk is always faster than the inner part of the disk. Your C uses from the outer to the middle, and the D uses from the middle to the inner. Of course its slower.

03-15-2003, 01:33 PM	#1
Heihachi Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: La Crescenta, CA, USA Posts: 676	WD SE Driver Benchmark? Hey Yall... I can't seem to get my 120GB Wester Digital SE Drive over 19,000 on the Sisoft Sandra File System benchmark... I changed the drive to LBA in the BIOS and still no luck... got any suggestions? Shouldn't I bet getting like 30,000? It's been partitioned 15GB - C Drive (fat32) the rest is in NTFS Could that be a reason? Thanks

03-15-2003, 06:25 PM	#2
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	Re: WD SE Driver Benchmark? Mine was benched @ around 32000 on SiSoft! You could see my score using PCMark. __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 \| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) \| 4x1GB DDR2 \| 256MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT Dell Studio 17 \| Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz) \| 2x2GB DDR3 1066MHz \| 1GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Intel P4-C 3.0GHz \| ECS 865PE-A \| 3x512MB PC3200 \| 128MB PNY GeForce 6600GT

03-24-2003, 02:46 PM	#12
Nija Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: May 2001 Location: City of The Dead Posts: 13,552	This just shows that Benchmarks suck. __________________ "Nija is the dark soul of gotapex. We don't like to talk about him." - LPMiller

03-24-2003, 03:53 PM	#13
shoeish Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: WYOMING Posts: 532	The outer part of the disk is always faster than the inner part of the disk. Your C uses from the outer to the middle, and the D uses from the middle to the inner. Of course its slower. __________________ Shoe 2003 BMW M3 2008 BMW 335i hardtop convertible w/ Dinan Stage 2 2008 Toyota Tundra Extended Cab 4x4 5.7 Horsepower is fun.

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03-15-2003, 11:23 PM	#3
Heihachi Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: La Crescenta, CA, USA Posts: 676	Quick little update... So here's what's going on.. Like I was saying.. I split the drive w/ 2 partitions... one of them... the C was in FAT32... and the other... E... was in NTFS I did the benchmark on the C (FAT32) and I got 31,000 which is what I want to be getting... I did the benchmark on the E (NTFS) and I got 17,000-18,000.... which is NOT what I want. Is there a reason I can't get anything higher than that for my second partition?

03-16-2003, 01:31 AM	#4
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	I haven't benched the other partition so I don't know the score! It's also depends on how much data you have in that partition! I don't have SiSoft anymore but I could give PCMark a run and see what I get!

03-17-2003, 02:08 PM	#5
Heihachi Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: La Crescenta, CA, USA Posts: 676	Thanks... It's only like 20% full if at anything... Not much on there...

03-17-2003, 08:28 PM	#6
Heihachi Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: La Crescenta, CA, USA Posts: 676	anyone got any suggestions?

03-20-2003, 07:28 PM	#7
Heihachi Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: La Crescenta, CA, USA Posts: 676	ughhhh... I give up...

03-20-2003, 11:31 PM	#9
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	My D partition (NTFS - 92GB) is only benched @ 24386!

03-24-2003, 12:10 PM	#10
Heihachi Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: La Crescenta, CA, USA Posts: 676	Interesting.. although I'm still getting 19,000

03-24-2003, 02:11 PM	#11
GilbertsGrape Captain Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: You can’t get there from here, USA Posts: 1,797	I think sandra lies it is showing my maxtor 40gb drive is being faster than my wd 120gb drive (8mb se) and both are 7200 rpm..

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