Ooh. This looks fun. Can I list multiple drives or RAID volumes on the same chart at once?
I have to power cycle my system so this gives me a chance to power up my external 12 disk SCSI array
[QUOTE=cdlink14;27506083]
And just for fun I created a datadisk on my Corsair XMS3 2x2GB DDR3 Dual channel memory and ran a disk test.
[img_thumb]http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/2273/mmry.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
sup
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/hdtune_ramdisk_read.png[/img]
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/hdtune_ramdisk_write.png[/img]
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Corsair XMS3 ddr3 1333mhz stock oc to 1600mhz
Must've cost a lot. Even the CPU usage indicates that.
[QUOTE=MIPS;27579634]Ooh. This looks fun. Can I list multiple drives or RAID volumes on the same chart at once?
I have to power cycle my system so this gives me a chance to power up my external 12 disk SCSI array[/QUOTE]
:aaaaa:
Do you mean in HD-Tune? I haven't checked but I think you can't do more than one hdd/raid/array per graph.
[editline]22nd January 2011[/editline]
Why would you want to do that though?
[QUOTE=drummerundrcovr;27585695]:aaaaa:
Why would you want to do that though?[/QUOTE]
Because all the drives are 13 years old. :smug:
Here I go...
Boot Drive (SSD):
[img]http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2382/21january20112123.png[/img]
Programs/Games Drive:
[img]http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8589/21january20112142.png[/img]
Backup Drive:
[img]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9397/21january20112128.png[/img]
Extra Storage Drives:
[img]http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/699/21january20112132.png[/img]
[img]http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/8893/21january20112136.png[/img]
Hmm. I guess you can only benchmark one drive at a time. I can't seem to figure out how to benchmark the throughput of entire RAID volumes. Just the individual disks.
Edited:
[quote][img_thumb]http://i.cubeupload.com/nU8imn.png[/img_thumb][/quote]
Okay, so you managed to benchmark a RAID. How did you do it?
Anyways, lets try one of the 2, 4, 9, and 1000gb drives in my system, then top it off with a 500gb Hitachi which still works but the SMART is screaming bloody burder and needs to be replaced.
All SCSI drives are run off an Adaptec-2100S RAID controller with 64mb of cache.
2gb (used in main 12-disk array)
[IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/2gb.jpg[/IMG]
4gb (also used in same 12 disk array)
[IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/4gb.jpg[/IMG]
9gb (used in a set of 3 as scratch space for Premiere, Gimp, Photoshop and whateve else needs temp space)
[IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/9gb.jpg[/IMG]
1tb (main disk)
[IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/1000gb.jpg[/IMG]
And for lols I tried the old 500 but it would not complete the benchmark so here's the SMART check.
[IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/500gb.jpg[/IMG]
Decided to test my flashdrive so here we go.
[img]http://www.filemaw.com/file/ba-Capture.JPG[/img]
Before a manual trim:
[img]http://cl.ly/1w3D1G3f3Y1N093o3i3e/Screen_shot_2011-01-23_at_11.24.24_PM.png[/img]
And now after a manual trim:
[img]http://cl.ly/1B0J0c0u233O372a3O12/Screen_shot_2011-01-23_at_11.28.24_PM.png[/img]
Not bad.
[QUOTE=sbradford26;27621291]Decided to test my flashdrive so here we go.
[img_thumb]http://www.filemaw.com/file/ba-Capture.JPG[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
my oldest (or at least oldest working) and newest flash drives side by side:
[img]http://imgkk.com/i/fhbc.png[/img]
oldest is about five or six years old, newest is just over a year old
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;27623174]my oldest (or at least oldest working) and newest flash drives side by side:
[img_thumb]http://imgkk.com/i/fhbc.png[/img_thumb]
oldest is about five or six years old, newest is just over a year old[/QUOTE]
Your flash drives bow before their master.
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/99566/bench.png[/img]
I don't know what this shows. I know my HDD is pretty slow, but what does this mean?
[QUOTE=1-800dialaki;27632002][img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/99566/bench.png[/img_thumb]
I don't know what this shows. I know my HDD is pretty slow, but what does this mean?[/QUOTE]
You got what you paid for when you bought a Samsung: Shit.
[QUOTE=MIPS;27642554]You got what you paid for when you bought a Samsung: Shit.[/QUOTE]
uhhh
[QUOTE=MIPS;27642554]You got what you paid for when you bought a Samsung: Shit.[/QUOTE]
you're thinking of seagate. my F3 is faster than every other single mechanical drive in this thread
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;27531641][img_thumb]http://imgkk.com/i/43dx.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;27642774]you're thinking of seagate. my F3 is faster than every other single mechanical drive in this thread[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/9t1oie.jpg[/IMG]
This is one of the first 1TB drives Seagate made back in 2008ish, and I've been using that hard drive intensively since. It's not that bad.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;27642992][img_thumb]http://i52.tinypic.com/9t1oie.jpg[/img_thumb]
This is one of the first 1TB drives Seagate made back in 2008ish, and I've been using that hard drive intensively since. It's not that bad.[/QUOTE]
not in 2008, seagate was great then. they really started going downhill in late 09
[QUOTE=MIPS;27642554]You got what you paid for when you bought a Samsung: Shit.[/QUOTE]
Ah. Ok. I don't remember what I payed for it, but it seemed like great value at the time. I'm not gonna replace it though. I need to upgrade my mobo. (p5n-e sli). Hugely limiting. Also means I have to upgrade CPU and ram at the same time. Gonna cost me.
[QUOTE=1-800dialaki;27657598]Ah. Ok. I don't remember what I payed for it, but it seemed like great value at the time. I'm not gonna replace it though. I need to upgrade my mobo. (p5n-e sli). Hugely limiting. Also means I have to upgrade CPU and ram at the same time. Gonna cost me.[/QUOTE]
Don't regret it; F3 drives are basically the best you can buy in terms of performance, quality, reliability, and price.
[QUOTE=MIPS;27642554]You got what you paid for when you bought a Samsung: Shit.[/QUOTE]
Is it opposite day already?
:20bux: on a background program was accessing the disk at the time.
I thought this said HD Zune thread oh well
might as well post this now
[img]http://gyazo.com/edbe9979a0ada63e7b630962eca7e405.png[/img]
is this bad?
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 (RAID 0)
[img]http://i.imgur.com/uoAlW.png[/img]
Micro Center 60GB SSD (A-Data S599) - really wacky score
[img]http://i.imgur.com/hii0T.png[/img]
500GB Wester Digital Scorpio Blue 5400RPM
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ivyQu.png[/img]
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;27643346]not in 2008, seagate was great then. they really started going downhill in late 09[/QUOTE]
They started going downhill back with the 7200.11's. That was YEARS ago. I can't say however that I have tried any of their more recent drives though (still rather expensive which I guess means they are not skimping on quality) so I'll leave that open.
Samsung has always had design and reliability issues going all the way back to the 90's.
[quote="Red Hill's Guide to Computer Hardware, Hard Drives Page 2"]
In the early Nineties Samsung were already making some of the world's best monitors, but hadn't got the hang of hard drives. These were a typical Samsung drive of the period: well-specified, fast, modern-looking — and very fragile. Don't even think about running a SHD-125 on an angle to the vertical — absolutely flat or nothing.
We know a dealer who bought six of these when they first came out, instead of his usual Seagates, and had to send eight back. Yes, eight failures out of six: one drive worked OK, two of the five replacements were faulty, and one of the 'replacement replacements' died within the first week or two as well!
There was a shop just down the road from us, long out of business now, that could not resist the fantastic hard drive pricing Samsung offered. Around this time or a little later on, they sold hundreds of new systems with 120 and 170MB SHDs, and for the next year or so we had a steady stream of unhappy former Shop X customers coming to us because their drive had failed. More Samsung horrors! We replaced most of them with the excellent little Maxtor 7213. The root cause of the SHD's difficulty seems to have been an inability to withstand even the mildest of shocks, particularly if the drive is mounted on a small angle to the vertical — though we hasten to add that this is merely speculation. [/quote]
My shop STILL gets Samsung drives in because people buy them as they are piss cheap and they either overheat and burn out or SMART fails them for read errors and other mechanical/surface failures.
[QUOTE=MIPS;27670732]They started going downhill back with the 7200.11's. That was YEARS ago. I can't say however that I have tried any of their more recent drives though (still rather expensive which I guess means they are not skimping on quality) so I'll leave that open.
Samsung has always had design and reliability issues going all the way back to the 90's.
My shop STILL gets Samsung drives in because people buy them as they are piss cheap and they either overheat and burn out or SMART fails them for read errors and other mechanical/surface failures.[/QUOTE]
yeah they buy F1s and F2s, all old drives
