RAID0 WD800HLFS HD Tune Pro benchmarks: Intel ICH10R vs Areca 1200 vs HighPoint 3520

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11-07-2008, 08:09 PM
Ender17

RAID0 WD800HLFS HD Tune Pro benchmarks: Intel ICH10R vs Areca 1200 vs HighPoint 3520

CPU: Intel Q9450
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Deluxe
Boot Disk: Intel X25-M SSD (80GB)
Memory: Corsair Dominator TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF 4GB PC2-8500
Video Card: Sapphire AMD HD4870
PSU: Corsair HX620W
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Intel ICH10R Driver: Intel Matrix Storage Manager 8.6.0.1007

Summary Table thanks to coo-coo-clocker
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...wd%20bench.jpg

Single WD800HLFS Read
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...ive01_read.png

Single WD800HLFS Write
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...ve01_write.png

2 x WD800HLFS RAID0 Intel ICH10R Read
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...20-%20read.png

2 x WD800HLFS RAID0 Intel ICH10R Write
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...0-%20write.png

2 x WD800HLFS RAID0 Areca 1200 Read
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...LFS%20read.png

2 x WD800HLFS RAID0 Areca 1200 Write
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...FS%20write.png

2 x WD800HLFS RAID0 HighPoint 3520 Read
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...LFS%20read.png

2 x WD800HLFS RAID0 HighPoint 3520 Write
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...FS%20write.png

3 x WD800HLFS RAID0 HighPoint 3520 Read
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...LFS%20read.png

3 x WD800HLFS RAID0 HighPoint 3520 Write
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...FS%20write.png

4 x WD800HLFS RAID0 HighPoint 3520 Read
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...LFS%20read.png

4 x WD800HLFS RAID0 HighPoint 3520 Write
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...FS%20write.png

4 x WD800HLFS RAID10 HighPoint 3520 Read
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...D10%20read.png

4 x WD800HLFS RAID10 HighPoint 3520 Write
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...10%20write.png

4 x WD800HLFS RAID5 HighPoint 3520 Read
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...ID5%20read.png

4 x WD800HLFS RAID5 HighPoint 3520 Write
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...D5%20write.png

4 x WD800HLFS RAID6 HighPoint 3520 Read
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...ID6%20read.png

4 x WD800HLFS RAID6 HighPoint 3520 Write
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/VR%...D6%20write.png

Couple of pics
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/Lia...024x768%5D.JPG

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/Lia...024x768%5D.JPG
11-07-2008, 08:15 PM
coo-coo-clocker

hmmmm very interesting results there...
WTF is up with the Areca?
11-07-2008, 08:37 PM
halo112358

Holy Bujesus on the 4x highpoint :O

Are you willing to run RAID-10 on the highpoint for :banana::banana::banana::banana:s & grins?
11-07-2008, 09:11 PM
Ender17

Quote:

Originally Posted by coo-coo-clocker

hmmmm very interesting results there...
WTF is up with the Areca?

No idea. It's worse than a single drive. I kept thinking something must be configured wrong, but ran out of things to change.
With write caching off, it was getting around 40 MB/s.

Quote:

Originally Posted by halo112358

Holy Bujesus on the 4x highpoint :O

Are you willing to run RAID-10 on the highpoint for :banana::banana::banana::banana:s & grins?

Since you asked before I unhooked everything, sure. Give me a few minutes.

edit: post updated
also going to do RAID5 and RAID6
11-07-2008, 10:21 PM
Ender17

RAID5 and RAID6 benchmarks added
this HighPoint card is a beast!!
11-07-2008, 10:45 PM
NeedMoMegaHurtZ

Nice! thx for sharing the informative & interesting results

Didn't you have 4x 1st gen Mobi's as well? What did you do with them?
11-07-2008, 11:26 PM
Ender17

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeedMoMegaHurtZ

Nice! thx for sharing the informative & interesting results

Didn't you have 4x 1st gen Mobi's as well? What did you do with them?

yeah, that was me
I sold them a long time ago
was going to do some 2 x Intel X25-M RAID0 today, but the second drive I got today was an engineering sample, so I'm sending it back
11-08-2008, 01:44 AM
tiro_uspsss

dam those are some *really* nice results! :slobber:
11-08-2008, 01:52 AM
WhiteFireDragon

wow that HighPoint is a huge boost. too bad price range is out of what most people can afford.

btw, are the ice pack on those velociraptor models removable?
11-08-2008, 01:54 AM
tiro_uspsss

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ender17

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/35025/Lia...024x768%5D.JPG

couldnt u have moved the cam just a lil upwards?! :p::D
11-08-2008, 03:23 AM
Varsos

Very nice results!!! Could you submit 4 x WD800HLFS RAID0 Intel ICH10R Read results so i can compare with mine??? Thanks a lot:up:
11-08-2008, 12:09 PM
coo-coo-clocker

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Great testing - thanks for the work and posting the results.
RAID5 looks like a real winner on that card. Look at the CPU utilization on R5 versus R0... Very nice!!
I did a little summary table to get the at-a-glance:
11-08-2008, 12:33 PM
Ender17

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon

wow that HighPoint is a huge boost. too bad price range is out of what most people can afford.

btw, are the ice pack on those velociraptor models removable?

yeah, there is a 4 port version available that's around $300
I think they are, I took my WD3000GLFS out of the IcePak no problem
these are a big different as they have a little "bridge" going from the drive's connectors to some connectors on a small PCB under the Ice Pak
sorta like the inside of an external drive enclosure
but it looks like you could still remove the drive in the same manner unless they glued the connectors to the drive or something, which wouldn't make any sense at all

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varsos

Very nice results!!! Could you submit 4 x WD800HLFS RAID0 Intel ICH10R Read results so i can compare with mine??? Thanks a lot:up:

I wanted to do some 4 x RAID0 on the Intel ICH10R, but most of the SATA ports are on the side, and I can't get to them very well with it in the case.
I might try it later today, gotta get some studying in first :(
11-08-2008, 12:35 PM
Ender17

Quote:

Originally Posted by coo-coo-clocker

Great testing - thanks for the work and posting the results.
RAID5 looks like a real winner on that card. Look at the CPU utilization on R5 versus R0... Very nice!!
I did a little summary table to get the at-a-glance:

Thanks!!, I was thinking I should probably do something like this or make some bar graphs last night.
11-08-2008, 03:15 PM
TheCool

This may be a bit of a nub question, but if you'd humor me, I'd like to know if gaming performance suffers at all when using a raid card in tandem with the 4870 on the p45 chipsets.

Thanks very much in advance.
11-08-2008, 03:39 PM
Ender17

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCool

This may be a bit of a nub question, but if you'd humor me, I'd like to know if gaming performance suffers at all when using a raid card in tandem with the 4870 on the p45 chipsets.

Thanks very much in advance.

I wouldn't think so, but I might be able to run some 3DMark tonight
11-08-2008, 03:52 PM
tiro_uspsss

OMG - 2xR0 & 3xR0 writes are faster than reads on the highpoint :shock2:
11-08-2008, 03:56 PM
TheCool

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ender17

I wouldn't think so, but I might be able to run some 3DMark tonight

That would be very helpful. I appreciate it.
11-08-2008, 04:05 PM
tiro_uspsss

where'd u get these HDDs btw? :)
11-08-2008, 04:46 PM
Ender17

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiro_uspsss

where'd u get these HDDs btw? :)

Found a guy selling them in single auctions on ebay, got him to list them all in a buy it now so I could use the live.com cashback. They are from a dell system, so no WD warranty, but he said Dell would cover them. I'm gonna sell them off next week.
11-08-2008, 04:53 PM
tiro_uspsss

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ender17

Found a guy selling them in single auctions on ebay, got him to list them all in a buy it now so I could use the live.com cashback. They are from a dell system, so no WD warranty, but he said Dell would cover them. I'm gonna sell them off next week.

:( doubt i'll have the money, even tho i'd like to buy one :( *sigh*
11-08-2008, 06:41 PM
halo112358

Wow, I wonder why there's such a big hit going from RAID-5 to RAID-6? That highpoint card is truly beastly.
11-08-2008, 07:16 PM
Ender17

Quote:

Originally Posted by halo112358

Wow, I wonder why there's such a big hit going from RAID-5 to RAID-6? That highpoint card is truly beastly.

because there is a reduction in the number of discs being "used" from 3 to 2
compare RAID5 to 3 x RAID0
compare RAID6 to 2 x RAID0
11-08-2008, 07:17 PM
Ender17

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiro_uspsss

:( doubt i'll have the money, even tho i'd like to buy one :( *sigh*

$100 each :)
11-08-2008, 07:22 PM
Ender17

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiro_uspsss

couldnt u have moved the cam just a lil upwards?! :p::D

:confused::confused::confused:
you can't see the last VelociRaptor?

haha, here you go man ;)
http://americanidol2006blog.blogspot...-pictures.html

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