HD benching

[felix88]

ok, i don't know why but this is my favorite part of my computer to bench. maybe i'm just crazy.

i use atto and hdtach.

to get atto go here:

http://www.attotech.com/software/index.html

and then click on the "Applications/Tools/Utilities", enter your info(i used my hotmail account), and download the "ATTO ExpressPCI HostAdapter Utilities".

hdtach can be found here(it's much easier to get):

http://www.tcdlabs.com/hdtach.htm

unfortunatly it can't be used with an NT based os without regestering it(i actually paid for it, and use it enough to justify the cost).

anyway, i've noticed quite a few people use sandra, and sandra doesn't do a very good job with hard drives. these are 2 alternatives.

[felix88]

when you benchmark with Atto, make sure to set the "Total Length" option to 32MB, all the other options can stay the same.

[CYoung1235]

is supposed to be the most reliable along with the registered HDTach (I am too cheap to pay for it and all my systems run NTFS!).

ATTO gets used a lot, but does not reallt represent real workld performance. Check the StorageReview forum for further info.

[eva2000]

yup i use ATTO, hdtach, drivebench and sandra filesystem for synthetic benchies and real benchie would be winbench99 v2.0