Quote Originally Posted by One_Hertz View Post
should have really turned off the cache before all that testing
Specially for you One Hertz as I like your posts...albeit this gem could have come a bit earlier.

Remember I'm not testing the X25-E here, I'm testing the combination of the X25-E and 5405 so I'm not going to test each strip size again unless someone really wants to see it.

Seems that 128K works best with the 5405 as you said in the first place.

Strip back at 128K. Write & read cache disabled in Adaptec Storage Manager:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7000]
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C:\Users\richard>bnch c

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -ran -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -ransize
16384
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-ran -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 2
56 -ransize 16384'
> Run Time 00:00:00.28
> Disk Random 16.0 Write 196.80 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:00.87

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -ran -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -ransize
65536
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-ran -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 2
56 -ransize 65536'
> Run Time 00:00:00.36
> Disk Random 64.0 Write 304.22 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:00.95

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -ran -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -ransize
524288
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-ran -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 2
56 -ransize 524288'
> Run Time 00:00:01.04
> Disk Random 512.0 Write 283.23 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:01.70

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -ran -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -ransize
1048576
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-ran -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 2
56 -ransize 1048576'
> Run Time 00:00:01.45
> Disk Random 1024.0 Write 272.44 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:02.14

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -ran -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -ransize
16384
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-ran -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 25
6 -ransize 16384'
> Run Time 00:00:00.34
> Disk Random 16.0 Read 137.68 MB/s 7.4
> Total Run Time 00:00:01.00

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -ran -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -ransize
65536
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-ran -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 25
6 -ransize 65536'
> Run Time 00:00:00.37
> Disk Random 64.0 Read 246.02 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:00.98

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -ran -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -ransize
524288
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-ran -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 25
6 -ransize 524288'
> Run Time 00:00:00.51
> Disk Random 512.0 Read 489.61 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:01.12

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -ran -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -ransize
1048576
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-ran -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 25
6 -ransize 1048576'
> Run Time 00:00:00.87
> Disk Random 1024.0 Read 425.14 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:01.53

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -seq -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -seqsize
65536
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-seq -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 2
56 -seqsize 65536'
> Run Time 00:00:00.31
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Write 751.38 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:00.97

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -seq -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -seqsize
524288
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-seq -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 2
56 -seqsize 524288'
> Run Time 00:00:00.76
> Disk Sequential 512.0 Write 314.88 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:01.39

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -seq -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -seqsize
1048576
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-seq -write -drive c -count 1 -iocount 2
56 -seqsize 1048576'
> Run Time 00:00:01.36
> Disk Sequential 1024.0 Write 316.33 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:01.95

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -seq -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -seqsize
65536
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-seq -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 25
6 -seqsize 65536'
> Run Time 00:00:02.53
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 392.34 MB/s 7.9
> Total Run Time 00:00:03.28

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -seq -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -seqsize
524288
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-seq -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 25
6 -seqsize 524288'
> Run Time 00:00:04.57
> Disk Sequential 512.0 Read 449.34 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:05.21

C:\Users\richard>winsat disk -seq -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 256 -seqsize
1048576
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment v2.0.0.0 '-seq -read -drive c -count 1 -iocount 25
6 -seqsize 1048576'
> Run Time 00:00:06.32
> Disk Sequential 1024.0 Read 467.71 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:06.91

C:\Users\richard>