Test af 74 GB WD Raptor
Diverse d. 13. november. 2003, skrevet af KIJ 0 Kommentarer. Vist: 461 gange.
Storagereview.com har som de første testet den nye 74 GB version af Western Digitals Raptor harddisk. Og ydelsen imponerer mildest talt endnu engang !!!
Weighing in at an astounding 575 I/Os per second in the StorageReview Office DriveMark 2002, the Raptor WD740GD ranks among the industry's elite when it comes to drives servicing a single-user. To put this gain in proper perspective, consider the difference between the 740GD and 360GD (19%) versus the 360GD and the 7200 RPM Caviar WD2500JD (16%).
The Raptor's showing only improves in the SR High-End DriveMark 2002. This suite is influenced slightly more by transfer rates due to its applications' reading and writing of large files- though even here, firmware optimizations are paramount. The Raptor's decent transfer rates, combined with single-user-friendly programming, allow it to dominate with a score of 568 I/Os per second. Even Fujitsu's mighty MAS3735 (not shown), the previous record holder in -every- one of our performance measures, has been unseated.
Western Digital's newcomer continues to impress in the Bootup DriveMark, a scenario that combines higher-than-normal queue depths with largely sequential access. Here the WD740GD places squarely in the middle of today's pack of 15k RPM drives.
Finally, the manufacturer has not forgotten the warm reception it has received from the gaming community. Under the SR Gaming DriveMark, a weighted average of 5 PC games, the new Raptor achieves 715 I/Os per second, once again besting all 10,000 RPM drives and keeping elite 15K's company.
We're thus very pleased to report that the Raptor WD740GD offers a whisper-quiet noise floor. The objective numerical difference between the 42.5 dB/A WD360GD and 40.7 dB/A WD740GD simply does not do justice to the improvements the latter delivers. Though it features two platters and a 10,000 RPM spindle speed, WD's first exclusively fluid dynamic bearing- based drive delivers noise floors every bit as competitive as Seagate's Barracuda ATA series. That's pretty darn quiet!
Læs hele testen på Storagereview.com: http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200311/20031111WD740GD_1.html
Weighing in at an astounding 575 I/Os per second in the StorageReview Office DriveMark 2002, the Raptor WD740GD ranks among the industry's elite when it comes to drives servicing a single-user. To put this gain in proper perspective, consider the difference between the 740GD and 360GD (19%) versus the 360GD and the 7200 RPM Caviar WD2500JD (16%).
The Raptor's showing only improves in the SR High-End DriveMark 2002. This suite is influenced slightly more by transfer rates due to its applications' reading and writing of large files- though even here, firmware optimizations are paramount. The Raptor's decent transfer rates, combined with single-user-friendly programming, allow it to dominate with a score of 568 I/Os per second. Even Fujitsu's mighty MAS3735 (not shown), the previous record holder in -every- one of our performance measures, has been unseated.
Western Digital's newcomer continues to impress in the Bootup DriveMark, a scenario that combines higher-than-normal queue depths with largely sequential access. Here the WD740GD places squarely in the middle of today's pack of 15k RPM drives.
Finally, the manufacturer has not forgotten the warm reception it has received from the gaming community. Under the SR Gaming DriveMark, a weighted average of 5 PC games, the new Raptor achieves 715 I/Os per second, once again besting all 10,000 RPM drives and keeping elite 15K's company.
We're thus very pleased to report that the Raptor WD740GD offers a whisper-quiet noise floor. The objective numerical difference between the 42.5 dB/A WD360GD and 40.7 dB/A WD740GD simply does not do justice to the improvements the latter delivers. Though it features two platters and a 10,000 RPM spindle speed, WD's first exclusively fluid dynamic bearing- based drive delivers noise floors every bit as competitive as Seagate's Barracuda ATA series. That's pretty darn quiet!
Læs hele testen på Storagereview.com: http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200311/20031111WD740GD_1.html
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