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Maxtor Diamond Max 10 300GB
16MB
Benchmarks
The DM10 was tested with a powerful system in
order to reduce bottlenecks in other subsystems and
thoroughly tax the HDD. Below are the
components used:
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Motherboard |
Iwill DK8N |
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CPUs |
AMD Opteron 242, x 2 |
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Memory |
OCZ Technology PC3200 512MB EL DDR
ECC Registered x 4 pcs = 2GB |
|
Power Supplies |
A+ GPB 550W SSI 24 + 8 pin PSU
(motherboard only) |
| |
Generic 500W (HDDs, Video card,
cooling fans, lighting, and other
devices) |
|
Boot HDD |
Western Digital WD740GD 74GB Raptor |
|
Cooling |
Thermalright XP-120 with Cre | Air
120mm 4.8W fan, x 2 |
|
Video Card |
ATI Radeon X800XT - Platinum Edition |
|
Optical Drive |
Plextor PX-716SA |
|
OS |
Windows XP SP2 |
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Iwill's wonderful DK8N
has two SATA controllers - the NF3 southbridge and
the SiI3114 SATA RAID controller. Let us test
the DM10 on the NF3 first.
Below is a
screenshot of the NF3 Device Manager Properties
window. Note how Write Caching and Command
Queuing can be turned on or off. For the DM10,
the Command Queuing checkbox was grayed out.
Note Speed Test utility.
Below are the results of the DM10 using the NF3
Speed Test utility:
Next, we used the very useful and popular ATTO
Disk Benchmark on the DM10 still connected to the
NF3 southbridge. Below is the screenshot of
the results:
The next set of tests below are HDTach 3.0.1.0
from
www.simplisoftware.com:
|
Zone Size |
8MB |
32MB |
Variable |
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Write Cache Setting in NF3 Device
Manager |
ON |
ON |
ON |
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HDTach 3.0.1.0 Screenshot |
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 |
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Next, we test the DM10 on
the SiI3114 controller. Below are the
screenshots of the ATTO Disk benchmark tests:
The last set of tests below are HDTach
3.0.1.0:
|
Zone Size |
8MB |
32MB |
Variable |
|
Write Cache Setting in NF3 Device
Manager |
ON |
ON |
ON |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0 Screenshot |
 |
 |
 |
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Command Queuing Support |
Yes |
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Maximum Measured Burst Transfer Rate |
137.6 MB/S |
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Maximum Measured Sustained Transfer -
Reads |
63.3 MB/S |
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Maximum Measured Sustained Transfer -
Writes |
62.3 MB/S |
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Minimum Measured Seek Time |
13.3 mS |
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CPU Utilization |
2% |
TEST OBSERVATIONS
SUMMARY:
|
Audible Noise, Idle |
Barely noticeable whine |
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Audible Noise, Seeking |
Quiet "crick crick" |
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Heat Dissipation, no cooling |
Only slightly warm |
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Heat Dissipation, cooled by 50mm
12VDC 15mA fan |
Cool |
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