| Western Digital WD740GD
Benchmarks
Here is the result of the WD740GD tested using
the nForce3 Device Manager Speed Test utility:

The next set of tests are using the ATTO Disk
Benchmark.
NF3 controller, NTFS, Basic Disk:

Silicon Image 3114 controller, NTFS, Basic Disk:

Here is what 8x Raptors in RAID_0 can do on a
Broadcom BC4852 SATA RAID controller:

This last set of tests is using HD Tach RW
3.0.1.0.
| |
8MB Zones |
32MB Zones |
Var Zones |
| nForce3 |
 |
 |
 |
| Seek |
8.0mS |
7.9 mS |
8.0 mS |
| Burst |
122.2 MB/S |
122.0 MB/S |
125.7 MB/S |
| Read Ave. |
64.5 MB/S |
65.0 MB/S |
65.2 MB/S |
| Write Ave. |
60.4 MB/S |
65.0 MB/S |
65.0 MB/S |
| SiI 3114 |
 |
 |
 |
| Seek |
7.9 mS |
7.8 mS |
7.8 mS |
| Burst |
120.8 MB/S |
120.7 MB/S |
120.6 MB/S |
| Read Ave. |
65.0 MB/S |
65.1 MB/S |
65.1 MB/S |
| Write Ave. |
59.3 MB/S |
63.6 MB/S |
65.0 MB/S |
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