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Date |
: Aug 31st, 2001 |
| Category |
: Storage |
| Manufacturer |
: IBM |
| Author |
: Jin-Wei Tioh |
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| HDD |
Disk
Access Time |
Disk
Read/Transfer Rate |
| Beginning |
End |
| IBM
Deskstar 60GXP (40.0GB ATA-100) |
12.3 |
39800 |
21100 |
| IBM
Deskstar 75GXP (20.0GB ATA-100) |
12.4 |
37500 |
20900 |
| Quantum
Fireball Plus AS (20.0GB ATA-100) |
13.5 |
36000 |
21100 |
| Seagate
Barracuda ATA II (30.0GB ATA-100) |
13.3 |
29700 |
19900 |
WinBench 99 clocks the 60GXP at 12.3ms, definitely ahead of the Fireball Plus AS and the Barracuda ATA II, but virtually in a stalemate with its older brother the 75GXP. Subtracting 4.2ms (the rotational latency of all 7200rpm drives) yields a measured seek time of 8.1millisecond, beating Big Blue's own specs by a fair margin, something not too common these days. The outer-zone STR of 39.8MB/s pulls the 60GXP ahead of all contenders. The inner-zone STR is another matter, with the 60GXP and the Fireball Plus AS in a deadlock.
Let's scrutinize the higher-level WinBench 99 Disk WinMarks to see how do the above figures play out in real-world performance.
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