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05-23-2007, 07:24 PM
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New drive is slower in benchmark test..
Ok. So I bought another seagate 320gb drive because I am happy with the first one I bought. In benchmark tests on my first Seagate HD Tune resulted in this....
A bench mark of the second drive(newer) resulted in this... How can "identical" drives yield such different results? I know the firmware is different but doesn't Seagate pay attention to the final performance. P.S. I benchmarked the newer drive with the gray jumper in and then out.
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05-26-2007, 05:49 PM
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How are the drives connected to the motherboard?
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05-26-2007, 06:10 PM
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the drives are connected by the Sata1 and Sata2 connectors. I have since found out on another forum that firmware 3.AAK is yielding slower performance than earlier firmware versions. I don't know why Seagate decided to slow down their drives in this fashion.
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05-26-2007, 06:33 PM
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From the images you linked, looks like the firmware change was to provide a more consistant transfer rate. In the real world probably won't see any differance in performance.
Benchmarks are like listing the top speed of a sports car; looks impressive but hardly anyone will use the max performance ratings.
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