My bench test results - Which one is fastest?

[brianosaur]

I did a DiskBench.exe test on the three working drives I have.

The first is a Barracuda 7200.11, second is two first generation WD Raptors in a raid 0, and the third is a Barracuda 7200.10

I am new at this so please bear with me 'cause I am a bit confused by the results.

I am trying to determine which drive is *fastest* and to determine which drive I should install (clone copy) my o/s (vista 64x) onto.


C = 500gb 7200.11

D = (2) 74gb Raptors - Raid 0 array

E = 250gb 7200.10

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Test1 - copy file


C Drive 500gb 7200.11:
Copy C:\testfile_compressed.iso to C:\testfile_compressed2.iso
Size: 3414720512
Time: 78463 ms
Transfer Rate: 41.504 MB/s

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D Drive Raid 0 array:
Copy d:\testfile_compressed.iso to d:\testfile_compressed2.iso
Size: 3414720512
Time: 53121 ms
Transfer Rate: 61.304 MB/s

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E Drive 250gb 7200.10:
Copy e:\testfile_compressed.iso to e:\testfile_compressed2.iso
Size: 3414720512
Time: 75968 ms
Transfer Rate: 42.867 MB/s


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Test2 - create file

C Drive 500gb 7200.11:
Created file: c:\DiskBench1.bin
Size: 50331648 bytes
Time: 335 ms
Transfer Rate: 143.284 MB/s
Created file: c:\DiskBench2.bin
Size: 50331648 bytes
Time: 362 ms
Transfer Rate: 132.597 MB/s

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D Drive Raid 0 array:
Created file: d:\DiskBench1.bin
Size: 50331648 bytes
Time: 349 ms
Transfer Rate: 137.536 MB/s
Created file: d:\DiskBench2.bin
Size: 50331648 bytes
Time: 337 ms
Transfer Rate: 142.433 MB/s

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E Drive 250gb 7200.10:
Created file: e:\DiskBench1.bin
Size: 50331648 bytes
Time: 336 ms
Transfer Rate: 142.857 MB/s
Created file: e:\DiskBench2.bin
Size: 50331648 bytes
Time: 339 ms
Transfer Rate: 141.593 MB/s



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Test3 - read file

C Drive 500gb 7200.11:
Read file: c:\testfile1.avi
Size: 367245312 bytes
Time: 48733 ms
Transfer Rate: 7.187 MB/s
Read file: C:\testfile_compressed.iso
Size: 3414720512 bytes
Time: 90067 ms
Transfer Rate: 36.157 MB/s

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D Drive Raid 0 array:
Read file: d:\testfile1.avi
Size: 367245312 bytes
Time: 14908 ms
Transfer Rate: 23.493 MB/s
Read file: d:\testfile_compressed.iso
Size: 3414720512 bytes
Time: 49066 ms
Transfer Rate: 66.370 MB/s

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E Drive 250gb 7200.10:
Read file: e:\testfile1.avi
Size: 367245312 bytes
Time: 10468 ms
Transfer Rate: 33.457 MB/s
Read file: e:\testfile_compressed.iso
Size: 3414720512 bytes
Time: 44456 ms
Transfer Rate: 73.253 MB/s



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Test4 - create batch file


C Drive 500gb 7200.11:
48 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 50331648 bytes; 219 ms; 219.178 MB/s
52 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 54525952 bytes; 280 ms; 185.714 MB/s
56 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 58720256 bytes; 284 ms; 197.183 MB/s
60 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 62914560 bytes; 280 ms; 214.286 MB/s
64 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 67108864 bytes; 370 ms; 172.973 MB/s
68 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 71303168 bytes; 374 ms; 181.818 MB/s
72 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 75497472 bytes; 356 ms; 202.247 MB/s
76 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 79691776 bytes; 367 ms; 207.084 MB/s
80 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 83886080 bytes; 428 ms; 186.916 MB/s
84 MB; c:\testcreatebatch; 88080384 bytes; 484 ms; 173.554 MB/s

Avg: 203.1 ms
Ave: 193.6 MB/s

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D Drive Raid 0 array:
48 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 50331648 bytes; 378 ms; 126.984 MB/s
52 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 54525952 bytes; 262 ms; 198.473 MB/s
56 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 58720256 bytes; 337 ms; 166.172 MB/s
60 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 62914560 bytes; 360 ms; 166.667 MB/s
64 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 67108864 bytes; 347 ms; 184.438 MB/s
68 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 71303168 bytes; 393 ms; 173.028 MB/s
72 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 75497472 bytes; 371 ms; 194.070 MB/s
76 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 79691776 bytes; 401 ms; 189.526 MB/s
80 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 83886080 bytes; 391 ms; 204.604 MB/s
84 MB; d:\testcreatebatch; 88080384 bytes; 427 ms; 196.721 MB/s

Avg: 366.7 ms
Avg: 179.6 MB/s

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E Drive 250gb 7200.10:
48 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 50331648 bytes; 216 ms; 222.222 MB/s
52 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 54525952 bytes; 288 ms; 180.556 MB/s
56 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 58720256 bytes; 316 ms; 177.215 MB/s
60 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 62914560 bytes; 286 ms; 209.790 MB/s
64 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 67108864 bytes; 308 ms; 207.792 MB/s
68 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 71303168 bytes; 336 ms; 202.381 MB/s
72 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 75497472 bytes; 330 ms; 218.182 MB/s
76 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 79691776 bytes; 368 ms; 206.522 MB/s
80 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 83886080 bytes; 386 ms; 207.254 MB/s
84 MB; e:\testcreatebatch; 88080384 bytes; 386 ms; 217.617 MB/s


Avg: 322.0 ms
Avg: 204.5 MB/s