HDD read/write speed test?

ISKOTB · Post by **ISKOTB** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:45 pm

What is good software to test my laptop drive read and write speed?
XP-PRO

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:59 pm

http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/in ... est=HdTach

http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storag ... test.html/

ISKOTB · Post by **ISKOTB** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:04 pm

Attached a screen shot of the one I currently have…I have a Dell coupon I can use to get solid state hard drive any1 used something like the specs below is it a good drive?

Brand OCZ
Series Vertex Series
Model OCZSSD2-1VTX120G
Device Type Internal Solid state disk (SSD)
Architecture MLC
Expansion / Connectivity
Form Factor 2.5"
Capacity 120GB
Interface Type SATA II
Features RAID Support
Performance
Max Shock Resistance 1500G
Sequential Access - Read Up to 250 MB/s
Sequential Access - Write Up to 180MB/s

Sustained Write: Up to 100MB/s
MTBF 1,500,000 hours

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:08 pm

i'm not really up on laptop drives, but i do know that some of the new SSD drives are very fast, so it would depend on which drive ya get i suppose.

ISKOTB · Post by **ISKOTB** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:16 pm

The drive I listed seems fast and I can get it for $200 after the coupon...but can someone clarify what is the Sustained Write?

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:38 am

SSDs are very fast, but in the long haul, so far, imho unreliable, at least not as reliable as standard drives. Good article here w/ links to pros & cons:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9897828-64.html

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:24 pm

If you're currently running a 5400rpm you could try and 7200rpm model. You should really see a difference if that is the case.

ISKOTB · Post by **ISKOTB** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:45 pm

I had an 7200 RPM came with the system … Got OCZ 120GB $200 : ) couldn’t clone my old drive to the new one! I got XP clean installed in no time along with the laptop drivers….etc wow speeeeed

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:29 am

wow nice access time

pretty women · Post by **pretty women** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:41 am

I'm wondering if there is any nice tool (and hopefully some tutorial pages
if you know) to test my HDDs on Ubuntu 8.04? - just trying to test and
compare **actual** read/write speed among different HDDs attached to it.

I'm looking for a tool that has nice GUI features, other than something like
"hdparm -i /dev/sda" kind of stuffs. It would be nice if the tool can
estimate the number of hours that the HDDs can healthly survive.

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