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Winbench99
Winbench Results were quite different.
Let's take a look!
ATA Results
Low level tests:
| Disk Transfer Rate: |
Beginning = 36900 Ending =
26600 |
| Disk Access Time: |
10.9 Milliseconds |
| Disk CPU Utilization: |
0.6% |
Winmarks:
Business Disk WinMark 99: 5860 Thousand
Bytes/Sec
High-End Disk WinMark 99: 21300 Thousand Bytes/Sec
SATA Results
Low level tests:
| Disk Transfer Rate: |
Beginning = 36900 Ending =
26600 |
| Disk Access Time: |
10.9 Milliseconds |
| Disk CPU Utilization: |
Failed |
Winmarks:
Business Disk WinMark 99: 17900 Thousand
Bytes/Sec
High-End Disk WinMark 99: 25600 Thousand Bytes/Sec
As you can see, the transfer rates did not
change but the Winmark scores were quite high using Serial ATA. The CPU
Usage test failed in SATA. I ran the test many times and was not able to
get a score.
Conclusion
Based on our test results, there wasn't any performance
gain using the next generation SATA interface. We were expecting at
least a minor improvement. So if your looking to invest in a SATA hard
drive once they become readily available, you may want to reconsider. On
the other hand, if you have a SATA motherboard already and a decent hard
drive, then you can pick up one of these adapters and run a setup like this
for much less money. Maybe you just love the small Serial cables and
looking to replace those bulky IDE ribbon cables for good! You can
pick up one of these adapters now at
PCMicroStore for around $26.
Questions? Comments? Discuss them
here!
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