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Western Digitals Caviar Black 1TB Hard Disc

Set-Up, Software Used and Preliminary Benchmarks

The next question is what system do we test this from? To get the ultimate performance we dug out our supersonic Skulltrail system with its Dual 3.2GHz Extreme Xeons. So, in theory a system that should stretch the Caviar Black fully.

Component	Test System
Mainboard	Intel® Desktop Board D5400XS (Skulltrail)
CPU	2 X 3.2GHz Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor QX9775, 1600MHz FSB, 12MB L2 Cache
CPU Cooling	Akasa AK-965 INTEL COOLERS
Memory	4 X 1GB Crucial 800FSB DDR2 New 1.5 Low Voltage FBDIMM Memory Modules
Hard Drive	1 X 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black Hard Disc, 7,200 RPM, 32MB Cache, SATA 3.0GB/s
Video Card	AMD (ATI) FireGL V3600
Video Card Driver Release	8.52
Intake/Exhaust Cooling	Akasa 120mm Amber Fans
Chassis	New Akasa Omega eATX Chassis
Power Supply	Akasa PowerMax 1200W

Software and Benchmarks Used.

Microsoft XP Professional SP3 and complete Updates
PC Mark 2005
SiSoftware Sandra XII SP2c
HD TACH 3.0.4.0
HD Tune Professional Ver 3.0

The object of this article is not to test the actual test system and it must be made abundantly clear from the onset, but the actual hard disc. So those viewers out there that are looking for additional tests of the actual system in its other performance factors should contact directly the Administrator at 3D Professor and we will in turn get the results out to you as quickly as possible.

PC Mark 2005

What is noticeable is how the benchmark has rated the Primary Hard Disc write facility coming in at a very respectable 92.748MB/s. This score most certainly puts the Hard Disc up with some of the fastest 3 ½” Discs and its VelociRaptor sibling from the Western Digital range.

SiSoftware Sandra XII SP2c

For the readers who cannot make out the results

Physical Disc – Drive Index of 79.66MB/s with a Random access time of 12ms
File System – Drive Index 87.34MB/s with an amazing Random access time of 6ms.

Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - Set-Up, Software Used and Preliminary Benchmarks
Page 3 - Benchmark Continued and Conclusions

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