[geeks] Whee! SATA 1.0 controller in P3 system...

[Chad McAuley]

On 7/27/07, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just threw a very inexpensive PIC SATA 1.0 (150 MB/sec) 2 channel controller (1 internal, 1 external eSATA), and the performance of this little 1 GHz P3 system with 512 Meg RAM really improved. Nothing measurable (yet), but it seems "snappier" than with the 20 Gig 6 year old WD IDE drive.
>
> Anyone have pointers to HD performance benchmark tests? I'd prefer something that runs under WinXP (what is currently on the system, but I'm happy to try something under Solaris/Ubuntu if that appeals to anyone).
>
> As an aside, this is on a Dell Optiplex GX150 SFF, like the ones I'm trying to get rid of - hint, hint ;^)
>
> Lionel


HDTach[0] is what I usually use for HD benchmarking on Windows.

[0]: http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach