[ltp] [T60] Is SATA slower than PATA?

Michael Gaber linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:36:42 +0100


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there is a tool by the c't called h2benchw which tries (under windoom)
to open the drive as a physical device and writes to this device.
perhaps try this program to compare the drives...

dirk husemann schrieb:
> WSR wrote:
>> Hi There,
>>
>>
>> That seems a little slow to me.
>>
>> Model Family:     Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 series
>> Device Model:     HTS541010G9SA00
>> Firmware Version: MBZIC60H
>>
>> On my T60, no matter the distribution, I get around 40, and I have seen it as 
>> high as 50 it seems before:
>>
>> rushforth@sr-mobile:~$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
>>
>> /dev/sda:
>>  Timing cached reads:   4676 MB in  2.00 seconds = 2338.83 MB/sec
>>  Timing buffered disk reads:  118 MB in  3.03 seconds =  40.89 MB/sec
>>   
> this is what i get  on my T60:
> 
>      / hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
> 
>     /dev/sda:
>      Timing cached reads:   4712 MB in  2.00 seconds = 2357.02 MB/sec
>      Timing buffered disk reads:  150 MB in  3.03 seconds =  49.44 MB/sec
> 
> cheers,
>     dirk
> 


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