[ltp] hdparm scores 38.25 MB/sec on my T40 running SUSE 10.1 RC3

Johannes Hansen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 07 May 2006 12:30:18 +0200


Your result look like mine... Ubuntu Breezy ...


T42 2374-zep

hdparm -i /dev/hda

/dev/hda:

 Model=HTS726060M9AT00, FwRev=MH4OA6GA, SerialNo=MRH453M4HMX84B
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7877kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=117210240
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
 AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a:

 * signifies the current active mode


hdparm  /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 multcount    =  0 (off)
 IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
 unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
 using_dma    =  1 (on)
 keepsettings =  0 (off)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    = 256 (on)
 geometry     = 65535/16/63, sectors = 117210240, start = 0


hdparm -tT /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing cached reads:   2076 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1037.64 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  112 MB in  3.01 seconds =  37.25 MB/sec