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

[Wolf Wiegand]

Hi,

James PEARSON wrote:

> Running "hdparm" scores 38.25 MB/sec on my T40 (OS is SUSE 10.1 RC3)
> Is this good, bad or average ?

I'd say very good, if compared to my results :-)

> linux-hc4q:~ # hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
> 
> /dev/hda:
>  Timing cached reads:   1444 MB in  2.00 seconds = 721.95 MB/sec
>  Timing buffered disk reads:  116 MB in  3.03 seconds =  38.25 MB/sec

This is what I get:

thinkpad:/usr/local/doc/muttng# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing cached reads:   1628 MB in  2.00 seconds = 812.40 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:   80 MB in  3.05 seconds =  26.25 MB/sec

I get this result repeatedly, there is no other disc I/O during the
test.

thinkpad:/usr/local/doc/muttng# hdparm -i /dev/hda

/dev/hda:

 Model=IC25N040ATMR04-0, FwRev=MO2OAD4A, SerialNo=MRG205K2KDXV4H
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1740kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=71711733
 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:  ATA/ATAPI-2
ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6

 * signifies the current active mode

thinkpad:/usr/local/doc/muttng# 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 = 78140160, start = 0

This is a rather old R40 (about 2 1/2 years) running Debian Sid with
kernel 2.6.17-rc3, so I guess I'll just have to live with these results?

Regards,

Wolf

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