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WinBench
99 Results - Quantum Fireball CR 13 GB
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Scores |
| WinBench
99/Business Disk WinMark 99 (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
3260 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Access Time (Milliseconds) |
15.1 |
| WinBench
99/Disk CPU Utilization (Percent Used) |
33.9 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Playback/Bus:Overall (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
3260 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Playback/HE:AVS/Express 3.4 (Thsaound Bytes/Sec) |
7050 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Playback/HE:FrontPage 98 (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
33300 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Playback/HE:MicroStation SE (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
10400 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Playback/HE:Overall (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
9950 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Playback/HE:Photoshop 4.0 (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
6410 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Playback/HE:Premiere 4.2 (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
10100 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Playback/HE:Sound Forge 4.0 (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
12300 |
| WinBench
99/Disk Playback/HE:Visual C++ 5.0 (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
10100 |
| WinBench
99/High-End Disk WinMark 99 (Thousand Bytes/Sec) |
9950 |
These
numbers are very impressive. They are significantly better than both
the Maxtor
5400 RPM
and IBM
7200 RPM
drives we tested not long ago on a Pentium II-515 BX Chipset Based
system. These numbers may have been helped by the AMD K6(2)-450
since it is an excellent Windows performer. There shouldn't be much
a differential however since I am comparing numbers vrs. an
overclocked 515 MHz. P2 ! Unfortunately, the only mainboard
available to us that is Ultra DMA 66 capable was the Super 7 Based
Leadtek board. Intel based solutions are coming on line shortly and
should provide a better comparison. There is one thing for sure...
DMA66 seems to be for real! One note of caution however, along with
the high performance numbers above, came VERY high CPU utilization
numbers as well as access times.
A comparable drive and bus interface in an Intel BX based system
utilizes the CPU only about 5%. I attribute this to a driver
maturity issue with the SIS chipset on the motherboard we used and
perhaps with DMA 66 in general, since it is still in its infancy.
There is definately room for improvement here. I hope the people at
SIS and Intel tighten things up a little for UDMA66. Also, the specs
say 9.5ms typical seek access. We reported 15.1... so much for
typical. There aren't many drive manufacturers that report this
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Wrap
it up...
I'll sum this
drive up in three words for you.... I'll take it! Although I have
some reservations about the current state of ATA66, this drive is a
clear performer, reaching SCSI type levels. By the way, SCSI also is
a CPU hog. So I guess nothing is for free. The Quantum Fireball CR
is an excellent drive that is a little ahead of its time. It won't
be long at all before UDMA66 matures. This drive would be a wise
investment in the future for you.
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We give
the Quantum Fireball CR a "Temp-O-Meter" rating of...
90
!!
-Davo
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(Temp-O-Meter
scores are rated on a number of key metrics including performance,
stability, ease of installation, compatibility, feature set, "overclockability"
and component quality. A perfect score is 100 )
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