Good benchmarking programs???

[SuperCheetah]

What are some good hard drive benchmarking programs I can use??? I've heard that Sisoft Sandra isn't very accurate. Also, I tried to download HDTach 2.61, but I can't run it without registering and paying $50 for it!!! I was wondering what some other quality programs are that I might use to see if my raid setup is performing where it should be?

Thanks for any info. guys!!!

 

[uncleel]

SiSoft Sandra

The Meeting 'spot' > PCMARK 2002 Scores/sys specs
http://www.3dspotlight.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=536&highlight=Sisoft

Edit by Thomas www.3dspotlight.com -
After using this all I can say are the following 2 words SiSoft Sandra. Maybe there's something useful if you register, doubt it though, don't bother with this. SiSoft Sandra also doesn't display ADS while running tests.

PCMARK 2002 BUG!?

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[svtcobra]

Im a big fan of Sisoft Sandra. I never heard of it being inaccurate. 3Dmark2001se is a great way of testing out your video capabilites.

 

[Th3M1ghtyD8]

Sisoft Sandra seems to be the best general test program.
3dmark 2000 for testing DirectX 7 Graphics Cards
3dmark 2001SE for testing DirectX 8.1 Graphics Cards

PCmark for testing nothing
Seriously the madonion boys need to sort this one out http://www.3dspotlight.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=536

 

[ScHiZo]

I personally use Fresh Diagnose v3.75. I don't know how reliable it is, but it seems accurate to me. Here's the URL: http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdiag.html If you're going to do a HDD bench, be aware that the results that you're comparing your system to on the chart are done on FAT32 and not on a NTFS partition. I've e-mailed the author of the program in the past, and he confirmed it. So it's no rumor..

 

[boeingfixer]

I have also used Fresh Diagnose v3.75 and liked it very much. I usually run different benchmarks for different things. Try Fresh and see if that doesn't help. Also I believe there is a free version of HD Tach you can get that only does the read test and not the write test.

 

[Tarkus]

SiSoft Sandra, Atto, PCMark, HD Tach

 

[boeingfixer]

Originally posted by Tarkus
SiSoft Sandra, Atto, PCMark, HD Tach

Tarkus,

What is Atto, can you post a link to it for all to goto ??

Thanks a mil !

 

[svtcobra]

ATTO ExpressPro-Tools is a HD benchmarking tool. Here is the link to their site:
http://www.attotech.com/software/

 

[boeingfixer]

Originally posted by svtcobra
ATTO ExpressPro-Tools is a HD benchmarking tool. Here is the link to their site:
http://www.attotech.com/software/

SVT, is HD Tach by TCD Labs, and is ATTO only for fiber channel and SCSI stuff ??

 

[harpy82]

it is better to use Sisoft sandra.. since there r many people out there using it..... it will be easier to compare ur results with other users as well....

 

[SuperCheetah]

I have one thing to add. Is HDTach compatibly with XP??? I've tried using it and it gives me an error message. Anyone know about this?

 

[Tarkus]

A lot of people besides myself use Atto for IDE and IDE RAID even though ATTO makes SCSI RAID equipment. It will work for both. Atto benchmark is now part of Atto Express Pro Tools. You can choose to install the disk benchmark by itself (I hear) I found a link that is just the benchmark by itself. Let me try to find it again....

http://www.centris.free-online.co.uk/wreckie.htm

 

[Nan11]

Thanx for the link Tarkus