HDD Score

No_Style · May 22, 2003, 04:59 AM

My HDD score for PCMark2002 is 8XX or so. Any suggestions or tweaks I could do to improve this score?

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not suggest buying anything. I just want free performance increase

WyreTheWolf · May 22, 2003, 05:27 AM

Defrag the HDD.

Run a smaller partition for you OS install.

Drivers make a difference, try newer drivers, If you are using VIA hardware, there are tweaks that you can try.

If you are using round cables, be sure that they are high quality round cables.

Good Luck!

Just looked at your specs

With your system specs 8xx is about the best that you can expect.
The 8MB special Edition HDD will get you about 1xxx, and running two of them in RAID will net you about 15xx ....

Kgentatszu] · May 22, 2003, 05:58 AM

what's the HDD score all 'bout?? maybe more details please...

No_Style · May 22, 2003, 05:59 AM

How fast the HDD transfers reads/writes...etc

Kgentatszu] · May 22, 2003, 06:02 AM

so, does that increases the CPUs read performance?? or will i notice any difference in 3dmark 2001 se?? or any benchmarks apart from PC mark

No_Style · May 22, 2003, 06:05 AM

It will improve anything that has to do with your Hard Drive though. 3DMark doesn't use the HDD much, if any.

Kgentatszu] · May 22, 2003, 06:12 AM

then, what does the score in PCmark represent??

No_Style · May 22, 2003, 06:17 AM

The HDD is. I'm not too sure how it works exactly.

Kgentatszu] · May 22, 2003, 06:22 AM

LOL~

you dont know, well that's kinda weird cause you wont know what you are aiming for...

No_Style · May 22, 2003, 06:29 AM

All I know is a higher HDD score means you're writing/reading your HDD faster. Which means that retrieving data from HDD is faster. Load times for games and such are faster.

Kgentatszu] · May 22, 2003, 06:34 AM

so, can it be overclocked???

No_Style · May 22, 2003, 06:40 AM

If you have a RAID setup, or a HDD with HIGH RPMs you can achieve higher scores. But there are some tweaks and stuff you can do to improve scores, I just don't know them.

Kgentatszu] · May 22, 2003, 06:44 AM

anyone??

WyreTheWolf · May 22, 2003, 07:01 AM

PCMark03 -

CPU score:

Tests the CPUs ability to process different types of information

Each test has a different score value.

After the tests are completed ... the scores are added by the amount of weight they hold for the final total.

RAM score:

Tests the RAM, and the North Bridges ability to read, and write to the RAM, both sequencially, and random access.

After the tests are completed ... the scores are added by the amount of weight they hold for the final total.

HDD score:

Tests the HDD, and the South Bridges ability to read, and write to the HDD, both sequencially, and random access.

After the tests are completed ... the scores are added by the amount of weight they hold for the final total.

Kgentatszu] · May 22, 2003, 07:09 AM

thankz wolf, you just cleared up my mind.....

WyreTheWolf · May 22, 2003, 07:16 AM

glad that I could help

Vampyromaniac · May 22, 2003, 08:45 AM

I just noticed you have 2 computers . . . is this score for the "NeoZero Ex", or "No Style" ?

I used to have a Quantum Fireball, too

a 20GB KX (7200rpm), and it got 584 PCmarks

on my old setup: Pentium III 600 / Intel 440BX / 256MB PC100

WyreTheWolf · May 22, 2003, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vampyromaniac
I just noticed you have 2 computers . . . is this score for the "NeoZero Ex", or "No Style" ?

I used to have a Quantum Fireball, too
a 20GB KX (7200rpm), and it got 584 PCmarks
on my old setup: Pentium III 600 / Intel 440BX / 256MB PC100

Exactly my point... faster HDDs with faster controllers get better scores...

When I am running one Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Ultra (8MB cache)
I get a score of roughly 1080 - 1100

When I am running two of those drives in RAID 0
I get a score of 1520 - 1590

When running PCMark on a VT8233A south bridge ... my scores were much lower,
on the VT8235 ... My scores are far superior.

Try not to forget that a faster controller, and the drivers that you use will make a differance.

Vampyromaniac · May 22, 2003, 09:44 AM

ah I forgot . . . that hard drive was on a Promise Ultra66 controller card . . . the drive was ATA-66, but 440BX only supported ATA-33

But, now . . . got the 80GB IBM IC35 gettin 1195 PCmarks

Kgentatszu] · May 22, 2003, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vampyromaniac
I just noticed you have 2 computers . . . is this score for the "NeoZero Ex", or "No Style" ?

I used to have a Quantum Fireball, too
a 20GB KX (7200rpm), and it got 584 PCmarks
on my old setup: Pentium III 600 / Intel 440BX / 256MB PC100

vampy, then whats' your current setup like with the 9700 pro??

No_Style · May 22, 2003, 01:22 PM

No Style rig

I should REALLY update that sig

Kgentatszu] · May 22, 2003, 04:47 PM

and who's Neozero EX??

No_Style · May 22, 2003, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Maxwell1234
and who's Neozero EX??

We named our computers after our nicknames.

Vampyromaniac · May 23, 2003, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Maxwell1234
vampy, then whats' your current setup like with the 9700 pro??

I haven't received the AIW9700pro yet (see signature

)

But, the current setup is: xp1800 / SiS735 / 256MB DDR266 / 80GB IBM 120GXP again, HDD score of 1195

I think due to the SiS735

Kgentatszu] · May 23, 2003, 10:38 AM

oh, well, that's better than no having one....Congrates man, for getting one so that you can finally change your signature and hope you like it.........(well if you dont you can always trash it in my bin, ~LOL

)

May 22, 2003, 04:59 AM	#1
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	HDD Score My HDD score for PCMark2002 is 8XX or so. Any suggestions or tweaks I could do to improve this score? IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not suggest buying anything. I just want free performance increase __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

May 22, 2003, 05:59 AM	Thread Starter #4
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	I'm guessing How fast the HDD transfers reads/writes...etc __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

May 22, 2003, 06:05 AM	Thread Starter #6
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	I doubt it'll increase 3DMark at all. It will improve anything that has to do with your Hard Drive though. 3DMark doesn't use the HDD much, if any. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

May 22, 2003, 06:17 AM	Thread Starter #8
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	PCMark just measures how fast The HDD is. I'm not too sure how it works exactly. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

May 22, 2003, 06:29 AM	Thread Starter #10
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	It's hard to explain.. All I know is a higher HDD score means you're writing/reading your HDD faster. Which means that retrieving data from HDD is faster. Load times for games and such are faster. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

May 22, 2003, 05:27 AM	#2
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,110 Rep Power: 0	Defrag the HDD. Run a smaller partition for you OS install. Drivers make a difference, try newer drivers, If you are using VIA hardware, there are tweaks that you can try. If you are using round cables, be sure that they are high quality round cables. Good Luck! Just looked at your specs With your system specs 8xx is about the best that you can expect. The 8MB special Edition HDD will get you about 1xxx, and running two of them in RAID will net you about 15xx ....

May 22, 2003, 05:58 AM	#3
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	what's the HDD score all 'bout?? maybe more details please...

May 22, 2003, 06:02 AM	#5
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	so, does that increases the CPUs read performance?? or will i notice any difference in 3dmark 2001 se?? or any benchmarks apart from PC mark

May 22, 2003, 06:12 AM	#7
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	then, what does the score in PCmark represent??

May 22, 2003, 06:22 AM	#9
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	LOL~ you dont know, well that's kinda weird cause you wont know what you are aiming for...

May 22, 2003, 06:34 AM	#11
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	so, can it be overclocked???

May 22, 2003, 06:40 AM	Thread Starter #12
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Not overclocked..but improved. If you have a RAID setup, or a HDD with HIGH RPMs you can achieve higher scores. But there are some tweaks and stuff you can do to improve scores, I just don't know them. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

May 22, 2003, 06:44 AM	#13
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	tweaks.... anyone??

May 22, 2003, 07:01 AM	#14
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,110 Rep Power: 0	PCMark03 - CPU score: Tests the CPUs ability to process different types of information Each test has a different score value. After the tests are completed ... the scores are added by the amount of weight they hold for the final total. RAM score: Tests the RAM, and the North Bridges ability to read, and write to the RAM, both sequencially, and random access. After the tests are completed ... the scores are added by the amount of weight they hold for the final total. HDD score: Tests the HDD, and the South Bridges ability to read, and write to the HDD, both sequencially, and random access. After the tests are completed ... the scores are added by the amount of weight they hold for the final total.

May 22, 2003, 07:09 AM	#15
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	thankz thankz wolf, you just cleared up my mind..... Last edited by Kgentatszu]; May 22, 2003 at 07:14 AM.

May 22, 2003, 08:45 AM	#17
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I just noticed you have 2 computers . . . is this score for the "NeoZero Ex", or "No Style" ? I used to have a Quantum Fireball, too a 20GB KX (7200rpm), and it got 584 PCmarks on my old setup: Pentium III 600 / Intel 440BX / 256MB PC100 __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

May 22, 2003, 09:44 AM	#19
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	ah I forgot . . . that hard drive was on a Promise Ultra66 controller card . . . the drive was ATA-66, but 440BX only supported ATA-33 But, now . . . got the 80GB IBM IC35 gettin 1195 PCmarks __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

May 22, 2003, 07:16 AM	#16
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,110 Rep Power: 0	glad that I could help

May 22, 2003, 01:22 PM	Thread Starter #21
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	It's the new and improved No Style rig I should REALLY update that sig __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

May 22, 2003, 04:47 PM	#22
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	and who's Neozero EX??

May 23, 2003, 10:38 AM	#25
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	oh, well, that's better than no having one....Congrates man, for getting one so that you can finally change your signature and hope you like it.........(well if you dont you can always trash it in my bin, ~LOL)