Which is King? Access Time or Average Read?

AP0ll0UK

AP0ll0UK

AP0ll0UK

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....The reason for asking is because I've run HDTach on two of my systems today and it has come back with the following results:-

System: Opteron 146 @ 2.8Ghz
Drive Type: 36GB Raptor
Random Access Time: 8.7m/s
Average Read: 49.7mb/s

System: Conroe E6600 @ 2.4Ghz
Drive Type: Two 250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 in Raid-0
Random Access Time: 11.2m/s
Average Read: 151.5mb/s

I am also unsure as to whether the 36GB Raptor has the 8mb or 16mb buffer, it was purchased at the back end of last year.

I'm rebuilding both systems today and was curious as to which will be the fastest for loading Windows, Applications and Counter Strike Source. Whichever solution is the fastest will be going in my Conroe rig.

I will be buying a 74 or 150 GB Raptor at some point but not until after Christmas.

Any advice?
 
Well, the Raptor system will load windows quicker (lots of smaller files which need quick, easy access.

The RAID0 system will load games quicker - sustained read on the large game cache files e.g. HL2 has usually a .gcf file of 1GB to be loaded.

:p.

Generally, access times are for quick loading of programs/windows etc but average read is more beneficial when dealing with large contiguous files.

Heh :p.
 
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