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HD
Tach 2.61 In
Testa Cd Labs' own words "HD Tach is a physical performance hard drive test
for Windows. The HD Tach sequential read test is a little bit different from other
benchmarks. Most benchmarks create a file on the hard drive and test within that
file. The problem is that modern hard drives use a zone bit recording technique
that allows different read speeds depending on where the data is located. Data
on the outside of the drive is much faster than data recorded on the inside. HD
Tach reads from areas all over the hard drive and reports an average speed. It
also logs the read speeds to a text file that you can load into a spreadsheet
and graph to visually read the results of the test." 
WD360GD (Raptor)
WD1000JB (Special Edition)
6L080J4 (Maxtor ATA-133)
The
Raptor turns in some pretty impressive results showing that there's nothing wrong
with its raw speed. Read speeds across the entire platter remain consistently
good while its impressive burst speed and random access times all suggest that
the Raptor is about to become the new standard in IDE hard disk technology. But
let's not jump to conclusions just yet, there's a couple more tests to go first. | 
