Plextor UltraPleX PX-40TS SCSI CD-ROM
2. Data Tests
Plextor PX-40TS SCSI CD ROM - Page 2
Data Tests
Test Method:
I used CD Speed 99 v0.41b, SCSI Mechanic v2.1h (evaluation version) and
SiSoft Sandra 99 v3.5.0 to run Data tests. I run all tests with Sync Data Trasnfer
On & Off . All tests done with the same CD.
CD Speed results: (Speed : Bigger is better, Seek Times : less is better, CPU Usage : less is better)
|
Speed (x) |
Seek Time (ms) |
CPU Usage (%) |
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|
Start |
Average |
End |
Random |
1/3 |
Full |
1x |
2x |
4x |
8x |
|
|
Sync Off |
18.19 |
18.22 |
18.21 |
87 |
90 |
135 |
5 |
10 |
20 |
41 |
|
Sync On |
18.67 |
31.75 |
41.93 |
83 |
92 |
128 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
|
|
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SiSoft Sandra 99 results:
|
Drive Index |
Track Speed (ppm) |
Buffered Read (mb/s) |
Sequential Read (mb/s) |
Random Read (kb/s) |
Average Access Time (ms) |
|
|
Sync Off |
2011 |
10091 |
93 |
2.856 |
744 |
108 |
|
Sync On |
3619 |
19437 |
110 |
5 |
797 |
113 |
|
|
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SCSI Mechanic results: (I/O throughput : Bigger is better)
|
Random I/O |
Sequential I/O |
Same Sector I/O |
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|
Min |
Average |
Max |
Min |
Average |
Max |
Min |
Average |
Max |
|
|
Sync Off |
509 |
711 |
891 |
1639 |
2777 |
2883 |
1032 |
1324 |
1646 |
|
Sync On |
220 |
701 |
888 |
1987 |
4709 |
6572 |
979 |
1188 |
1360 |
Verdict of Data Tests:
Plextor 40x really gives what it promises. Average transfer rate is 4.7Mb/S
and max is 6.5MB/s . As for seeks time it is really fast with 83ms (random).
Also since it is a scsi device it has low CPU usage. You have to ebable Sync
Data Tranfer for making the drive work in max speed..How good is the performance
? (comparing to other CD Roms..) Into past i had made an roundup
between 3 drives (Teac 32x, Plextor 40x, Phillips 48x). If you go there you
will check that Plextor performed good..
