August 2001: IDE Hard Discs (Ultra ATA/100)

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Discs with 7200 rpm spindle speed

Discs with 5400 rpm spindle speed and lower

Workstation pattern - 7200 rpm


Linear
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	88.040148	0.687814	11.35692	137.356719
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	73.295286	0.572619	13.641913	52.303565
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	90.937809	0.710452	10.994989	143.904693
IBM 60GXP	85.655883	0.669187	11.673026	146.827571
IBM 60GXP quiet	54.031049	0.422118	18.506231	146.25842
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	87.368618	0.682567	11.443663	137.858083
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	87.482004	0.683453	11.429002	140.341682
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	71.152884	0.555882	14.052418	138.179086
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	90.467394	0.706777	11.05213	147.885789
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	84.765674	0.662232	11.795744	172.467675
Samsung SP4004H	83.897244	0.655447	11.917566	169.746868


Very Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	93.031482	0.726808	42.992306	151.890691
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	77.338928	0.60421	51.715299	51.140325
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	94.715883	0.739968	42.229335	160.287954
IBM 60GXP	92.316051	0.721219	43.327337	169.568881
IBM 60GXP quiet	59.383977	0.463937	67.355697	132.825314
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	91.371696	0.713841	43.773837	159.815123
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	91.097598	0.7117	43.906712	152.23789
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	75.870583	0.592739	52.718159	164.393853
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	91.794052	0.717141	43.574168	159.190383
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	88.079373	0.68812	45.409127	163.648757
Samsung SP4004H	90.510277	0.707112	44.19247	167.303403


Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	113.694247	0.888236	140.70099	154.264152
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	91.769552	0.71695	174.329067	59.368332
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	110.056236	0.859814	145.371558	162.656965
IBM 60GXP	119.913134	0.936821	133.423226	153.532518
IBM 60GXP quiet	87.430609	0.683052	182.961848	165.504982
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	110.835029	0.865899	144.33936	160.180167
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	111.424941	0.870507	143.577235	150.182579
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	97.153294	0.75901	164.667385	149.41709
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	117.87727	0.920916	135.725784	218.327044
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	105.242658	0.822208	152.01235	179.920095
Samsung SP4004H	118.473368	0.925573	135.032938	176.513287


Moderate
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	116.058518	0.906707	551.243138	136.058836
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	105.907884	0.827405	604.073305	61.030835
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	120.802363	0.943768	529.718833	149.048639
IBM 60GXP	143.239693	1.11906	446.767923	159.757336
IBM 60GXP quiet	121.331	0.947898	527.4205	127.7346
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	121.624936	0.950195	526.078797	156.194571
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	123.496079	0.964813	518.043081	150.231975
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	115.122731	0.899396	555.713064	159.114524
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	135.170926	1.056023	473.248393	158.628045
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	122.661836	0.958296	521.486888	164.236301
Samsung SP4004H	139.183761	1.087373	453.62598	177.761212


Heavy
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	133.408503	1.042254	1914.97297	131.440708
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	121.076686	0.945912	2111.52878	62.929811
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	131.991459	1.031183	1936.023347	128.80347
IBM 60GXP	160.252556	1.251973	1596.089916	145.149926
IBM 60GXP quiet	152.650687	1.192583	1674.452693	146.088521
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	132.019248	1.0314	1936.42045	155.231078
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	132.287512	1.033496	1932.607038	146.899262
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	129.176883	1.009194	1979.309192	150.134489
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	144.017875	1.12514	1773.290741	133.695163
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	139.559431	1.090308	1830.788767	164.771793
Samsung SP4004H	155.966036	1.218485	1639.522246	177.607422

Server pattern - 7200 rpm


Linear
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	73.175663	0.795797	13.664134	131.947679
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	61.568416	0.663746	16.24049	116.353949
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	76.705998	0.829618	13.035203	126.787131
IBM 60GXP	72.586896	0.786506	13.775021	132.878513
IBM 60GXP quiet	44.681144	0.482457	22.378503	122.257814
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	74.784492	0.810256	13.370159	161.336845
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	75.577683	0.816348	13.209304	152.419409
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	60.67359	0.659299	16.479484	120.278224
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	74.724375	0.821804	13.380726	152.818777
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	73.705411	0.799384	13.565633	191.172835
Samsung SP4004H	70.182259	0.751241	14.24676	195.333103


Very Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	78.331913	0.853555	51.061695	128.351687
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	66.306029	0.714041	60.322615	128.884065
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	80.269694	0.879251	49.831449	132.977613
IBM 60GXP	80.385447	0.867729	49.756884	157.313399
IBM 60GXP quiet	51.138266	0.553918	78.21206	142.607385
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	79.463659	0.864416	50.334673	141.048184
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	79.098454	0.858983	50.56701	139.187755
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	64.978594	0.696753	61.555527	151.776677
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	79.552732	0.874463	50.276794	131.852577
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	77.724598	0.81925	51.458971	159.814344
Samsung SP4004H	77.779097	0.847293	51.425555	173.15982


Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	96.509566	1.038448	165.758415	134.157883
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	79.977974	0.866888	200.042171	136.210756
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	94.150922	1.018143	169.925129	128.873472
IBM 60GXP	107.690187	1.169132	148.560093	137.505094
IBM 60GXP quiet	78.548256	0.854111	203.677684	132.388502
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	96.932532	1.053493	165.043979	137.758619
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	97.448026	1.046778	164.162682	139.182343
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	84.704087	0.923837	188.870256	150.798863
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	98.203828	1.075367	162.910379	146.174814
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	94.458802	1.024763	169.367267	174.994423
Samsung SP4004H	104.076922	1.124869	153.715347	164.061101


Moderate
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	108.107724	1.167694	591.747143	125.508668
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	93.838515	1.001913	681.587793	61.692285
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	103.664756	1.122632	617.097439	132.908335
IBM 60GXP	129.26559	1.398264	495.005124	145.375445
IBM 60GXP quiet	110.283972	1.19989	580.070342	129.639014
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	105.966268	1.135522	603.22906	147.47364
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	106.987556	1.161047	597.050669	131.486037
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	100.384914	1.092452	637.181974	132.341934
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	111.293756	1.217598	574.711471	132.410864
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	109.926704	1.187028	581.975748	164.468378
Samsung SP4004H	121.603003	1.329521	526.119698	159.034088


Heavy
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	114.751603	1.257627	2228.628268	121.886124
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	108.10549	1.164584	2364.898703	84.586948
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	113.128185	1.220903	2259.215583	118.540161
IBM 60GXP	143.801721	1.552148	1778.666313	137.69053
IBM 60GXP quiet	137.417	1.476155	1857.089636	112.272693
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	114.480217	1.241936	2232.862531	131.513607
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	114.54552	1.250805	2232.086108	129.361557
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	111.081751	1.213	2302.960889	128.10733
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	122.361341	1.323006	2089.691352	129.867316
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	124.428264	1.348644	2054.371274	175.23542
Samsung SP4004H	137.590956	1.495593	1858.440187	159.10261

Database pattern - 7200 rpm


Linear
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	86.156706	0.673099	11.605211	133.057142
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	69.209821	0.540702	14.446637	140.97464
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	93.187377	0.728026	10.729508	149.655864
IBM 60GXP	82.276652	0.642786	12.152492	175.907833
IBM 60GXP quiet	52.65626	0.411377	18.989307	136.704175
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	79.615831	0.621999	12.558711	173.133474
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	79.075304	0.617776	12.644559	154.566755
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	65.247043	0.509743	15.324785	147.231367
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	82.40326	0.643775	12.133803	139.65571
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	78.462785	0.612991	12.742941	171.909466
Samsung SP4004H	70.061639	0.547357	14.271435	184.827507


Very Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	88.758666	0.693427	45.063739	146.113321
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	72.154749	0.563709	55.433457	69.549128
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	94.802285	0.740643	42.189523	163.255319
IBM 60GXP	88.718998	0.693117	45.083723	161.311914
IBM 60GXP quiet	58.027397	0.453339	68.931093	166.196893
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	81.807727	0.639123	48.89199	176.595073
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	81.744625	0.63863	48.930645	163.530732
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	68.085994	0.531922	58.744514	173.956139
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	81.507755	0.636779	49.068853	160.369346
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	81.381504	0.635793	49.147566	171.4361
Samsung SP4004H	77.351283	0.604307	51.709018	189.071444


Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	104.264585	0.814567	153.429076	138.624733
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	83.84043	0.655003	190.832144	72.663094
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	107.414907	0.839179	148.940408	157.673052
IBM 60GXP	113.326463	0.885363	141.176044	149.613504
IBM 60GXP quiet	84.176016	0.657625	190.044657	161.178013
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	97.51212	0.761813	164.060472	178.345521
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	98.233252	0.767447	162.846873	150.715564
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	85.904495	0.671129	186.228771	154.766219
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	99.024354	0.773628	161.495365	160.138364
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	96.790899	0.756179	165.282462	163.147674
Samsung SP4004H	104.297523	0.814824	153.388619	160.588452


Moderate
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	113.507465	0.886777	563.710273	146.813223
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	95.117632	0.743106	672.705861	129.894077
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	115.44744	0.901933	554.177119	144.095273
IBM 60GXP	135.178634	1.056083	473.201036	161.50889
IBM 60GXP quiet	115.401524	0.901574	554.35082	161.865629
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	107.590062	0.840547	594.649004	174.93431
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	107.934427	0.843238	592.653028	153.051129
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	101.226436	0.790832	631.963373	154.515827
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	119.410744	0.932896	535.745866	170.9273
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	110.729167	0.865072	577.710417	172.568413
Samsung SP4004H	122.811574	0.959465	524.467356	173.884599


Heavy
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum Fireball Plus AS	120.606206	0.942236	2120.67042	135.048425
Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST310215	106.01779	0.828264	2411.157798	58.051019
Fujitsu MPG3102AH	124.866536	0.97552	2047.753111	132.665985
IBM 60GXP	151.52913	1.183821	1685.943594	136.289829
IBM 60GXP quiet	144.76341	1.130964	1766.660893	141.834963
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 off	115.841764	0.905014	2206.905891	144.12826
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 fast	114.880465	0.897504	2225.43885	141.465976
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 quiet	112.184605	0.876442	2278.279579	136.746718
Western Digital Caviar WD400BB	118.82273	0.928303	2151.070989	150.34963
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380012A	124.584626	0.973317	2052.005094	154.073106
Samsung SP4004H	138.592073	1.082751	1844.796881	168.412955

Workstation pattern - 5400 rpm


Linear
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	60.529603	0.472888	16.519269	142.790495
Samsung SV20400	77.993749	0.609326	12.820047	118.02088
Seagate U5 ST340823A	59.199271	0.462494	16.890508	132.652279
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	76.019858	0.593905	13.152892	140.702726
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	65.32828	0.510377	15.305244	134.742774
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	65.062421	0.5083	15.367922	149.631005
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	51.492577	0.402286	19.418582	155.398152
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	59.181243	0.462353	16.894997	157.491981
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	60.664619	0.473942	16.482269	157.014368
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	60.131655	0.469779	16.627849	162.183658
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	78.468566	0.613036	12.742459	151.895203
Seagate U6 ST380020A	56.11276	0.438381	17.818983	194.541106
Samsung SV3002H	77.91619	0.60872	12.832149	185.164713
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	58.235564	0.454965	17.170069	147.766678


Very Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	65.253594	0.509794	61.297725	159.107438
Samsung SV20400	84.765427	0.66223	47.185015	151.773199
Seagate U5 ST340823A	61.581848	0.481108	64.951014	162.89854
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	78.329375	0.611948	51.063092	153.213685
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	66.533376	0.519792	60.116423	172.921998
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	66.126968	0.516617	60.48585	147.124691
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	46.443255	0.508762	85.938601	151.664246
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	63.739514	0.497965	62.751428	155.125689
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	63.908792	0.499287	62.582139	157.868784
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	63.568485	0.496629	62.917049	155.980837
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	82.200238	0.642189	48.660065	166.094488
Seagate U6 ST380020A	58.232803	0.454944	68.678894	173.746868
Samsung SV3002H	83.763237	0.6544	47.751644	178.529724
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	61.060776	0.477037	65.507014	181.914476


Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	83.665793	0.653639	191.211471	150.534058
Samsung SV20400	84.723573	0.661903	147.210676	151.027213
Seagate U5 ST340823A	75.7768	0.592006	211.141442	153.744792
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	88.134813	0.688553	181.536618	140.288531
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	75.709571	0.591481	211.290541	145.614435
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	76.219021	0.595461	209.874041	166.349193
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	64.670807	0.505241	247.357344	164.495994
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	80.865329	0.63176	197.839643	147.648524
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	80.820485	0.63141	197.926094	149.20905
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	81.11405	0.633704	197.233376	161.915347
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	100.051614	0.781653	159.865238	159.627418
Seagate U6 ST380020A	70.006443	0.546925	228.599775	171.333164
Samsung SV3002H	108.376567	0.846692	147.612692	176.361898
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	77.934687	0.608865	205.257991	183.74443


Moderate
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	96.188164	0.75147	665.07875	152.226795
Samsung SV20400	125.466356	0.980206	509.950568	147.55768
Seagate U5 ST340823A	96.007042	0.750055	666.312873	157.397874
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	97.099096	0.758587	658.944269	148.3505
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	82.893426	0.647605	771.670182	148.441333
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	83.357435	0.65123	767.370469	157.77465
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	73.222954	0.572054	873.496587	163.390329
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	93.874186	0.733392	681.41881	161.090324
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	93.773872	0.732608	682.192447	146.854294
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	94.004153	0.734407	680.487544	148.777198
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	110.436222	0.862783	579.401655	164.390106
Seagate U6 ST380020A	85.459805	0.667655	748.522452	143.505215
Samsung SV3002H	125.174245	0.977924	511.092569	166.248264
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	90.681707	0.708451	705.459629	168.141263


Heavy
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	102.176711	0.798256	2499.019742	144.913558
Samsung SV20400	134.125425	1.047855	1907.340114	148.14116
Seagate U5 ST340823A	106.755605	0.834028	2393.62426	134.995203
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	109.459202	0.85515	2334.263219	127.70852
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	89.868522	0.702098	2842.983215	141.139094
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	90.893148	0.710103	2810.779007	135.29413
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	82.961349	0.648136	3078.692453	143.856825
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	104.739127	0.818274	2440.233315	145.891076
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	104.652542	0.817598	2442.293901	139.801641
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	104.66063	0.817661	2442.621219	122.676312
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	117.846516	0.920676	2168.449265	147.56006
Seagate U6 ST380020A	93.535747	0.730748	2730.019914	149.513557
Samsung SV3002H	136.078473	1.063113	1878.382586	159.195491
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	104.143722	0.813623	2454.3974	157.079911

Server pattern - 5400 rpm


Linear
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	50.486951	0.551124	19.804761	116.157346
Samsung SV20400	65.210012	0.710552	15.333519	113.026701
Seagate U5 ST340823A	49.708163	0.543245	20.11561	127.684685
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	63.928863	0.692555	15.640797	128.018057
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	56.5729	0.610163	17.67435	134.918732
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	56.253098	0.602326	17.775022	133.270822
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	43.265867	0.467876	23.111028	153.964876
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	50.116881	0.537861	19.948666	160.010761
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	50.190112	0.539582	19.922471	148.382749
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	49.864403	0.532298	20.052634	169.332537
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	66.608306	0.73234	15.011476	141.640331
Seagate U6 ST380020A	48.760343	0.533098	20.506783	289.701293
Samsung SV3002H	65.627422	0.720505	15.235513	179.318312
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	47.036042	0.509865	21.258622	259.814928


Very Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	56.26534	0.613264	71.08515	133.719475
Samsung SV20400	73.175518	0.789174	54.659388	136.381767
Seagate U5 ST340823A	52.559487	0.562017	76.103791	129.212477
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	66.187547	0.711071	60.430442	140.482996
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	58.352534	0.631346	68.543997	135.771043
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	58.39423	0.640844	68.495976	153.136523
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	46.443255	0.508762	85.938601	151.664246
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	54.909013	0.594865	72.837516	150.093101
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	54.795865	0.586494	72.989604	140.571818
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	54.669672	0.598933	73.16138	159.661886
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	71.001017	0.761598	56.332845	146.432605
Seagate U6 ST380020A	51.160446	0.564099	78.17321	177.354125
Samsung SV3002H	72.589152	0.777115	55.097719	174.586243
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	52.931314	0.576144	75.561084	176.071083


Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	73.935854	0.801399	216.390629	131.341541
Samsung SV20400	97.085704	1.049135	164.785774	129.950333
Seagate U5 ST340823A	66.912673	0.725132	239.111607	139.122532
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	75.336464	0.822646	212.329399	122.201862
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	66.273124	0.725069	241.381137	160.40719
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	66.769048	0.728077	239.390691	135.848129
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	56.687635	0.621727	282.207547	141.20018
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	70.414099	0.764906	227.196449	147.956438
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	70.452966	0.76169	227.077614	126.185154
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	70.409333	0.764029	227.222634	147.427627
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	88.126587	0.952437	181.540416	147.25689
Seagate U6 ST380020A	62.965503	0.683334	254.012108	166.320624
Samsung SV3002H	96.163795	1.037683	166.362581	166.956397
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	68.090886	0.737202	234.952267	180.44273


Moderate
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	84.732298	0.9162	754.83001	141.492072
Samsung SV20400	110.959264	1.208417	576.654982	132.727269
Seagate U5 ST340823A	66.912673	0.725132	239.111607	139.122532
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	84.068844	0.917787	761.153344	136.862182
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	73.19128	0.804918	870.342968	126.553167
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	74.164102	0.798953	862.393015	146.387017
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	64.912896	0.700315	985.490818	167.281034
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	81.555654	0.876899	784.469614	133.099922
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	82.023187	0.886324	779.725547	146.441403
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	81.831323	0.893293	781.616335	150.808625
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	97.296638	1.055539	657.490053	147.021209
Seagate U6 ST380020A	73.956624	0.809335	864.377758	183.983677
Samsung SV3002H	110.895067	1.199226	576.932255	159.678878
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	79.909575	0.859845	800.4044	173.39665


Heavy
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	89.222145	0.959385	2866.814095	116.420197
Samsung SV20400	117.974001	1.275514	2168.209083	123.765672
Seagate U5 ST340823A	98.353991	1.061184	2601.51616	118.472194
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	93.955364	1.02339	2723.601845	122.904956
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	79.005462	0.851857	3234.486811	122.150145
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	79.444242	0.859621	3215.467284	120.648032
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	73.009253	0.788114	3498.166807	125.525903
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	90.218826	0.983111	2825.293056	136.124034
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	90.692581	0.979695	2818.058108	123.917093
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	90.494533	0.979947	2824.019464	125.178971
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	103.594287	1.125261	2469.411987	128.896373
Seagate U6 ST380020A	81.395337	0.879778	3131.881954	174.852769
Samsung SV3002H	121.923256	1.312598	2096.882491	160.82665
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	90.539823	0.977113	2820.351244	154.951379

Database pattern - 5400 rpm


Linear
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	59.242805	0.462834	16.877788	146.991861
Samsung SV20400	73.893899	0.577296	13.531427	146.111023
Seagate U5 ST340823A	56.788971	0.443664	17.607065	130.400757
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	75.463855	0.589561	13.249864	61.525155
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	55.009935	0.429765	18.176846	148.096504
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	55.063788	0.430186	18.159181	153.830568
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	44.097203	0.344509	22.674968	156.811656
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	54.094424	0.422613	18.484453	136.671208
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	55.296578	0.432005	18.082617	161.973691
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	55.128382	0.43069	18.137036	161.009593
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	69.726749	0.54474	14.340158	139.022696
Seagate U6 ST380020A	51.079672	0.39906	19.574579	179.178568
Samsung SV3002H	65.481494	0.511574	15.269679	171.245592
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	52.261807	0.408295	19.132694	185.189728


Very Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	62.698061	0.489829	63.798188	149.435264
Samsung SV20400	80.986986	0.632711	49.389945	148.089452
Seagate U5 ST340823A	58.29718	0.455447	68.607828	150.31621
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	76.178908	0.595148	52.506049	47.716961
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	55.739279	0.435463	71.754921	165.717933
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	56.072101	0.438063	71.329811	156.594539
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	45.548663	0.355849	87.813622	176.610047
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	57.906294	0.452393	69.067584	139.35823
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	57.598299	0.449987	69.442684	157.913081
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	57.711332	0.45087	69.30583	161.477866
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	72.683804	0.567842	55.030662	144.431178
Seagate U6 ST380020A	52.983888	0.413937	75.48125	166.370068
Samsung SV3002H	72.509995	0.566484	55.158709	167.643
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	55.636527	0.43466	71.891637


Light
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	79.072402	0.617753	202.331906	166.15962
Samsung SV20400	104.957783	0.819983	152.433342	155.306503
Seagate U5 ST340823A	69.220377	0.540784	231.094122	149.255254
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	82.873486	0.647449	193.030031	49.490915
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	62.38282	0.487366	256.427459	151.621272
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	62.670524	0.489613	255.280044	151.115027
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	53.823939	0.4205	297.169826	158.442085
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	72.308222	0.564908	221.226358	156.318218
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	72.76938	0.568511	219.819777	166.069161
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	72.414825	0.565741	220.911211	154.307774
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	85.684166	0.669408	186.707237	158.672084
Seagate U6 ST380020A	61.486375	0.480362	260.107273	168.36877
Samsung SV3002H	96.415873	0.753249	165.917223	170.79246
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	67.759471	0.529371	236.110821	173.381033


Moderate
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	91.539667	0.715154	698.949916	142.88724
Samsung SV20400	120.121816	0.938452	532.677045	155.533824
Seagate U5 ST340823A	83.576042	0.652938	765.206949	143.700933
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	91.829503	0.717418	696.6179	124.017754
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	67.577226	0.527947	946.367915	146.959151
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	68.00768	0.53131	940.452667	163.28207
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	60.482361	0.472518	1057.370562	155.870125
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	83.56214	0.652829	765.458072	149.404626
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	82.382694	0.643615	776.385201	150.224367
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	83.149978	0.649609	769.230713	151.814088
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	93.612301	0.731346	683.242065	164.708094
Seagate U6 ST380020A	69.069965	0.539609	926.088565	184.62065
Samsung SV3002H	111.435677	0.870591	574.081036	168.105537
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	79.778486	0.623269	801.770584	164.174734


Heavy
	IOps	MBps	Average Response Time (ms)	CPU Effectiveness
Quantum lct20	97.404171	0.76097	2623.28108	130.805646
Samsung SV20400	128.200092	1.001563	1995.326524	92.239864
Seagate U5 ST340823A	94.311757	0.736811	2706.753036	131.177475
Fujitsu MPG3104AT	106.313655	0.830575	2401.363261	140.124135
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 off	72.101481	0.563293	3542.247004	132.713316
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 fast	72.557958	0.566859	3520.315898	151.187299
Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 quiet	67.002988	0.523461	3811.005078	141.126768
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 off	91.747281	0.716776	2784.872367	145.364717
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 fast	91.813444	0.717293	2782.38599	133.353871
Maxtor DiamondMax VL15 quiet	91.946272	0.71833	2779.404889	148.437947
Western Digital Caviar WD300AB	101.762291	0.795018	2511.581759	147.088657
Seagate U6 ST380020A	78.965167	0.616915	3224.784501	163.824284
Samsung SV3002H	122.682844	0.95846	2083.650648	167.378487
Maxtor 2BO20H1 off	90.063389	0.70362	2837.267394	155.446866

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