Seagate XT 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive Testing

Test System

Before we look at the numbers, here is a brief glance at the test
system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. All benchmarks were completed on the
desktop with no other software programs running. The Intel Core i7 test
system was run in dual-channel memory mode at 1333MHz with 8-8-8-24
memory timings. The ASUS P7P55D-E Premium motherboard was run with BIOS 0106.

A Corsair P64 SSD was the ‘boot drive’ for the test system and the Seagate XT 2TB drive was used as a secondary drive that could be moved between the two SATA headers that would be tested. Each header was connected to a different controller, so:

• P55 Chipset (The blue header for SATA-II, 3.0 GB/s performance)
• Marvell 9123 Driver 1027 (The white header for SATA 6G, 6.0 GB/s performance)

Intel LGA 1366 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Core i7 870	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS P7P55D-E Premium	Click Here
Memory	4GB Kingston HyperX	Click Here
Video Card	ATI Radeon HD 5870	Click Here
Hard Drive	Corsair P64 SSD (boot)	Click Here
Cooling	Thermalright MUX	Click Here
Power Supply	CoolerMaster UPC 1100W	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit	Click Here

Let’s take a look at the benchmarks and see what the SATA 6GB/s has to offer!