HDD seek times

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:24 pm

SHould i be concerned if my drive specs for my HDD are less then 8.9 and im getting around 15?

DKin6slay3r · Post by **DKin6slay3r** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:26 pm

8.9 is what the manufacturer states that a particular HD can peak at. I personally dont think 15 is terrible but I guess that depends on your hardware. If it were me I would try running a few more test just to see if that number fluctuates.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:40 pm

What hard drive, make and model?

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:33 am

not at that comp now, but it is an ATA 133 maxtor 80gb HDD 8mb 7200 rpm

purecomedy · Post by **purecomedy** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:50 am

What are you benchmarking the hard drive with?

jumpingrat · Post by **jumpingrat** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 3:40 am

I benched a WD 80GB/8MB cache 7200RPM drive with Sandra and my ave. seek time is around 12ms. And I don't have much info on the drive or much mess so I would think that 15ms is ok.

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:21 am

using hdtach