IDE disks benchmarks

Model	Size	Date	Norton Sysinfo v7.0		CheckIt v2.01		Snooper v3.44
			Access	Transfer	Seek	Transfer	Disk
			ms	Kb/sec	ms	K/sec	K/sec
Conner CP-346	43 Mb	89-51	24,8	630	27,5	459	469
Conner CP-3184	85 Mb	9033	22,4	397	25	349	344
Maxtor 7080AI	80 Mb	9110	15,4	787	17,8	385	569
Conner CP30126	120 Mb	9151	n/c	n/c	17,8	415	522
Seagate ST 351A/X	40 Mb	9210	24,4	581	23,8	442	494
Western Digital Caviar AC2120	120 Mb	31 MAR 92	n/c	n/c	13,6	725	726
Conner CP-30084E	85 Mb	9216	15,6	766	18	323	592
Maxtor 7040AI	40 Mb	9220	15,7	651	18	385	543
Seagate ST 3120A	103 Mb	9232	13	960	14,5	514	665
IBM WDA-L160	170 Mb	(end 92)	15,9	805	19,8	528	583
Western Digital Caviar AC2340	340 Mb	21 JUN 93	n/c	n/c	12,1	1104	977
Conner CP30124	120 Mb	9323	10,7	691	12,2	674	658
Maxtor 7120AT	120 Mb	05-11-93	n/c	n/c	16,9	343	586
Maxtor 7131AT	130 Mb	11-22-93	n/c	n/c	15,1	663	677
IBM H3171-A2	170 Mb	9348	12,1	936	13,9	599	696
Conner CP30174E	170 Mb	9402	14,8	839	16,9	403	629
Western Digital WDAC-1210	210 Mb	24 JAN 94	11,2	1217	11,6	559	875
Western Digital WDAC-2250	255 Mb	19 MAR 94	11,8	1474	12,1	1186	1121
Western Digital Caviar AC1170	170 Mb	19 AUG 94	10,8	1504	11,5	1183	919
Western Digital Caviar AC1270	270 Mb	26 JAN 95	9,7	1053	10,3	1130	1170
Western Digital Caviar 2540	540 Mb	27 FEB 95	10,1	1978	10,6	1733	1328
Conner CFS210A	210 Mb	9450	11,9	714	13,6	500	817
Conner CP30254	250 Mb	unk.	12,6	768	14,2	754	893
Seagate ST 3391A	340 Mb	9511	12,2	1285	13,9	899	683
Quantum Maverick ProDrive 270AT	270 Mb	APR-95	12,2	1517	13	937	982
IBM DALA-3540	540 Mb	AUG-95	10,1	1534	10,4	1121	1147
Seagate ST3660A	540 Mb	9541	11,2	1405	13,3	948	783
Quantum Fireball 640AT	635 Mb	9544	9,7	2598	10,3	1849	1732
Quantum Trailblazer 840AT	800 Mb	(late 95)	12,2	2230	13,3	1849	1407
Conner CFS1081A	1032 Mb	9602	13,3	2167	12,1	1395	1094
Quantum 1280AT	1280 Mb	FEB/96	n/c	n/c	10,7	2311	2020
JTS Palladium P1000	955 Mb	22 FEB. 96	16,4	1783	16	1541	948
JTS Palladium P1200	1146 Mb	NOV 11 96	14,5	1692	13,3	1395	1137
Fujitsu M1636TAU	1260 Mb	1996-11	n/c	n/c	10,3	2465	1821
Western Digital Caviar 21600	1600 Mb	9 APR 97	8,4	1704	9,2	1720	1866
Seagate ST 31276A	1275 Mb	9723	11,7	2644	11,8	1643	1479
Western Digital Caviar 22500	2560 Mb	4-NOV-97	9,7	3403	10,4	2311	1893
Maxtor 82560/D3	6500 Mb	9801	n/c	n/c	10,7	1662	553
Seagate ST 31720A	1705 Mb	9846	10,6	2224	11,2	1450	1556
Western Digital Caviar 310200	10262 Mb	10-MAY-99	n/c	n/c	0,6	5169	4394
Seagate ST 315323A	14652 Mb	0048	n/c	n/c	0,7	2861	4071

- Date: if no dating is reported on labels or stickers, latest datecode appearing on chips is given.
- n/c: not completed, not computed (Norton Sysinfo 7.0 only supports FAT16 partitions).
- Values have been rounded to unit (transfer) or to decimal (seek).

For testing purposes all drives have been connected to the end of the ribbon cable as "Single" (or "Master") in a single drive combination. Testing system was an IBM PC 330 Pentium-133 (model 6577-7BJ, w. integrated EIDE controller). This may involve a limitation for modern disk drives.