Samsung Spinpoint HD203WI 2TB HDD review - Hardware and Software Used

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/31/2010 02:00 PM [

Hardware and Software Used

Now we begin the benchmark portion of this article, but first let me show you our test system plus the software we used.

Storage

Samsung Spinpoint HD203WI 2TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"

Mainboard

eVGA X58 Classified

Processor

Core i7 965 @ 3750 MHz (3.6 + Turbo mode)

Graphics Card

GeForce GTX 260 SP216 (65nm)

Memory

6144 MB (3x 2048 MB) DDR3 1600 MHZ C7

Power Supply Unit

1200 Watt

Monitor

Dell 3007WFP - up to 2560x1600

OS related Software

Windows 7 64-bit

Software benchmark suite

PCMark Vantage HDD test, test 1 through 8
ATTO Disk benchmark v2.4
SiSoft Sandra Storage Benchmark
HDTach 3.0.4.0
HDTune Pro

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