maxtor SATA 400GB slow access?

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Just bought a maxtor 6H400F0 400GB SATA drive from Frys for $110.

The spec says 8.5ms access but HD tach says access time is 19.1 ms.
Admittedly, the drive is filled up 50% already before I remember to run the
benchmark. Could this affect the test result?

An older IDE drive is tested to have 15 ms.
 
peter said:
Just bought a maxtor 6H400F0 400GB SATA drive from Frys for $110.
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The spec says 8.5ms access
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It does? Probably not. That's SCSI territory. 8.5ms is avg. seektime.
Combined with 4.17ms latency, that gives 12.7 avg. access time.
but HD tach says access time is 19.1 ms.
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Yes, that does appear slow. Check power connections.
Admittedly, the drive is filled up 50% already before I remember to
run the benchmark. Could this affect the test result?
Nope.


An older IDE drive is tested to have 15 ms.
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Same rpm? (rethorical)
 
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