HD benchmarking help

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Ogre67

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I see everyone using HD Tune to benchmark their HDs and different volumes on those HDs, but for me it only sees the two physical drives. Is this a limitation of the free trial version?

I really want to benchmark my OS partition and my games software raid 0 volume but cant do it in HD Tune... Any other programs because I really dont care that much about it to pay money.

Thanks
 
If you are plugged into a RAID controller, HD Tune will see each separate array as a volume. It cannot test an individual partition on a normal hard drive or a Raid array.

To short stroke a RAID array, you need an Intel Matrix controlled mobo. You would have to build a separate array for your boot volume. Then HD Tune would see it as a separate drive and be able to test it.

Try HD Tach, or Atto. I don't use them, but they may be able to test a partition.

Don
 
Atto worked perfectly for my needs Don, My software raid is definately faster, but is held back alot by my slower HD

Thanks again.
 
Just be careful. Benchmarking can be fun and ADDICTING! ;)

Glad I could help.

Don
 
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