Quake4 - Opening Cinematic, First
Run Load
Deskstar
80 GB single
Barracuda
80 GB single
Caviar
80 GB single
Deskstar
80 GB stripe
Barracuda
80 GB stripe
Caviar
80 GB stripe
Quake4 - Opening Cinematic,
Consecutive Load
Deskstar
80 GB single
Barracuda
80 GB single
Caviar
80 GB single
Deskstar
80 GB stripe
Barracuda
80 GB stripe
Caviar
80 GB stripe
In Quake 4, we're seeing the Deskstar put up slightly stronger performance than the Caviar SE, both as a single drive and in a RAID 0 configuration. The differences is about 2.4 seconds with a single drive and 2.8 seconds with a RAID 0 stripe. Quake 4 doesn't push the hard drive enough on reloads, so we don't see any differences between the drives, single or RAID. The Barracuda again brings up the rear.
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