Quake4 - Opening Cinematic, First
Run Load
J-Micron
Deskstar
Intel
Deskstar
J-Micron
Caviar
Intel
Caviar
Quake4 - Opening Cinematic,
Consecutive Load
J-Micron
Deskstar
Intel
Deskstar
J-Micron
Caviar
Intel
Caviar
In Quake 4, we can see the Deskstar actually 'need' Volume Write Back Cache set to 'enabled' just to remain competitive with a single Deskstar or the Caviar, both as a single drive and in a RAID 0 array. Apparently, the same also applies to reloads. With it enabled, the Deskstar is just slightly faster than the Caviar - single and RAID 0 array - whether you're using the J-Micron and Intel ICH8R controller. As expected, higher CPU utilization caused slightly longer load times with the Caviar RAID 0 array when Volume Write Back Cache is enabled.
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