[coastie65]

Hey Rommel, You left a note in my profile requesting this so here it is.

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[LiveBrianD]

Here's mine:


Not too bad compared to yours, and remember I have mine set to legacy IDE mode instead of AHCI. What is your AAM setting? Mine's 254 (loud). I don't know about the free version of HD Tune, but with the pro version you can change this (WinAAM can also do this, free). I was also surfing the web while doing this, so that explains the higher CPU usage.

[Rommel]

THX coastie.

Your access time is faster than mine but the other speed factors are slower if I'm understanding the results correctly.

Whats up with the minus on your cpu usage coastie?

Here's my result I listed in your profile.
It is IDE mode Brian.

Just noticed that you guys are showing a HDD temp but I'm not?

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/Irwin_/th_HDtuneresults.png

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[LiveBrianD]

That's raid, right? (it says Marvell)

[Rommel]

LiveBrianD, on 14 November 2011 - 07:17 PM, said:

That's raid, right? (it says Marvell)

Yes, RAID 0.

[LiveBrianD]

Rommel, on 14 November 2011 - 07:19 PM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 14 November 2011 - 07:17 PM, said:

That's raid, right? (it says Marvell)

Yes, RAID 0.

That explains why you don't see any HD temp - the raid controller prevents the OS from seeing the actual temp sensors and SMART data on the drives.

[Rommel]

LiveBrianD, on 14 November 2011 - 07:52 PM, said:

Rommel, on 14 November 2011 - 07:19 PM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 14 November 2011 - 07:17 PM, said:

That's raid, right? (it says Marvell)

Yes, RAID 0.

That explains why you don't see any HD temp - the raid controller prevents the OS from seeing the actual temp sensors and SMART data on the drives.

OK, THX!

[coastie65]

LiveBrianD, on 14 November 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

Here's mine:
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Not too bad compared to yours, and remember I have mine set to legacy IDE mode instead of AHCI. What is your AAM setting? Mine's 254 (loud). I don't know about the free version of HD Tune, but with the pro version you can change this (WinAAM can also do this, free). I was also surfing the web while doing this, so that explains the higher CPU usage.

Hey Brian, Something didin't look right in the comparison with Rommels results. I went into BiOS this morning and the two SATA headers that were AHCI from the Z68 were disabled. I enabled them and ran the thing again. as you can see, not much change. Will move to the MARVELL header ( different controller ) and see what that looks like.

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[coastie65]

OK, this is what I get with the MARVELL AHCI. It is much quieter ( pretty near dead silent ).

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[coastie65]

Went back to the other SATA III header and enabled the jmicron controller to see how that went. Willl go in and disable MARVELL as I don't think it is as advertised and had heard that it was slower ( at least on the P55 Chipset ).

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[coastie65]

Rommel, on 14 November 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

THX coastie.
Whats up with the minus on your cpu usage coastie?

Hey Rommel, Don't have a clue.

[coastie65]

Guess I'll give it a rest for awhile. Just spinning my wheels at the moment and not really accomplishing much.

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[Rommel]

coastie65, on 15 November 2011 - 09:16 AM, said:

Rommel, on 14 November 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

THX coastie.
Whats up with the minus on your cpu usage coastie?

Hey Rommel, Don't have a clue.

You missed it coastie.
Brian answered that a few post up.
He said it is because of the RAID.

[coastie65]

Rommel, on 15 November 2011 - 11:05 AM, said:

coastie65, on 15 November 2011 - 09:16 AM, said:

Rommel, on 14 November 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

THX coastie.
Whats up with the minus on your cpu usage coastie?

Hey Rommel, Don't have a clue.

You missed it coastie.
Brian answered that a few post up.
He said it is because of the RAID.

Ok. I'm not in Raid, I'm in AHCI.

[LiveBrianD]

Rommel, on 15 November 2011 - 11:05 AM, said:

coastie65, on 15 November 2011 - 09:16 AM, said:

Rommel, on 14 November 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

THX coastie.
Whats up with the minus on your cpu usage coastie?

Hey Rommel, Don't have a clue.

You missed it coastie.
Brian answered that a few post up.
He said it is because of the RAID.

I said that's the temp sensor. I have no idea why the CPU usage is negative. Probably some little error with it.

[coastie65]

LiveBrianD, on 15 November 2011 - 05:23 PM, said:

Rommel, on 15 November 2011 - 11:05 AM, said:

coastie65, on 15 November 2011 - 09:16 AM, said:

Rommel, on 14 November 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

THX coastie.
Whats up with the minus on your cpu usage coastie?

Hey Rommel, Don't have a clue.

You missed it coastie.
Brian answered that a few post up.
He said it is because of the RAID.

I said that's the temp sensor. I have no idea why the CPU usage is negative. Probably some little error with it.

Good CPU. It doesn't wark hard.

[SnyperTodd]

The only thing I can see is Coastie is using an old version of HDTune, that could be why he's seeing negative CPU usage.

[LiveBrianD]

The newest HD Tune PRO is 5.00, the newest free HD Tune is 2.55.

[SnyperTodd]

LiveBrianD, on 15 November 2011 - 06:46 PM, said:

The newest HD Tune PRO is 5.00, the newest free HD Tune is 2.55.

Oh, I didn't even realize there was a free version. I bought HDTune quite a while ago.

[LiveBrianD]

The free version is quite limited though in the features. Clearly, it's a way to try to get you to pay for the full version.