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Benchmarks
The below results were tested using WinBench 98. The score was
obtained from the average of three tests.
| Test
Bed - Hardware |
| Motherboard |
ASUS 440BX P2B,
Bios 1005.16 (beta) |
| Processor |
Pentium II 333
MHz at 412 MHz |
| Memory |
128MB PC100 SDRAM
DIMM |
| Boot Drive |
IBM Deskstar 8
8.4 Gb (DHEA 38451) |
| Video Card |
Diamond Viper
V330 PCI 4MB, SGRAM, Bios 4.03.162 |
| Test Bed - Operating System Configuration |
| Operating
System |
Windows
98, 4.10.1998 |
| File
System |
FAT
32 |
| Patches
Applied |
Nil |
| Display
Driver (Spectra) |
Viper
330, v4.10.01.0127
1024x768, 16-bit color, 85 Hz, Small Fonts |
System
Properities
CD-ROM Settings |
Supplement
Cache Size: 1238KB
Optimized Access Pattern: Quad Speed or Higher |
| Ziff Davis WinBench 98 - Yamaha 4260t (SCSI)
CD-RW |
| CD-ROM
WinMark 98 |
546 |
|
| CD-ROM
Transfer Rate |
|
| Inside |
925 KB/sec |
| Outside |
947 KB/sec |
|
| CD-ROM/Access
Time |
228.0 ms |
|
| CD-ROM/CPU
Utilization |
1.46% |
| Transfer Rate |
925 KB/sec |
| Ziff Davis WinBench 98 - Yamaha 4261t (EIDE)
CD-RW |
| CD-ROM
WinMark 98 |
535 |
|
| CD-ROM
Transfer Rate |
|
| Inside |
896 KB/sec |
| Outside |
902 KB/sec |
|
| CD-ROM/Access
Time |
222 ms |
|
| CD-ROM/CPU
Utilization |
1.71% |
| Transfer Rate |
898 KB/sec |
The two drives specifications
are 6 Read/4 Write/2 Rewrite with an average access time of 250 ms. Loooking at the
benchmarks, the Yamaha met and exceeded the specifications.
I was surprised that the 4261t CPU utilization
was a mere 1.71%. For those without a SCSI adapter, getting the EIDE version is just as
good.
Writing Speed
The two drives are almost identical in writing at 4X with
the SCSI version slightly faster.
Special Thanks to Mr
Michael Tan of Convergent Systems
for the provision of the Yamaha CD-RW |
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