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Hi Asus P5W owners,

 

i need your help here please

 

i have setted on bios the sata drives to work as ACHI, my system is connected to the INTEL ICh7 ports, but the hard disk crawl,

they are SATA II...

 

this is what system profiler says

Generic AHCI (null):

 

Vendor: Generic AHCI

Speed: 3.0 Gigabit

Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported

 

ST3250620AS:

 

Capacity: 232.88 GB

Model: ST3250620AS

Revision: 3.AAD

Serial Number: 3QE08534

Native Command Queuing: Yes

Queue Depth: 32

Removable Media: No

Detachable Drive: No

BSD Name: disk0

OS9 Drivers: No

S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified

Volumes:

Untitled:

Capacity: 66.86 GB

Available: 64.4 GB

Writable: No

File System: NTFS

BSD Name: disk0s1

Mount Point: /Volumes/Untitled

MacHD:

Capacity: 166.02 GB

Available: 26.82 GB

Writable: Yes

File System: Journaled HFS+

BSD Name: disk0s2

Mount Point: /

 

and this is my hdisks xbench results

Disk Test 47.03

Sequential 90.40

Uncached Write 64.74 39.75 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 86.92 49.18 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 148.28 43.39 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 94.76 47.63 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 31.79

Uncached Write 10.79 1.14 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 73.37 23.49 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 87.50 0.62 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 122.88 22.80 MB/sec [256K blocks]any ideas?

 

im using 10.4.8 with 8.8.1 latest DaemonES kernel

 

it reads generic ACHI.. is that ok?

 

how are doing your systems?

 

THANKS

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I have the same mobo and was concerned about sata performance.

 

 

On xbench i was getting around 45 - 50 for the disk test as well.

 

 

I tried all the ports and a couple of different drives and the results were similar.

 

I then tried a WD drive, all the others I had tried were Seagates and my disk performance shot right up.

 

I've seen some posts regarding Seagate drives and bad performance under OSX/Xbench (I'm not sure if it's an Xbench bug or a big in the Seagate firmwares) but worth a shot.

 

If you have another brand drive try it and bench it and see what you get.

 

Worth a shot.

 

Otherwise there aren't any updates or anything else that I know of that you can try to speed up the performance with.

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Generic AHCI (null):

 

Vendor: Generic AHCI

Speed: 3.0 Gigabit

Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported

 

WDC WD740GD-00FLA0:

 

Capacity: 69.25 GB

Model: WDC WD740GD-00FLA0

Revision: 21.08U21

Serial Number: WD-WMAKE1017788

Native Command Queuing: No

Removable Media: No

Detachable Drive: No

BSD Name: disk0

OS9 Drivers: No

S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported

Volumes:

Macintosh HD:

Capacity: 69.25 GB

Available: 28.49 GB

Writable: Yes

File System: Journaled HFS+

BSD Name: disk0s1

Mount Point: /

 

This is fo my main drive (which yes it is a raptor so it's going to be faster - but even on another WD it was faster than my Seagates)

 

My Seagates just hold my backups & media content:

 

Generic AHCI (null):

 

Vendor: Generic AHCI

Speed: 3.0 Gigabit

Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported

 

ST3500630AS:

 

Capacity: 465.76 GB

Model: ST3500630AS

Revision: 3.AAC

Serial Number: 3QG01PNL

Native Command Queuing: Yes

Queue Depth: 32

Removable Media: No

Detachable Drive: No

BSD Name: disk1

OS9 Drivers: No

S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported

Volumes:

Movies:

Capacity: 465.76 GB

Available: 147.98 GB

Writable: Yes

File System: Journaled HFS+

BSD Name: disk1s1

Mount Point: /Volumes/Content

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I too have Seagates 7200.10 model drivers (320, 500 and 750) and they are reallu slow...I don't know what all the reviewers on sites like Newegg are talking about fast. However, these are very quiet (all but 750, which is terribly loud...louder than my DVR, which is loud).

 

Yes, the WD's are immediately apparent faster...forget Xbench, which does show they are faster...in real life you can also tell. Problem is that these things vibrate really badly, and I even have dampners. They shake my whole PC case and table where the PC sits on. They also emit a constant high pitch sound...VERY annoying if PC is right next to you. I bought special heat sink/silencer case for the WD's for SilentPC.com, and they work GREAT! They take up a 5.25 slot though.

 

However, the better Maxtor drives are the best of both worlds. They are quiet and fast...in fact the fastest and quietest. I believe the Pac Pros, which have off the charts Xbench HD scores use the Maxtor drives I am talking about. I'm not home so I don't recall the model #'s, but they are the ones that cost a little more ($20-$30 for a comparable 500 Gb SATA 3.0 Gb/s drive).

 

I too have the Generic readout in my information pane. I see a lot of people that have Intel ICH7 readout, and I wonder how they get that to show up??

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Thats our problem we are using generic achi drivers, its a problem with our ioatafamily.kext, i will remake my second hard disk partition so i can put there a test osx and test with it, i have testeded those seagate inwinxp and they are fast, Wd is also good but noisy, and maxtor is the RMA king i will not go with them at gunpoint.

 

Anyway i will post any notices about the kext....

 

 

Any other Asus owner have a clue?

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This is what my profiler says:

Serial-ATA-Bus:

 

SAMSUNG HD400LJ:

 

Kapazität: 372.61 GB

Modell: SAMSUNG HD400LJ

Version: ZZ100-14

Seriennummer: S0H2J1FL700373

Wechselmedien: Nein

Absteckbares Laufwerk: Nein

BSD-Name: disk2

Protokoll: ata

Einheiten-Nummer: 0

Socket-Typ: Serial-ATA

OS 9 Treiber: Nein

S.M.A.R.T.-Status: Überprüft

Volumes:

XP-SP2:

Kapazität: 98.19 GB

Verfügbar: 6.07 GB

Beschreibbar: Nein

Dateisystem: NTFS

BSD-Name: disk2s1

Mount-Point: /Volumes/XP-SP2

JaS10.4.7:

Kapazität: 191.99 GB

Verfügbar: 172.41 GB

Beschreibbar: Ja

Dateisystem: Journaled HFS+

BSD-Name: disk2s2

Mount-Point: /

JaS10.4.8.SE:

Kapazität: 82.42 GB

Verfügbar: 5.35 GB

Beschreibbar: Ja

Dateisystem: Journaled HFS+

BSD-Name: disk2s5

Mount-Point: /Volumes/JaS10.4.8.SE

 

WDC WD2500YD-01NVB1:

 

Kapazität: 233.76 GB

Modell: WDC WD2500YD-01NVB1

Version: 10.02E01

Seriennummer: WD-WCANK3420584

Wechselmedien: Nein

Absteckbares Laufwerk: Nein

BSD-Name: disk1

Protokoll: ata

Einheiten-Nummer: 1

Socket-Typ: Serial-ATA

OS 9 Treiber: Nein

S.M.A.R.T.-Status: Überprüft

Volumes:

sata1-osx:

Kapazität: 116.88 GB

Beschreibbar: Ja

Dateisystem: Journaled HFS+

BSD-Name: disk1s1

Mount-Point:

sata2data-osx:

Kapazität: 116.88 GB

Verfügbar: 9.41 GB

Beschreibbar: Ja

Dateisystem: Journaled HFS+

BSD-Name: disk1s2

Mount-Point: /Volumes/sata2data-osx

 

Serial-ATA-Bus:

 

Config Disk:

 

Kapazität: 320 KB

Modell: Config Disk

Version: RGL10364

Seriennummer: 0000000__________0_A

Wechselmedien: Nein

Absteckbares Laufwerk: Nein

BSD-Name: disk4

Protokoll: ata

Einheiten-Nummer: 0

Socket-Typ: Serial-ATA

OS 9 Treiber: Nein

S.M.A.R.T.-Status: Nicht unterstützt

 

ST3400832AS:

 

Kapazität: 372.61 GB

Modell: ST3400832AS

Version: 3.06

Seriennummer: 5NF1JWN8

Wechselmedien: Nein

Absteckbares Laufwerk: Nein

BSD-Name: disk5

Protokoll: ata

Einheiten-Nummer: 1

Socket-Typ: Serial-ATA

OS 9 Treiber: Nein

S.M.A.R.T.-Status: Überprüft

Volumes:

Server10.4.8_1:

Kapazität: 186.31 GB

Verfügbar: 156.34 GB

Beschreibbar: Ja

Dateisystem: Journaled HFS+

BSD-Name: disk5s1

Mount-Point: /Volumes/Server10.4.8_1

Server10.4.8_2:

Kapazität: 186.31 GB

Verfügbar: 152.85 GB

Beschreibbar: Ja

Dateisystem: Journaled HFS+

BSD-Name: disk5s2

Mount-Point: /Volumes/Server10.4.8_2

 

These are the xbench results:

Results 47.36

System Info

Xbench Version 1.3

System Version 10.4.8 (8L2127)

Physical RAM 4096 MB

Model ADP2,1

Drive Type SAMSUNG HD400LJ

Disk Test 47.36

Sequential 113.15

Uncached Write 135.90 83.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 122.09 69.08 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 81.49 23.85 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 132.78 66.73 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 29.95

Uncached Write 9.70 1.03 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 97.22 31.12 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 80.35 0.57 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 129.54 24.04 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Results 49.82

System Info

Xbench Version 1.3

System Version 10.4.8 (8L2127)

Physical RAM 4096 MB

Model ADP2,1

Drive Type ST3400832AS

Disk Test 49.82

Sequential 99.78

Uncached Write 69.46 42.65 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 118.61 67.11 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 103.05 30.16 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 132.32 66.50 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 33.20

Uncached Write 11.11 1.18 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 73.26 23.45 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 99.59 0.71 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 147.22 27.32 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Results 58.05

System Info

Xbench Version 1.3

System Version 10.4.8 (8L2127)

Physical RAM 4096 MB

Model ADP2,1

Drive Type WDC WD2500YD-01NVB1

Disk Test 58.05

Sequential 70.88

Uncached Write 55.47 34.06 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 70.10 39.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 88.06 25.77 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 78.22 39.31 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 49.16

Uncached Write 18.20 1.93 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 127.44 40.80 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 100.74 0.71 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 115.70 21.47 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Western is the fastest!!

Coolio

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Coolio can you update us your configuration wich version of OSX are u suing? your IDE settings in bios are ACHI ?

 

do you have an alert when u start your computer?

 

A Vaio? it uses the asus mobo?

 

btw i have now a test partiotion BUT i cant get the ich7-r drivers to work im still with generic ACHI

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