ICY DOCK MB664US-1S: eSATA with a twist
by Dave Robinet on October 9, 2007 1:00 PM EST- Posted in
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PCMark05 Performance
We are utilizing the HDD test suite within PCMark05 for further comparative hard disk scores as it provides a mixture of actual application results and specific read/write percentages utilized within these programs. It is also a readily available benchmark that others can use for comparative purposes. The program utilizes the RankDisk application within the Intel iPEAK SPT suite of tools to record a trace of disk activity during usage of real world applications. These traces are then replayed to generate performance measurements based upon the actual disk operations within each application. The HDD test suite contains 53% read and 47% write operations with each trace section utilizing varied amounts of read or write operations. Additional information about the test suite can be found in PDF format here PCMark05 whitepaper.
Continuing previous trends, the scores of the MB664 are virtually identical to the MB559. The eSATA scores easily trounce the scores under USB, as is expected.
We are utilizing the HDD test suite within PCMark05 for further comparative hard disk scores as it provides a mixture of actual application results and specific read/write percentages utilized within these programs. It is also a readily available benchmark that others can use for comparative purposes. The program utilizes the RankDisk application within the Intel iPEAK SPT suite of tools to record a trace of disk activity during usage of real world applications. These traces are then replayed to generate performance measurements based upon the actual disk operations within each application. The HDD test suite contains 53% read and 47% write operations with each trace section utilizing varied amounts of read or write operations. Additional information about the test suite can be found in PDF format here PCMark05 whitepaper.
Continuing previous trends, the scores of the MB664 are virtually identical to the MB559. The eSATA scores easily trounce the scores under USB, as is expected.
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Homerboy - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - link
ntSeanFL - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - link
one complaint I have about the 559 is that the drive is always on...even if my machine is off. It would be much nicer if the drive could spin down after a pre-set adjustable time for people like me that just use it to back up each day/week, etc. Other external drives can do that.Anyone know if this new enclosure does it any differently?
floflooo - Thursday, October 11, 2007 - link
Please give me some references... I've been looking for external HDD cases that have power management.icthy - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - link
I'm not an expert as you can see....I'm looking for a way to use my 3 ATA 133 drives; can I get an enclosure such as the Icy Dock that will deal with these?retrospooty - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - link
There are enclosures out there that use the ATA 133 interface, but not eSATA onces. You will be able to find USB 2.0 and Firewire enclosures, just search for them.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL...">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ternal+d...
icthy - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - link
Thanks. Guess I should have figured that out myself.DigitalFreak - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - link
Um, what's the twist?StraightPipe - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - link
Well obviously, $70 is bad. Many decent enclosures start around $15-20.The PC power option is good. I keep an e-sata drive on my HTPC (it feels fast like it's in the box instead of on a wire). It would be great if the enclosure was powered by the PC (like this icydock). That way I could keep the USB and wall plug in a bag together for when I take the drive to a friend's PC. I can leave my PC connections on top of the PC case, and take the drive and it's cable bag to go.
pnyffeler - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - link
How would a Raptor perform in this case?Would it be too hot, given the lack of active cooling?
StraightPipe - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - link
Raptors peform about the same as that samsung they tested in the article.As drive densities have increased the transfer rates have too.
My raptor is no hotter than my 500GB WD RE2 drives in RAID0. I would assume temp is not a problem in normal (70-80F ambient) conditions.
The fact is for the price of a 150GB raptor you can get a 500-750GB drive that performs almost as well. Now that there are better performing drives available, those raptors just are not worth the cost anymore.