@lionstorm

Quote:

just wondering whats this byte thingy... is that the blocksize ?

No, no, it's the bytes per second transfer rate. That is the speed. Divide by 1,048,576 to get MB/s.

Quote:

sorry if that sounds a stupid question

Well I do find it confusing all the numbers are bunched together. They should be formatted like I did with my 1048576 above don't you think?

Quote:

before, in sysspeed you could test your HD on read, write and seek

That was SysSpeed, this is SCSISpeed?

@OldFart

This is from my Sam440ep.

It has a Samsung 700 GB harddrive.

6.> scsispeed DRIVE sii3114ide.device:0 FAST BUF1=8192 BUF2=16384 BUF3=32768 BUF4=65536     
MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2  Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
------------------------------------------------------------
CPU: 68020  AmigaOS Version: 53.5
Device: sii3114ide.device:0


Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI:  41159065 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI:  61294182 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI:  82498355 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI:  90534707 bytes/sec

AmigaOneXE G4-800 Mhz, OS4.1, Maxtor DiamondMax Plus8 (40 GB)

Device: sii0680ide.device:2

Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 29451468 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 36530585 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 41574400 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 44649676 bytes/sec

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Amiga PowerPC 750GX 800 MHz MicroA1 512 meg of ram, Seagate Barracuda 7200 80 gig, Pre fix:-

6.RAM Disk:Scsispeed4> scsispeed DRIVE a1ide.device:0 FAST BUF1=8192 BUF2=16384 BUF3=32768 BUF4=65536
MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2 Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
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CPU: 68020 AmigaOS Version: 53.5
Device: a1ide.device:0


Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 11239014 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 11667865 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 11834163 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 11943936 bytes/sec

edited to add: I also ran bogoMips and that gave 1588.00

Last edited by Stephen_Robinson on 28-Feb-2009 at 09:25 AM.

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@OldFart

Quote:

OldFart wrote: @saimo Thanks! From the figures you submitted i glean that you have the latest drivers installed (the 64k figure is larger then the 32k figure).

Yes, I made the test with the latest drives. However, I'm not sure that the relative speeds were different, before.

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A pitty! A simple peek in Media Toolbox would have provided you with all info you need. Pretty please?

Here it is: Maxtor 60 Gb (bought sometime in 2002).

saimo

edit: fixed quote

Last edited by saimo on 28-Feb-2009 at 10:58 AM.

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@saimo

Thanks for the extra info.

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@Stephen_Robinson

Those figures are pretty low! Are you sure you have set up DMA correctly? Figures should be AT LEAST twice as high. Take for instance a look at line 1 and 2 in the summary. Tweaking time, Sir!

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@OldFart

Okay I'm back with mine. I also decided to add some things, namely DMA settings. I am using the newer drivers.

A1-XE G3
OS4.1
Western Digital WD-WCAP9622 160GB
UDMA 5, IRQ on

5.RAM Disk:Scsispeed4> scsispeed DRIVE sii0680ide.device:3 FAST BUF1=8192 BUF2=16384 BUF3=32768 BUF4=65536
MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2  Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
------------------------------------------------------------
CPU: 68020  AmigaOS Version: 53.5
Device: sii0680ide.device:3


Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI:  11545210 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI:  34725888 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI:  12737238 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI:  40828928 bytes/sec

Last edited by Hypex on 01-Mar-2009 at 12:56 PM.
Last edited by Hypex on 28-Feb-2009 at 03:00 PM.

@OldFart

I was just thinking the same myself! I ran it 3 times, just to check.

So this DMA tweaking of which you speak, how do you do it?

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AmigaOne XE G3/800 (750Fx) with 80 GB Hard Drive from Iomega :

6.RAM Disk:Scsispeed4> scsispeed DRIVE a1ide.device:0 FAST BUF1=8192 BUF2=16384 BUF3=32768 BUF4=65536
MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2 Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
------------------------------------------------------------
CPU: 68020 AmigaOS Version: 53.5
Device: a1ide.device:0


Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 26177126 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 29039001 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 31014912 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 32725401 bytes/sec

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@Hypex

Quote:

Why don't my pre tags work? What have I done wrong?

You used the square brackets, which are located next to the 'P' key.
You should have used the 'less then' and 'greater then' characters, which are located next to the 'M' key. Remember they are HTML-tags.

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@Stephen_Robinson

DMA can be set with this variable in UBoot cli: a1ide_xfer.
First, however, you should check the value set with this command from your Amiga-shell:

nvgetvar a1ide_xfer

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@OldFart

Thanks! I'll try it sometime, but I'm just thinking I might as well sell my µA1, and just keep eveything on my Peg II. But then I did spend all friggin' day wresling with it trying to work out why it wasn't booting, and I'm still not quite sure why it didn't. And I couldn't cope without an AmigaOS style(TM) Operating sytem in my life

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@OldFart

*BUMP*

Keep them coming, please.


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@OldFart

Here's the results from the A4000 (CSPPC 640e@200), cybppc.device unit 0 (Maxtor Atlas 10K4_36WLS 37GB):

MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2 Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
------------------------------------------------------------
CPU: 68020 AmigaOS Version: 52.21
Device: cybppc.device:0


Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 13796556 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 15066726 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 16557670 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 16967270 bytes/sec


Now the A1:
The A1IDE bus has a Hitachi Deskstar IC35L060 60GB disk, the Sii3512 has a Western Digital WDC WD80 80GB SATA drive.

Note the A1 is not DMA fixed so DMA is disabled on the a1ide. It's plenty fast enough as it is but I have a Sii0680 card for when I don't have a TV card in it. I use the SATA drive for large files.

MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2 Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
------------------------------------------------------------
CPU: 68020 AmigaOS Version: 53.5
Device: a1ide.device:0


Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 11207065 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 12901580 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 13103923 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 13218611 bytes/sec



MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2 Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
------------------------------------------------------------
CPU: 68020 AmigaOS Version: 53.5
Device: sii3512ide.device:0


Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 23317708 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 28454912 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 31373721 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 32974438 bytes/sec

Last edited by Spirantho on 01-Mar-2009 at 09:54 AM.

@OldFart

My results using the new a1ide.device. I am using best PIO mode on my system.

Amiga µA1-C
OS4.1
Western Digital 250 GB 7200 RPM (WD2500JBRTL3)


5.AmigaOS4:> ram:scsispeed4/scsispeed DRIVE a1ide.device:0 FAST BUF1=8192 BUF2=16384 BUF3=32768 BUF4=65536
MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2 Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
------------------------------------------------------------
CPU: 68020 AmigaOS Version: 53.5
Device: a1ide.device:0


Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 12507955 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 12819660 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 13228441 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 13293977 bytes/sec
5.AmigaOS4:>

5.AmigaOS4:> idetool -d a1ide.device 0
-------------------ATA device information-------------------
Dev type : WDC WD2500JB-00REA0
Remov Dev : no
Remov Med : no (probably harddisk)
Revision : 20.00K20
Serial # : WD-WMANK217670
LBA : yes
Tot. Secs : 488397168
Tot. Size : 250059350016 bytes, 244198 mbytes, 244 gbytes


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redfox

Last edited by redfox on 01-Mar-2009 at 05:58 PM.

My Sam440ep 667Mhz with 2,5" 160GB Notebook-HDD from Samsung, not the fastest but less noisy and power consumption

5.System:> scsispeed
MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2 Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
------------------------------------------------------------
Error: Bad device specification.
5.System:> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8lHHSV6pD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v: Unbekannter Befehl
5.System:> scsispeed-4.2 DRIVE sii3114ide.device:0 FAST BUF1=8192 BUF2=16384 BUF3=32768 BUF4=65536
scsispeed-4.2: Unbekannter Befehl
5.System:> scsispeed DRIVE sii3114ide.device:0 FAST BUF1=8192 BUF2=16384 BUF3=32768 BUF4=65536
MKSoft ScsiSpeed 4.2 Copyright © 1989-92 MKSoft Development
AmigaOS4 port by Stéphane Guillard
------------------------------------------------------------
CPU: 68020 AmigaOS Version: 53.5
Device: sii3114ide.device:0


Testing with a 8192 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 24767283 bytes/sec

Testing with a 16384 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 44032819 bytes/sec

Testing with a 32768 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 59206860 bytes/sec

Testing with a 65536 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
Read from SCSI: 69297766 bytes/sec

Last edited by fingus on 01-Mar-2009 at 06:45 PM.

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@Hypex

Quote:

NOTE: That apart from my top speed I am being beaten by a1ide. If that is worse, why is this so? Whatg's going on with my performance. Are WD drives slow?

One thing is certainly eyebrowraising: the figure for 32k buffer. For some reason it drops to slightly above 8k buffer throughput.
Whether WD drives are slow, in the sense of being typically or proverbially slow, I don't know. To me they seem to be average. But, hey, to devellope a correct statistically based opinion, I would like to have more different figures!

So, hint, hint, come on you lads 'n' lasses. Churn those figures out.

OldFart

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@OldFart

*BUMP*

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