Hard disk too slow???

I run the pcwizard 2006 hard disk benchmark
and it came up with this:

Western Digital 80GB(Model=WDC WD800JB-00JJA0):

Sequential Writing : 23.56 MB/s (Cpu usage : 2%)
Sequential Read : 23.18 MB/s (Cpu usage : 0%)
Buffered Writing : 23.77 MB/s (Cpu usage : 1%)
Buffered Reading : 24.7 MB/s (Cpu usage : 1%)
Random Reading : 30 MB/s (Cpu usage : 8%)


Western Digital 250GB(Model=WDC WD2500JB-00KFA0):

Sequential Writing : 24.1 MB/s (Cpu usage : 3%)
Sequential Read : 24.45 MB/s (Cpu usage : 1%)
Buffered Writing : 24.03 MB/s (Cpu usage : 1%)
Buffered Reading : 24.11 MB/s (Cpu usage : 1%)
Random Reading : 29 MB/s (Cpu usage : 9%)

Now, it has some systems to compare to and their values are
waaaay bigger than mine!
example:

ATA-133 + NTFS(WinXP) 200GB:

Sequential Writing : 43.16 MB/s
Sequential Read : 63.7 MB/s
Buffered Writing : 95.38 MB/s
Buffered Reading : 98.42 MB/s


What's wrong?
Are my disks too slow?
It can't be,My computer goes very fast and I play games like The sims 2,Prey,Far Cry,Need for speed at full speed and graphics.
Although copying something does take way too long.But I don't know if it is longer than ordinary.I usually copy a lot of gigabytes.
My motherboard does not support sata so they are both ATA.

Is the benchmark wrong or is there something not letting my drives go at full speed.

Any ideas?

 

Try this:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=104954

I did, and I think it helped.

 

I followed what it said and changed the registry to support UDMA66
but the benchmark gives the same results.
Could it be my motherboard that is causing this?
It is old, it doesn't even support SATA!

 

Also check Device Manager -> IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers -> Primary IDE Properties -> Advanced Settings tab and see if Transfer Mode is set to DMA If Available. Check Secondary channel as well if any HD connected to it.

What processor and motherboard model?

 

They are all in DMA if available. It says they use Multi-Word DMA Mode 2.

My processor is:

Type : Intel Pentium 4
Internal Specification : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
Codename : Prescott
Revision : D0
Technology : 0.09µ
CPU ID : F.3.4
CPU IDEx : F.3.4
Microcode : MU0F340E
Number of Logical Processors : 2


my motherboard is:

General Information :
Manufacturer : Unspecified
Product : I865P/PE
Version : Unspecified
Serial Number : Unspecified
Support MP : Yes, 1 CPU(s)
Version MPS : 1.1

Chassis Information :
Manufacturer : Unspecified
Type : Desktop
Version : Unspecified
Serial Number : Unspecified
Asset : Unspecified

Sensor Information :
Monitoring Chip : Winbond W83627HF

Slots Information :
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot PCI : In Use (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot AGP : In Use (32-bit) 5.0v

External Connectors :
Serial 16450 Compatible : DB-9 male
Serial 16450 Compatible : DB-9 male
Parallel ECP/EPP : DB25 female
Keyboard : PS/2
Mouse : PS/2

Internal Connectors :
PRIMARY IDE : On Board IDE
SECONDARY IDE : On Board IDE
FDD : On Board Floppy
COM1 : 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut)
COM2 : 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut)
LPT1 : DB25 female
Keyboard : PS/2
PS/2 Mouse : PS/2


and my chipset is:

General Information :
NorthBridge : Intel i865PE
SouthBridge : 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge

NorthBridge Information :
Architecture : HUB
Manufacturer : Intel (Intel Corporation)
Codename : Springdale
Revision : A2
Bus Speed : 200 MHz
FSB Frequency : 800.2 MHz (QDR)
PAT Enabled : No
FSB max. Support : 800 MHz
RAM max. Support : DDR (400 MHz)

Memory Information :
Type : DDR-SDRAM PC3200
Frequency : 200 MHz
FSB/RAM Multiplier : 1/1x
Supported Channels : Dual (128-bit)
Activated Channels : Dual
Mode : Linear
PAT Enabled : No
ECC Diagnostic :
CAS Latency (tCL) : 2.5 clocks
RAS to CAS (tRCD) : 3 clocks
RAS Precharge (tRP) : 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) : 8 clocks

Bus Information :
Version : 3.0
Transfert Rate supported : 4x, 8x
Transfert Rate : 8x
Aperture Size : 128 MB
AGP enabled : Yes

APIC Information :
Version : 2.00
Maximum Interrupts : 24
IRQ Handler enabled : Yes

Hub Interface Information :
Version : 1.00
Time Slice : 0
Width : 8-bit
Full Duplex : Yes
Frequency : 4x (264 MHz)
Multiplier : 1/1x

Device Capabilities (PCI) :
I/O Access : No
Memory Access : Yes
Bus Master Capable : Yes
Special Cycle Recognition : No
Memory Write & Invalidate : No
VGA Palette Snoop : No
Parity Error Response : No
Cycle Wait : No
System Error Line : No
Fast Back-to-Back : No
Detects Parity Errors : No
User Defined Format : No
PCI 66Mhz Bus Support : No
New Capability List : Yes
PCI Support : Vendor-Dependant
PCI Support : AGP



Is it too BAD???

I was waiting to make the big upgrade when Vista and the DirectX 10
gfx cards come out, but as it seems I may get a new cheap motherboard until then.I want to get some new SATA disks too and I can't with this motherboard.My only problem is if I wiill have to change my RAM
because now I have:
DDR-SDRAM PC3200 (200 MHz) - [DDR-400]
and I don't want to buy DDR2 right now.

I think my gfx card(Radeon X800 XTPlatinum Edition) supports both AGP and PCIexpress so I will
not have a problem with this.

Anyway, about the disks, as I said, my computer works really fast
so I don't have a problem, but the faster the better, so any solution
even if it means buying a new motherboard or anything is wellcome.
Do you think my system will be quite faster if I put it in a
western digital 320GB,7200 RPM, 16MB Cache,SATA 2 ???
With the new motherboard ofcourse!

 

Something does indeed appear out of whack. DMA mode 2 is no better than what optical drives operate at. If your board is capable of even UDMA100, you should see Ultra DMA Mode 5.