Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB User Review

Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB SATA via USB 3.0 docking

HD Tune Pro Results

EaseUS Partition Master Professional with Linux bootable disk FREE

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WD My Book Essential USB 3.0 Benchmarks

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]
Date : 2011/07/17 3:41:30
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
HW: AMD Phenom II 965, AMD 790FX+SB750, NEC USB 3.0 Controller, 16GB Corsair 1600mhz CL8

Test : 4000 MB [H: 0.0% (0.6/1862.9 GB)] (x5)
Sequential Read : 120.215 MB/s
Sequential Write : 118.940 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 40.310 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 63.774 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.519 MB/s [ 126.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 1.129 MB/s [ 275.7 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.538 MB/s [ 131.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.028 MB/s [ 251.0 IOPS]

Test : 2000 MB [H: 0.0% (0.6/1862.9 GB)] (x5)
Sequential Read : 119.824 MB/s
Sequential Write : 118.369 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 42.268 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 63.790 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.518 MB/s [ 126.5 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.941 MB/s [ 229.7 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.538 MB/s [ 131.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.909 MB/s [ 221.8 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [H: 0.0% (0.6/1862.9 GB)] (x5)
Sequential Read : 121.490 MB/s
Sequential Write : 118.363 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 42.674 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 69.285 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.531 MB/s [ 129.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.978 MB/s [ 238.8 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.498 MB/s [ 121.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.902 MB/s [ 220.2 IOPS]

Test : 500 MB [H: 0.0% (0.6/1862.9 GB)] (x5)
Sequential Read : 118.149 MB/s
Sequential Write : 113.176 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 44.294 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 76.365 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.548 MB/s [ 133.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 1.169 MB/s [ 285.4 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.477 MB/s [ 116.5 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.247 MB/s [ 304.6 IOPS]

Test : 100 MB [H: 0.0% (0.6/1862.9 GB)] (x5)
Sequential Read : 140.706 MB/s
Sequential Write : 108.292 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 64.874 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 128.234 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 1.048 MB/s [ 255.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 1.932 MB/s [ 471.7 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.611 MB/s [ 149.3 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.942 MB/s [ 474.2 IOPS]

Test : 50 MB [H: 0.0% (0.6/1862.9 GB)] (x5)
Sequential Read : 173.404 MB/s
Sequential Write : 103.004 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 213.464 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 146.714 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 33.161 MB/s [ 8095.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 2.512 MB/s [ 613.2 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 13.447 MB/s [ 3282.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 2.504 MB/s [ 611.3 IOPS]

Cloudberry Online Backup Giveaway

Transcend TS-PDU3 USB 3.0 PCI Express 2.0 Controller Review

Good Quality, Small Size, Nice Price, 10x faster than USB 3.0, perfect if your buying a external usb 3.0 harddrive (like My book 3.0)

HD Tune Pro: WD My Book 3.0 2TB Benchmark

Test capacity: full

Read transfer rate
Transfer Rate Minimum : 51.5 MB/s
Transfer Rate Maximum : 129.4 MB/s
Transfer Rate Average : 94.9 MB/s
Access Time : 17.5 ms
Burst Rate : 162.3 MB/s
CPU Usage : 6.9%

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http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2006/ATI_Catalyst_11.6_Software_Suite_Vista7_32-bit.html

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AMD A8 Llano APU Review Roundup

Mobile
AMD A8-3500M
AnandTech Review
Tom’s Hardware Review
PC Perspective Review
LegitReviews Review
HotHardware Review
Hexus Review
TechRadar Review
NotebookReview Review
Phoronix Linux Review

CHW.net review (spanish)
HardOCP Review
Desktop
AMD A8-3850
Anandtech Preview
VR-zone Preview
AMD A8-3800
Coolaler Review

AMD A8-3851
TweakTown Forum User Preview

Will update this as i find more reviews,
got a review? post it in comments so i can add it

howto fix a disappeared drive label

this is a annoying bug when moving a drive to a new system or after reinstall of windows, but its easy to fix

1. Right click on the Drive and click on Properties

2. Go to Security tab

3. Click Edit and add “SYSTEM”

4. Give “SYSTEM” full control on permissions

NEC/Fresco Logic USB 3.0 Controller Drivers

NEC USB 3.0 Firmware & Drivers
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Firmware-F302808FWUP1.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Firmware-F302708FWUP1.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Firmware-F302508FWUP1.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Firmware-F302108FWUP5.exe

http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-2.1.19-setup.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-2.1.16-setup.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-2.0.40-setup.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-2.0.34.1-Setup.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-2.0.34-setup.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-2.0.32-setup.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-2.0.30-setup.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/NEC-RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-2.0.26-setup.exe

Fresco Logic USB 3.0 Drivers
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/Fresco_Logic_3.0.116.3.7z
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/Fresco_Logic_3.0.110.12_WHQL.7z
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/Fresco_Logic_3.0.108.1.exe
http://s3.nwgat.net/usb3/Fresco_Logic_3.0.105.11.exe

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