ok well here are some tests i ran on my harddrive setup the raptors are storage the ssd's have my os and steam
wd raptors 150g 10000 rpm X2 0 raid setup
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]
Sequential Read : 172.776 MB/s
Sequential Write : 170.210 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 54.676 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 89.622 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.804 MB/s [ 196.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 2.799 MB/s [ 683.3 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 2.597 MB/s [ 634.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 3.191 MB/s [ 779.0 IOPS]
Test : 1000 MB [E: 4.7% (13.0/279.5 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2010/10/24 17:32:42
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)
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OCZ vertex 2 ssd's 60g X2 0 raid setup
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World :
http://crystalmark.info/-----------------------------------------------------------------------
* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]
Sequential Read : 270.321 MB/s
Sequential Write : 130.599 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 265.286 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 126.774 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 21.071 MB/s [ 5144.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 65.100 MB/s [ 15893.5 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 45.475 MB/s [ 11102.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 116.801 MB/s [ 28515.8 IOPS]
Test : 1000 MB [C: 80.1% (89.4/111.7 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2010/10/24 17:39:10
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)