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Running GEM Bench and HDD tester on Mega 4
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 03:29
by Delvis
Not sure if these numbers are good bad or average...
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Re: Running GEM Bench and HDD tester on Mega 4
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 05:24
by exxos
You are comparing your machine to a STE (has blitter) to your machine which with the blitter disabled. So of course you will get strange results. As I keep saying, read how to use GB6.
Re: Running GEM Bench and HDD tester on Mega 4
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 08:39
by Icky
Although you have TOS206 installed, your machine should be compared to a stock STFM which the Mega is based on.
The test file is STFM1048 - STFM TOS 104 @ 8mhz (stock machine)
This will show you how improved from stock your system is running.
As @exxos mentions you are comparing with the default test file which is a stock STE DEFAULT - STE TOS 206 8mhz stock
If your Mega has a Blitter turn it on and then can see how it compares agains STFM stock and / or and STE stock.
Lastly a tip is that even if you have run the tests by loading a new test file the values will all be recalculated to show the difference you don't have to re-run the tests. This is handy if you want to quickly compare how your system compares to others.
Re: Running GEM Bench and HDD tester on Mega 4
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 10:34
by Steve
You ACSI transfer speed is quite good. Is that a hard drive or modern SD card drive?
Re: Running GEM Bench and HDD tester on Mega 4
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 14:17
by Delvis
Yes I turned it on and reran the tests. Also did the HDD test with Blitter instead of PIO.
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Re: Running GEM Bench and HDD tester on Mega 4
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 14:19
by exxos
:bravo:
Re: Running GEM Bench and HDD tester on Mega 4
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 14:20
by Delvis
For the HDD I am using Alan H IDE interface and an 8GB card.
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Re: Running GEM Bench and HDD tester on Mega 4
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 14:23
by exxos
Delvis wrote: 29 Oct 2021 14:20
For the HDD I am using Alan H IDE interface and an 8GB card.
Looks like one of the original IDE interfaces which he produced. I have also got one of those and it works very well. I never got the later "Monster" variants to work despite having two or three of them :roll:
Re: Running GEM Bench and HDD tester on Mega 4
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 14:47
by Delvis
After those photos I know I changed out the Marpet 8MB board for his board. I need to open it up and take a new photo. I was very active 2013-2016 with my ST then silent until a few months ago when I could set it back up. Also built that special Mega case with my toys in it.
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