What are the individual test values or measurements for hard drives?
Here is the short explanation for each test and benchmark values in IsMyHdOK
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Sequentiall:
Write and Read linear eg. continuous. 4K:
Random read and write of 4 KB blocks. The position will be determined by a random number. 512K:
The same as 4 KB, random read and write 512 KB blocks. 64 x 4K:
The same as 4 KB, only that 64 requests are run at the same time (parallel). Access Time:
The actually measured access time when reading and writing 4 KB blocks.
You dont want to wait to long for the test results, to see if your HDD properly works AND: Too many tests may reduce the lifetime of HDDs, SSDs and other
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