Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 160 Go 8 Mo 7200 RPM Serial ATA
Timing cached reads: 1880 MB in 2.00 seconds = 939.10 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 162 MB in 3.02 seconds = 53.67 MB/sec

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 160 Go 8 Mo 7200 RPM Serial ATA
Timing cached reads: 1864 MB in 2.00 seconds = 932.07 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 166 MB in 3.01 seconds = 55.10 MB/se

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300 Go 7200 RPM 16 Mo IDE
Timing cached reads: 1132 MB in 2.00 seconds = 565.96 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 184 MB in 3.01 seconds = 61.17 MB/sec

IBM 60 Go
Timing cached reads: 1136 MB in 2.00 seconds = 567.96 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 136 MB in 3.00 seconds = 45.27 MB/sec