ATP Petito 1GB

Test results

Now its time to put the drive to the test and give you a general idea of what the performance might be. CDR-Zone.COM have found SiSoft Sandra to be a most reliable piece of software for general benchmarking, which is good because I've used two benchmarks from the suite. One should remember that these benchmarks are an accurate recording of a moment in time under controlled conditions, but results may vary in real-life situations. It all depends on the system, USB port, data and load used with the drives. Please don't use the benchmarks as a definite source but more for a general idea of what it can do in measured and controlled situations.

Petito test results These benchmarks allow us to show you the test results of the ATP Petito per separate benchmark. Sisoft Sandra 2007 File System Benchmark Sisoft Sandra 2007 Removable Storage Benchmark HDTune Benchmark HDTach Benchmark CDCheck Benchmark

It's simply amazing; it's one of the fastest drives I've tested so far. The transfer rate is close to 30 MB/s. You can see in Sisoft' removable storage test that once the files get bigger the operations per minute go down, but they are still more then the other drives. In other terms it doesn't matter if the file gets bigger, it's still faster then other drives. So it's fast with healthy endurance.

I've tested the drives with a security part that was unlocked as well. There wasn't any significant change to show you on that area. The drive simply performed the same no matter the lock down.

The compatibility tests are designed to show some real life cases on how the drive may perform. I have used different types of media on the drive and try to play, access or load it and see how well it performs. In this case the drive is also split up into two volumes, so I've played, accessed and loaded from both at the same time as well. Some types of media have theoretical bit-rates to make them play ok, if the drives don't perform as fast as they should, the media should be unplayable. Below you will find the results listed.

These tests performed flawlessly. I detected no stutter or halter anywhere and it wasn't for a lack of trying. I've played and opened as much files as I could at once to see if the surge would decrease performance, but it didn't slip up, which is very good.

The bit-rate values for the operating systems, documents and pictures don't apply here; those types of data use what ever throughput from the file system is available. That means if the media, on which it is carried, is slow, it will load slowly and the other way around too. However if the media is too slow you will receive errors and timeouts.

The operating systems tests worked perfectly too. Although you have to pay careful attention, the drive is split into two volumes, one 1.44 MB big and marked as floppy drive, the other is 1GB big and marked as harddisk. You can use both to install an operating system on, although the smaller volume can't hold that much files. Windows PE benefited from the speed this drive had, DOS doesn't have much to load at all so that's done pretty quick already.

With the special packaging this drive has, it's possible to do some extra tests. So we put the packaging to the test with water-proofing tests and putting it in the freezer for extreme cold. It doesn't matter if the drive is capped or uncapped in these tests, the SIP packaging protects the drive from damaging, not the casing. One thing to keep in mind though is to make sure the USB connector is dry after you test it, don't want to short out the drive by residual water. Again the drive has withstood the rigors of these tests and passed them with flying colors. No harm done with the water or ice test, that is truly marvelous.