Topic: DIR-685 NAS Speed (Read 25677 times)

ph0enix · « **on:** July 28, 2010, 05:48:19 PM »

I think there is a speed increase for the internal HDD, decided to share my benchmarking.
I remember firmware 1.00 was hitting 10MB Read, and 6MB Write, this was a small 50MB test. Anyone wants to add their benchmarking, just edit/copy within CrystalDiskMark (Freeware)

Firmware: v2.00WW
Interface: SATA 1.5 Gb/s
RPM: 5400
Cache: 8
Name :   HITACHI HTS541680J9SA00
Format :   EXT3
Capacity :   80 GB
Used :   187 MB
Available :   77 GB
Disk Health :   Very good
Disk Temperature :   36oC / 96oF
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
   Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

   Sequential Read : 17.315 MB/s
   Sequential Write : 8.796 MB/s
   Random Read 512KB : 17.275 MB/s
   Random Write 512KB : 9.080 MB/s
   Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 3.484 MB/s [ 850.5 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 2.039 MB/s [ 497.8 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 3.620 MB/s [ 883.8 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.717 MB/s [ 419.2 IOPS]

  Test : 50 MB [Z: 1.3% (0.9/73.4 GB)] (x5)
  Date : 2010/07/29 1:41:46
   OS : Windows 7 [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)

Added (30/07/2010)
Interface: SATA 3Gb/s
RPM: 7200
Cache: 8
Name :   FUJITSU MHW2080BJ G2
Format :   EXT3
Capacity :   80 GB
Used :   482 MB
Available :   77 GB
Disk Health :   Not So Good (Not sure why it's not so good, working correctly?)
Disk Temperature :   40oC / 104oF
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
   Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

   Sequential Read : 13.282 MB/s
   Sequential Write : 8.948 MB/s
   Random Read 512KB : 13.625 MB/s
   Random Write 512KB : 9.107 MB/s
   Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 2.945 MB/s [ 719.0 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 1.499 MB/s [ 366.0 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 3.019 MB/s [ 737.1 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.675 MB/s [ 408.8 IOPS]

  Test : 50 MB [Z: 1.6% (1.2/73.4 GB)] (x5)
  Date : 2010/07/30 1:08:30
   OS : Windows 7 [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)

Interface: SATA 1.5Gb/s
RPM: 5400
Cache: 8
Name :   ST96812AS
Format :   EXT3
Capacity :   60 GB
Used :   188 MB
Available :   57 GB
Disk Health :   Very good
Disk Temperature :   24oC / 75oF

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
   Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

   Sequential Read : 18.295 MB/s
   Sequential Write : 9.257 MB/s
   Random Read 512KB : 17.966 MB/s
   Random Write 512KB : 9.432 MB/s
   Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 2.906 MB/s [ 709.6 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 1.808 MB/s [ 441.5 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 2.990 MB/s [ 730.0 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.425 MB/s [ 348.0 IOPS]

  Test : 50 MB [Z: 1.3% (0.7/55.0 GB)] (x5)
  Date : 2010/07/30 1:20:31
   OS : Windows 7 [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)

GMCinema · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2010, 06:56:58 AM »

Name : ST9250315AS
Format : EXT3
Capacity : 250 GB
Used : 8 GB
Available : 234 GB
Disk Health : Very good
Disk Temperature : 50oC / 122oF
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 18.866 MB/s
Sequential Write : 6.405 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 9.142 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 6.666 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.401 MB/s [ 98.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 2.381 MB/s [ 581.3 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.207 MB/s [ 50.5 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 2.386 MB/s [ 582.6 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [Z: 4.6% (10.5/229.2 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2010/07/29 14:54:42
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition [6.1 Build 7600] (x86)

stukka · « **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2010, 09:19:05 AM »

wow! this are really good values!
could you both explain how did you achieve this?
any special cables?

ph0enix · « **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2010, 09:59:45 AM »

No special cable or hardware required, just map network drive the router HDD. If you on firmware 1.00 could you do a before and after benchmark if you update to firmware 2.00. As I forgot.....

stukka · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2010, 11:16:15 AM »

i am doing something wrong!
after installing the new fw do i need to reset the device?
the speed is still miserable!

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Beta3 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s=1,000,000bytes/sec [SATA/300=300,000,000bytes/sec]

Sequential Read : 7.584 MB/s
Sequential Write : 5.878 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 7.612 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 5.832 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 1.256 MB/s [ 306.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 1.114 MB/s [ 272.0 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 1.299 MB/s [ 317.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.110 MB/s [ 270.9 IOPS]

Test : 50 MB [Y: Used 57.8% (209.8/362.8 GB)] (x1)
Date : 2010/07/29 20:15:22
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition [6.1 Build 7600] (x86)

ph0enix · « **Reply #5 on:** July 29, 2010, 11:55:14 AM »

When I applied the firmware 2.00 it continue to show firmware 1.00, you should restart and do a restore to default setting. This is to ensure nothing is left behind and your should run without issues.... then re-attemp benchmark

GMCinema · « **Reply #6 on:** July 30, 2010, 02:30:45 AM »

I think you should all run the 1000MB test, gives a more accurate idea over time ;-)
As for NAS performance in the real world: reading large files from the DIR-685 (and that with a brand new HD) takes about 2x as long as with my Buffalo Linkstation Live (LS-CHL) which is slow already.
All this on a flawless Gigabit Network. Pretty poor I say.

ph0enix · « **Reply #7 on:** July 30, 2010, 06:40:53 AM »

Doing a 1000MB is abit too long for checking the peak transfer, just a quick comparison for anyone. Though doing a 1000MB test is to provide a accurate speed for the random read and write, you don't need to do a 1000MB to check that the read and write for user Stukka is rather strange.

Stukka: what is your status of your drive? So we can know what model, etc... it is, did the restart help?

Wanted to see benchmark from firmware 1.00, to check that the speed has increase. As I remember it being bottleneck from 10MB read and 6MB write, speed rating also seems to vary on different drive. I know it's not the best NAS solution, but it's expected with a all-in-one.

I don't think there is a good all-in-one router that can handle dedicated NAS device speed, Netgear WNDR3700 does roughly 10MB read and write.....

GMCinema · « **Reply #8 on:** July 30, 2010, 09:20:49 AM »

Also Stukka is running the Beta version of the benchmarking software.

stukka · « **Reply #9 on:** July 30, 2010, 11:30:51 AM »

Quote from: ph0enix on July 30, 2010, 06:40:53 AM

Doing a 1000MB is abit too long for checking the peak transfer, just a quick comparison for anyone. Though doing a 1000MB test is to provide a accurate speed for the random read and write, you don't need to do a 1000MB to check that the read and write for user Stukka is rather strange.

Stukka: what is your status of your drive? So we can know what model, etc... it is, did the restart help?

Wanted to see benchmark from firmware 1.00, to check that the speed has increase. As I remember it being bottleneck from 10MB read and 6MB write, speed rating also seems to vary on different drive. I know it's not the best NAS solution, but it's expected with a all-in-one.

I don't think there is a good all-in-one router that can handle dedicated NAS device speed, Netgear WNDR3700 does roughly 10MB read and write.....

my hd is a :

Name :     WDC WD2500BEVS-75UST0
Format :    EXT3
Capacity :    250 GB
Used :    20 GB
Available :    222 GB
Disk Health :    Very good
Disk Temperature :    47oC / 116oF

i did a back flash to the fw v.1 and the tests are similar to the one i showed earlier, really poor...
just now i flashed to the v.2 again and i can say not a real improvement...
i´m lost now...
i think has to do with the connection to my pc , i have a asus p5q motherboard, next week i will buy a new pci lan card and then give it a try again...
or may be is a driver problem from win 7 on my not so modern mb....

ph0enix · « **Reply #10 on:** July 30, 2010, 03:32:43 PM »

The P5Q motherboard has a Atheros NIC onboard, that looks like it uses 100mb then oppose to 1gb.
Other people with the same NIC....
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?board_id=4&model=PCI-AS2940UW&id=20090826090739625&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

Check that your local area connection status, speed is 1.0Gbps. You can try and manually set the Speed & Duplex by doing:
Right click on Computer Icon> Manage> Device Manager> Select Network adapters> Right click on the NIC then properties> Advance Tab> Speed & Duplex, Change Auto-Negotiation to 1000Mbps Full Duplex.....

D-Link Dir-685 can do a link status check, just go onto the Tools tab > System Check... and see if the router giving you 1Gbps.
Hope that helps

stukka · « **Reply #11 on:** July 31, 2010, 12:03:41 AM »

hi ph0enix,
i tried all what you proposed with no success...
even a new cable that shows on the pc 1gb transfer speed does not change the
nas performance values...

can you please try this small tool:
http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance
is very simple and in my opinion excellent for our proposes...

ph0enix · « **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2010, 05:42:03 AM »

The NIC you have changes from 100Mbps to 1.0Gbps randomly, reason I would check the speed while transferring. You could do a LAN to LAN transfer to benchmark whether your system is capable of 1.0Gbps, I had speed of 95MB transfer using the Windows 7 copy file to two computers. This is to check that it's not your NIC, then I would try out another 2.5 HDD for the router.......

Rather strange NAS tester, due to not seeing the read transfer to my computer as I check the network meter. Only see 96kb transfer doing the read iteration, makes me wonder how it works.......

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Note that reliable results depend on that the local computer drive, the test is being executed from, has faster read and write speeds than the NAS being tested. Also note that the program's method of generating the read speed test files on the NAS is specifically tuned for avoiding caching on network drives. This means that running the benchmark against local drive letters will give incorrect read speed results due to locally cached test files. Please use it only for testing network drives.

It seems like it avoid using the cache on the HDD, hence there is lower read and write. Here's my result:

Running warmup...
Running a 200MB file write on drive Z: 5 times...
Iteration 1: 5.59 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 5.58 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 5.56 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 5.06 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 5.26 MB/sec
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Average (W): 5.41 MB/sec
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Running a 200MB file read on drive Z: 5 times...
Iteration 1: 11.09 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 12.65 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 12.7 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 11.51 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 11.2 MB/sec
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Average (R): 11.83 MB/sec
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GMCinema · « **Reply #13 on:** July 31, 2010, 07:53:59 AM »

Running warmup...
Running a 200MB file write on drive Z: 5 times...
Iteration 1: 1.22 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 1.43 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 2.62 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 2.54 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 2.44 MB/sec
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Average (W): 2.05 MB/sec
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Running a 200MB file read on drive Z: 5 times...
Iteration 1: 7.34 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 8.24 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 6.7 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 8.02 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 7.8 MB/sec
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Average (R): 7.62 MB/sec
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GMCinema · « **Reply #14 on:** July 31, 2010, 08:05:55 AM »

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 (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 : 16.686 MB/s
Sequential Write : 9.216 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 13.442 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 9.264 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 2.042 MB/s [ 498.5 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 1.149 MB/s [ 280.5 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 2.329 MB/s [ 568.5 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 1.500 MB/s [ 366.3 IOPS]

Test : 50 MB [Z: 5.6% (12.9/229.2 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2010/07/31 16:07:28
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition [6.1 Build 7600] (x86)

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