speed test 1: SATA HD to Ultra ATA-100 HD

Setup:

FROM internal Hard Drive, connected to mother board via SATA cable
TO internal Hard Drive, connected to same mother board via IDE cable

Drive 1: 6Y120M0; 120 BB DiamondMax Plus 9, Maxtor, SATA-150 (Serial ATA)
Drive 2: HDS722525VLAT80; 250 BB Deskstar, Hitachi, Ultra ATA-100 (Parallel-ATA)

File: 1.05 GB (1,107,898 KB)


Transfer Time: 28 seconds

Math:
1,107,898 KB * 1,024 =1,134,487,552 Bytes

1,134,487,552 /28 seconds= 40,517,413 Bytes per second [40,517,413 B/s]
/1024 /1024= 38.6 MB/s

Average Speed: 38.6 MB/s (40,517,413 Bytes per second)

speed test 2: SATA HD to Ultra ATA-100 HD

Setup: Same as above (from SATA-150 internal to U-ATA-100 internal)

Drive 1, Drive 2: Same as above.

Files: A folder with 21 FILES in it. TOTAL SIZE: 7.34 GB (7,887,505,431 Bytes)

Transfer Time: 3 minutes, 30 seconds (= 210 seconds)

Math:
7,887,505,431 Bytes /210 seconds= 37,559,550 Bytes per second

Average Speed: 35.8 MB/s (37,559,550 Bytes per second)