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; This is the REPORT.TXT file for SMARTCD CD-ROM cache device driver
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System configuration :
======================

1. Platform used to test the CD-ROM drive performance

   All of the tests are made on Acer Power 486 DX/33 with 64KB cache
   and 8 MB of RAM.

2. CD-ROM drives tested

   (1) Sony CDU-31A (AT bus)
       DEVICE = SLCD.SYS  /D:MSCD001  /B:340  /M:P  /V  /C   (Version 1.22A)

   (2) Sony CDU-561 (SCSI)
       DEVICE=\PROAUDIO\TSLCDR.SYS /D:MSCD001 /W3

   (3) Panasonic 523-B  (AT bus)
       DEVICE = \SBPRO\DRV\SBPCD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220  (Version 2.00)

   (4) Panasonic 532  (SCSI)
       DEVICE = FDCD.SYS  /D:MSCD001  (Version 2.22)

   (5) Panasonic 562  (AT, double speed)
       DEVICE = CDMKE.SYS  /D:MSCD001  (Version 0.73)

   (6) Mitsumi LU005S (AT bus)
       DEVICE = MTMCDE.SYS  /D:MSCD001  /P:300   /A:0  /M:20 
		/T:5  /I:10 (version 2.10b)

   (7) NEC-84j (SCSI)
       DEVICE=\PROAUDIO\TSLCDR.SYS /D:MSCD001 /W3

   (8) Philip CM205 (AT bus)
       DEVICE=\FUSION16\DD250.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:340 /I:3 (Version 1.30.00)

3. SMARTCD CD-ROM cache device driver configuration 

   Allocate  1024 KB of cache buffer to SMARTCD when SMARTCD is tested.

4. Items tested :

   (1) CD-ROM drive data transfer rate (CD-ROM drive low level test)
       Test the data transfer rate for CD-ROM drives under MS-DOS
       and MS-Windows.

   (2) CD-ROM file directory walk test. (CD-ROM file system level test)
       Test the access speed for CD-ROM file system (MSCDEX) under MS-DOS.

   (3) CD-Title program execution speed test (CD-ROM application level test 1)
       Test the system performance for CD-Titles under MS-Windows.

   (4) CD-ROM text retrieve speed test (CD-ROM application level test 2)
       Test the data retrieve speed under MS-Windows

Test Methodology
================

1. CD-ROM drive data transfer rate : (CD-ROM drive low level test)

   In this test we use 2 tools, One for DOS and the other for Windows.

   (1). Microsoft DOSSPEED.EXE : Test CD-ROM speed under MS-DOS
   (2). Microsoft WINSPEED.EXE : Test CD-ROM speed under Windows


2. CD-ROM file directory walk test : (CD-ROM file system level test)

   In this test we walk through all the files in Microsoft BookShelf
   CD-ROM (in drive E:) by the next batch file :

   > TM  START   (Norton Time Mark)
   > DIR  E:  /S  > NUL
   > TM  STOP

3. CD-Title program execution speed test : (CD-ROM application level test 1)

   In this test, we use Microsoft BookShelf to test performance of CD-tittle.
   We use the recorder of Win 3.1 to record a procedure that runs BookShelf
   applications. And then apply this procedure to all of the CD-ROM drives.

   The procedure of this test is :
   Step 
   1. Click on MS BookShelf icon  (run BookShelf)
   2. Click  on HAMMOND  ATLAS  (run this books title)
   3. Click  back (return to main screen)
   4. Click  on American Heritage Dictionary  (run this books title)
   5. Click  back (return to main screen)
   6. Click  on  The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia  (run this books title)
   7. Click  back (return to main screen)
   8. Click  on Familiar Quotations of John Bartlett  (run this books title)
   9. Click  back (return to main screen)
   10. Click  on The World Almanac 1992 (run this books title)
   11. Click  back (return to main screen)
   12. Click  on The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (run this title)
   13. Click  back (return to main screen)
   14. Click  on Roget's II (run this books title)
   15. Click  back (return to main screen)
   16. Close BookShelf


4. CD-ROM text retrieve speed test : (CD-ROM application level test 2)

   In this test we made a procedure that search into MS BookShelf data
   base, compute the time elapsed for complete this procedure. We record 
   the procedure by Recorder of Win 3.1, the then apply to all of the tests
   we made. 

   The procedure is
   Step
   1. Open MS BookShelf
   2. Click Search
   3. Select phrase to retrieve "COMPUTER"
   4. Wait all of the match record read complete

Test Result  (RAW DATA)
=======================

1. CD-ROM drive data transfer rate : (CD-ROM drive low level test)

   (1). MS-DOS : (Microsoft speed test tools used)

	DOSSPEED test. The file selected for testing is "demo386.mmm" 
	under MS-BookShelf.

		      Larger is better in this test
		      =============================
Index  CD-ROM Drive     First test  Second  3-rd  4-th Average  Improved
			 (KB/S)      KB/S   KB/S  KB/S  KB/S    (times faster)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Sony CDU-31A              103        135    134   136   127       ---
  Sony CDU-31A + SMARTCD    110       6857   6857  6858  5170      40.7 
			 
2 Sony CDU-561              207        274    271   280   258       ---
  Sony CDU-561  + SMARTCD   182       6857   6857  6857  5188      20.1 

3 Panasonic 523-B           111        134    140   141   131       ---
  Panasonic 523-B + SMARTCD 111       7025   7025  6857  5254      40.1 

4 Panasonic 532             122        138    137   134   133       ---
  Panasonic 532 + SMARTCD   143       6857   6857  6857  5179      38.9 

5 Panasonic 562             218        296    293   285   273       ---
  Panasonic 562 + SMARTCD   277       6857   7025  7025  5296      19.4 

6 Mitsumi LU-005S           118        132    137   130   129       ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S + SMARTCD 119       7025   7025  7025  5299      41.1 

7 NEC-84j                   224        271    255   269   255       ---
  NEC-84j         + SMARTCD 135       6857   6857  6857  5177      20.3 

8 Philip CM205              111        136    133   133   128       ---
  Philip CM205    + SMARTCD 111       7025   7025  6857  5254      41.0
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(2) MS-Windows : (Microsoft speed test tools used)

    WINSPEED test. The file selected for testing is "demo386.mmm" 
    under MS-BookShelf.

		      Larger is better in this test
		      =============================
Index  CD-ROM Drive     First test  Second  3-rd  4-th Average  Improved
			 (KB/S)      KB/S   KB/S  KB/S  KB/S    (times faster)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Sony CDU-31A              110       127    130   137   126        ---
  Sony CDU-31A + SMARTCD    124      5113   5113  5113  3865       30.7 

2 Sony CDU-561              204       255    255   268   246        ---
  Sony CDU-561 + SMARTCD    169      5113   5113  5113  3877       15.7 

3 Panasonic 523-B           113        127    137   141   129       ---
  Panasonic 523-B + SMARTCD 116       5113   5208  5113  3887      30.1 

4 Panasonic 532             127       127    130   130   129        ---
  Panasonic 532 + SMARTCD   137      5113   5113  5113  3869       30.0 

5 Panasonic 562             204       255    284   269   253        ---
  Panasonic 562 + SMARTCD   269      5113   5208  5113  3926       15.5 

6 Mitsumi LU-005S           106       137    137   127   127        ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S + SMARTCD 110      5113   5113  5113  3862       30.4 

7 NEC-84j                   224       271    255   269   255        ---
  NEC-84j       + SMARTCD   135      6857   6857  6857  5177       20.3 

8 Philip CM205              113       134    130   130   127        ---
  Philip CM205    + SMARTCD 112      5113   5113  5113  3863       30.4
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2.  CD-ROM file directory walk test : (CD-ROM file system level test)

	       Smaller is better in this test (except Improved field)
	       ======================================================
Index  CD-ROM Drive     First test  Second  3-rd  4-th Average  Improved
			 (Second)                             (times faster)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Sony CDU-31A              14        13     12    12   12.75       ---
  Sony CDU-31A  + SMARTCD   11         3      3     3    5.00       2.6 

2 Sony CDU-561               9         8      9     9    8.75       ---
  Sony CDU-561  + SMARTCD    6         5      5     6    5.50       1.6 

3 Panasonic 523-B            9         9      9     9    9.00       ---
  Panasonic 523-B +SMARTCD   6         3      3     3    3.75       2.4 

4 Panasonic 532             11        11     10    11   10.75       ---
  Panasonic 532 + SMARTCD    6         3      3     3    3.75       2.9 

5 Panasonic 562              7         6      6     6    6.25       ---
  Panasonic 562 + SMARTCD    5         4      4     3    4.00       1.6 

6 Mitsumi LU-005S           16        14     14    13   14.25       ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S + SMARTCD 14        10     10    10   11.00       1.3 

7 NEC-84j                   14        14     15    14   14.25       ---
  NEC-84j       + SMARTCD   12         6      7     7    8.00       1.8 

8 Philip CM205              14        13     13    13   13.25       ---
  Philip CM205    + SMARTCD 12         4      3     4    5.75       2.3
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3. CD-Title program execution speed test : (CD-ROM application level test 1)

	       Smaller is better in this test (except Improved field)
	       ======================================================
Index  CD-ROM Drive     First test  Second  3-rd  4-th Average  Improved
			 (Second)                             (times faster)
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1 Sony CDU-31A              60         59     58    59   59.00       ---
  Sony CDU-31A   + SMARTCD  46         20     20    20   26.50       2.2 

2 Sony CDU-561              43         41     40    40   41.00       ---
  Sony CDU-561   + SMARTCD  34         20     20    20   23.50       1.7 

3 Panasonic 523-B           53         52     52    52   52.25       ---
  Panasonic 523-B +SMARTCD  41         20     20    20   25.25       2.1 

4 Panasonic 532             57         53     53    54   54.25       ---
  Panasonic 532  + SMARTCD  40         20     20    20   25.00       2.2 

5 Panasonic 562             38         37     37    36   37.00       ---
  Panasonic 562  + SMARTCD  30         20     20    20   22.50       1.6 

6 Mitsumi LU-005S           68         62     63    62   63.75       ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S + SMARTCD 50         21     21    20   28.00       2.3 

7 NEC-84j                   47         47     46    45   46.25       ---
  NEC-84j        + SMARTCD  39         20     20    20   24.75       1.9 

8 Philip CM205              60         59     58    59   59.0        ---
  Philip CM205    + SMARTCD 42         20     20    20   25.5        2.3
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4. CD-ROM text retrieve speed test : (CD-ROM application level test 2)

	       Smaller is better in this test (except Improved field)
	       ======================================================
Index  CD-ROM Drive     First test  Second  3-rd  4-th Average  Improved
			 (Second)                             (times faster)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Sony CDU-31A             177        176    178   175  176.50        ---
  Sony CDU-31A   + SMARTCD  42          5      5     5   14.25       12.4 

2 Sony CDU-561             107        106    106   106  106.25        ---
  Sony CDU-561   + SMARTCD  22          5      5     5    9.25       11.5 

3 Panasonic 523-B          142        144    143   143  143.00        ---
  Panasonic 523-B +SMARTCD  39          5      5     5   13.50       10.6   

4 Panasonic 532            155        154    155   153  154.25        --- 
  Panasonic 532  + SMARTCD  44          5      5     5   14.75       10.5 

5 Panasonic 562             82         81     81    80   81.00        ---
  Panasonic 562  + SMARTCD  22          5      5     5    9.25        8.8 

6 Mitsumi LU-005S          202        200    199   201  200.50        ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S +SMARTCD  46          5      5     5   15.25       13.1 

7 NEC-84j                  137        131    132   129  132.25        ---
  NEC-84j        + SMARTCD  26          5      5     5   10.25       12.9 

8 Philip CM205             180        180    179   179  179.50        ---
  Philip CM205   + SMARTCD  52          5      5     5   16.75       10.7
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Appendix :
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1. Conventional Memory used for CD-ROM device drivers

(1) SMARTCD  used                   :  13 KB

(2) MSCDEX     used                 :  35 KB

(3) Sony CDU-31A (AT bus)           :  22KB

(4) Sony CDU-561 (SCSI)             :  13KB

(5) Panasonic 523-B (AT bus)        :  10 KB

(6) Panasonic 532  (SCSI)           :  23 KB

(7) Panasonic 562  (AT, double speed) : 12 KB

(8) Mitsumi LU005S (AT bus)         :  57 KB  

(9) NEC-84J (SCSI)                  :  13 KB   

(10) Philip CM205 (AT bus)          :  20 KB
