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; The test report of CD-Blitz(TM) CD-ROM Drives Caching Software
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System Configuration
====================

1. Platform Used to Evaluate the CD-ROM Drives Performance

   Acer Power 486 DX/33 with 64KB external cache and 8 MB of RAM

2. CD-ROM Drives Tested

   (1) Sony(R) CDU-31A-02 (AT bus)
       DEVICE = SLCD.SYS  /D:MSCD001  /B:340  /M:P  /V  /C   (Version 1.22A)

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

   (3) Panasonic(R) 523-B  (AT bus)
       DEVICE = 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  

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

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

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

3. CD-Blitz Configuration 

   Allocate 1024KB RAM as cache buffer to CD-Blitz

4. Items Evaluated

   (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 Data Transfer Rate (CD-ROM drive low level test)

   Two utilities were utilized: 

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


2. CD-ROM Directory Walk Test (CD-ROM file system level test)

   In this test we performed directory walk test (Microsoft BookShelf
   CD-ROM) by the batch file:

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

3. CD-Title Program Execution Test (CD-ROM application level test 1)

   The recorder of Windows 3.1 was used to record a testing procedure, and
   same procedure was applied to all CD-ROM drives.

   Procedure
   
   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 Retrival Test (CD-ROM application level test 2)

   A procedure was made to search MS-BookShelf data base, computing the time 
   elapsed to complete that procedure. 

   Procedure
   
   1. Open MS BookShelf
   2. Click Search
   3. Select phrase "COMPUTER" to retrieve
   4. Compute time elapsed for all matched records

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

1. CD-ROM Data Transfer Rate (CD-ROM drive low level test)

   (1). Under DOS

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

	Commands    :  "dosspeed e:\demo\demo386.mmm -f -b:32768"
		       -f : straight speed test, no delay
		       -b : block size is 32 KB per read

		      Larger is better in this test
		      =============================
Index  CD-ROM Drive            1st test  2nd    3rd   4th   Avg        %
			       (KB/S)    KB/S   KB/S  KB/S  KB/S   Improvement
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1 Sony CDU-31A                 103        135    134   136   127       ---
  Sony CDU-31A    + CD-Blitz   110       6857   6857  6858  5170   4,942% 
			 
2 Sony CDU-561                 207        274    271   280   258       ---
  Sony CDU-561    + CD-Blitz   182       6857   6857  6857  5188   2,349% 
			 
3 Panasonic 523-B              111        134    140   141   131       ---
  Panasonic 523-B + CD-Blitz   111       7025   7025  6857  5254   4,763% 

4 Panasonic 532                122        138    137   134   133       ---
  Panasonic 532   + CD-Blitz   143       6857   6857  6857  5179   4,869% 

5 Panasonic 562                218        296    293   285   273       ---
  Panasonic 562   + CD-Blitz   277       6857   7025  7025  5296   2,273%

6 Mitsumi LU-005S              118        132    137   130   129       ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S + CD-Blitz   119       7025   7025  7025  5299   5,028% 

7 NEC-84j                      224        271    255   269   255       ---
  NEC-84j         + CD-Blitz   135       6857   6857  6857  5177   2,430% 

8 Philips CM205                111        136    133   133   128       ---
  Philips CM205   + CD-Blitz   111       7025   7025  6857  5254   5,065%
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(2) MS-Windows

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

		      Larger is better in this test
		      =============================
Index  CD-ROM Drive            1st test  2nd    3rd    4th    Avg        %
			       (KB/S)    KB/S   KB/S   KB/S   KB/S   Improvement
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1 Sony CDU-31A                 110       127    130    137    126        ---
  Sony CDU-31A    + CD-Blitz   124      5113   5113   5113   3865      3,632%

2 Sony CDU-561                 204       255    255    268    246        ---
  Sony CDU-561    + CD-Blitz   169      5113   5113   5113   3877      1,808%

3 Panasonic 523-B              113       127    137    141    129       ---
  Panasonic 523-B + CD-Blitz   116      5113   5208   5113   3887      3,594%

4 Panasonic 532                127       127    130    130    129        ---
  Panasonic 532   + CD-Blitz   137      5113   5113   5113   3869      3,833%

5 Panasonic 562                204       255    284    269    253        ---
  Panasonic 562   + CD-Blitz   269      5113   5208   5113   3926      1,734%

6 Mitsumi LU-005S              106       137    137    127    127        ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S + CD-Blitz   110      5113   5113   5113   3862      3,632%

7 NEC-84j                      224       271    255    269    255        ---
  NEC-84j         + CD-Blitz   135      6857   6857   6857   5177      2,430%

8 Philips CM205                113       134    130    130    127        ---
  Philips CM205   + CD-Blitz   112      5113   5113   5113   3863      3,716%
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2.  CD-ROM Directory Walk test (CD-ROM file system level test)

	       Smaller is better in this test (except Improved field)
	       ======================================================
Index  CD-ROM Drive            1st Test  2nd    3rd   4th   Avg        %                         
			       Seconds                              Improvement  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Sony CDU-31A                  14       13     12    12    12.75       ---
  Sony CDU-31A     + CD-Blitz   11        3      3     3     5.00   333% 

2 Sony CDU-561                   9        8      9     9     8.75       ---
  Sony CDU-561     + CD-Blitz    6        5      5     6     5.50    80%

3 Panasonic 523-B                9        9      9     9     9.00       ---
  Panasonic 523-B  + CD-Blitz    6        3      3     3     3.75   200% 

4 Panasonic 532                 11       11     10    11    10.75       ---
  Panasonic 532    + CD-Blitz    6        3      3     3     3.75   267%

5 Panasonic 562                  7        6      6     6     6.25       ---
  Panasonic 562    + CD-Blitz    5        4      4     3     4.00   100% 

6 Mitsumi LU-005S               16       14     14    13    14.25       ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S  + CD-Blitz   14       10     10    10    11.00    40% 

7 NEC-84j                       14       14     15    14    14.25       ---
  NEC-84j          + CD-Blitz   12        6      7     7     8.00   150% 

8 Philips CM205                 14       13     13    13    13.25       ---
  Philips CM205    + CD-Blitz   12        4      3     4     5.75   333%
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3. CD-Title Program Execution Test (CD-ROM application level test 1)

	       Smaller is better in this test (except Improved field)
	       ======================================================
Index  CD-ROM Drive            1st Test  2nd    3rd   4th   Avg        %                         
			       Seconds                              Improvement  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Sony CDU-31A                 60        59     58    59    59.00       ---
  Sony CDU-31A    + CD-Blitz   46        20     20    20    26.50   195% 
					 
2 Sony CDU-561                 43        41     40    40    41.00       ---
  Sony CDU-561    + CD-Blitz   34        20     20    20    23.50   100% 
				    
3 Panasonic 523-B              53        52     52    52    52.25       ---
  Panasonic 523-B + CD-Blitz   41        20     20    20    25.25   160% 

4 Panasonic 532                57        53     53    54    54.25       ---
  Panasonic 532   + CD-Blitz   40        20     20    20    25.00   165% 

5 Panasonic 562                38        37     37    36    37.00       ---
  Panasonic 562   + CD-Blitz   30        20     20    20    22.50    85% 

6 Mitsumi LU-005S              68        62     63    62    63.75       ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S + CD-Blitz   50        21     21    20    28.00   215% 

7 NEC-84j                      47        47     46    45    46.25       ---
  NEC-84j         + CD-Blitz   39        20     20    20    24.75   130% 

8 Philips CM205                60        59     58    59    59.00       ---
  Philips CM205   + CD-Blitz   42        20     20    20    25.50   195%
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4. CD-ROM Text Retrival Test (CD-ROM application level test 2)

	       Smaller is better in this test (except Improved field)
	       ======================================================
Index  CD-ROM Drive            1st Test  2nd    3rd   4th   Avg        %                         
			       Seconds                              Improvement  
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1 Sony CDU-31A                 177       176    178   175   176.50        ---
  Sony CDU-31A    + CD-Blitz    42         5      5     5    14.25  3,420% 
		   
2 Sony CDU-561                 107       106    106   106   106.25        ---
  Sony CDU-561    + CD-Blitz    22         5      5     5     9.25  2,020% 

3 Panasonic 523-B              142       144    143   143   143.00        ---
  Panasonic 523-B + CD-Blitz    39         5      5     5    13.50  2,760%   

4 Panasonic 532                155       154    155   153   154.25        --- 
  Panasonic 532   + CD-Blitz    44         5      5     5    14.75  2,980%  

5 Panasonic 562                 82        81     81    80    81.00        ---
  Panasonic 562   + CD-Blitz    22         5      5     5     9.25  1,520% 
  
6 Mitsumi LU-005S              202       200    199   201   200.50        ---
  Mitsumi LU-005S + CD-Blitz    46         5      5     5    15.25  3,900% 

7 NEC-84j                      137       131    132   129   132.25        ---
  NEC-84j         + CD-Blitz    26         5      5     5    10.25  2,520% 

8 Philips CM205                180       180    179   179   179.50        ---
  Philips CM205   + CD-Blitz    52         5      5     5    16.75  3,500%
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Appendix :
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Conventional Memory used for CD-ROM device drivers

CD-Blitz                        : 13KB
MSCDEX                          : 35KB
Sony CDU-31A (AT bus)           : 22KB
Sony CDU-561 (SCSI)             : 13KB
Panasonic 523-B (AT bus)        : 10KB
Panasonic 532 (SCSI)            : 23KB
Panasonic 562 (AT, double speed): 12KB
Mitsumi LU005S (AT bus)         : 57KB  
NEC-84J (SCSI)                  : 13KB   
Philip CM205 (AT bus)           : 20KB
