Speedcheck

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This article provides information about the real measured speeds of the CPC's hardware using different software. The abbreviaton "n.f." means "not feasible", since some software is not capable of performing a particular task. Numbers in bold indicate the smallest needed time. All experiments have been repeated 10 times, the statistic means is given.

On CPC emulators the times can vary, for this tests only real CPCs has been used. For this tests the Dobbertin HD20 hard disc has been used.

- Currently under construction -

Disc management

Various measurements of the floppy disc speed had been taken.

Format a disc: 40 tracks (Data) or 80 tracks (Vortex or 720K Dos)

Format FutureOS XD-DOS Disc'o'Magic CP/M 2.2 CP/M 3.1 Utopia Windows 2000
Data 16 17 18 33 33 43 n.f.
Vortex 64 65 n.f. 65 n.f. n.f. 104

Copy a disc: 40 / 80 tracks, one or two drives

Tracks & Drives FutureOS XD-DOS Disc'o'Magic CP/M 2.2 CP/M 3.1 Utopia Windows 2000
40 tracks, 1 drive 20 n.f. 42 66 63 71 n.f.
40 tracks, 2 drives 20 n.f. 42 69 69 69 n.f.
80 tracks, 1 drive 77 n.f. n.f. 257 n.f. n.f. n.f.
80 tracks, 2 drives 76 n.f. n.f. 207 n.f. n.f. n.f.

Copy a file of 40 KB, 176 KB or 400 KB with two drives or partitions (HD20 hard disc)

Size & Device FutureOS XD-DOS Disc'o'Magic CP/M 2.2 CP/M 3.1 Utopia
40 KB, floppy 6 19 10 33 18 n.f.
40 KB, hard-disc 2,5 13 n.f. 12 4 n.f.
176 KB, floppy 25 74 34 132 70 n.f.
176 KB, hard-disc 9 42 n.f. 38 18 n.f.
400 KB, floppy 55 n.f. n.f. 147 107 n.f.
400 KB, hard-disc 20 94 n.f. 80 42 n.f.