The Access/Seek Times navigation entry offers setting options in the Measure and Number of operations areas specifically for the Access/seek times test.
The following setting options are available:
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Area
Measure
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Defines which of the two tests will be run – Access times or Seek times.
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Input field
Number of operations
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Defines how many times the selected test is run. The higher the value that you enter, the more accurate the measurement result is. However, the duration of the test becomes longer if the test is repeated often. The test is run 100 times by default.
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See also
| Search Time |
The seek time is the time the drive needs to move the read head to a specific position on the disc that is inserted in the drive. In other words, the seek time encompasses the period of time between the arrival of a write or read command and commencement of the actual write or read process.
| Access Time |
The access time is the time a drive needs to move the read head to a specific position on the disc that is inserted in the drive and to additionally read an area of the disc. In other words, the access time encompasses the seek time and in addition the period of time for reading a specific area.