Intel 82801FR (ICH6R) / 82801FRW (ICH6RW) RAID & AHCI Performance Brief

About this manual

The document introduces the Intel 82801FR (ICH6R) and 82801FRW (ICH6RW) I/O Controller Hubs, describing their support for Serial ATA, RAID, and the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI). It outlines system requirements, including compatible chipsets, a Pentium 4 processor, 1 GB of memory, and a Maxtor MaXLine III hard drive.

Benchmark testing using PCMark 04 shows that Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and RAID 0 configurations provide measurable performance gains over the native Microsoft driver, with improvements ranging from 2 % to 78 % across various HDD workload tests.

What's inside

• Introduction
• System Requirements
• Performance Summary
• Benchmarks
• Test Configurations
• Results Analysis
• Appendix A – System Configuration

Specifications

Frequently asked questions

Which software is required to enable the AHCI and RAID features?

Intel Application Accelerator version 4.0 is used to enable and manage the AHCI and RAID capabilities on the ICH6R/RW chipsets.

What benchmark was used to evaluate performance in this brief?

The PCMark 04 benchmark suite was used to measure and compare performance of the various RAID and AHCI configurations.