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SATA3 HDD versus SATA 3 SSD--is it primarily seek time that differs?

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Deleted by user--just read an article about this topic which answered the question very clearly.

 

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What was the answer?


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What was the answer?

 

The SATA III designation only describes the maximum bus transfer rate, and has nothing to do w/ the HDD's inherent I/O capabilities, and so is a bit of marketing hype, or at least tells lets the user know they can be connected to a 6Gbs/sec port.   SSD's still way way outperform HDDs in terms of not only seek time (huge difference) as well as read/write rates.

 

I probably should have posted this answer for others so thanks Ryan for reminding me!


Noel

System:  7800x3D, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut, Noctua NH-U12A, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL Ripjaws S5 Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Edge Sync for near zero Frame Time Variance achieving ultra-fluid animation at lower frame rates.

Aircraft used in A Pilot's Life V2:  PMDG 738, Aerosoft CRJ700, FBW A320nx, WT 787X

 

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