So I bench-marked my computer today, and here are the results...
PerformanceTest 8 x64
Here is a comparison of my old platter HDD, to the SSD. I have been using it as my OS drive for a month now, and I would recommend spending the extra money! For me, the difference was night and day.
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| New PNY XLR8 SSD - 240GB |
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| OLD HDD - Segate 1tb |
The numbers that will matter to most people are the ones in
the "Seq" and "4K" row.
Seq is short for sequential (read/write speeds), and 4K
refers to random (read/write speeds).
Sequential read/write - measures the speed of your hard
drive when it comes to the transfer of large files (e.g. installing programs,
copying videos, programs, photo albums or music libraries from one hard drive
to another). High sequential read speeds will also shorten the loading time for
large programs such as modern computer games and video editing software. -
