Dell 5400RPM Hard Drive vs Dell 5400RPM Hybrid Drive SSHD

[kingicev]

Hi Guys

I need to know what the performance will be like between the two drives.
Which one is faster and by how much.

Regards

 

[kawininjazx]

A hybrid drive will boot faster but general performance is similar in windows.

 

[USAFRet]

Need more context.
What size?
What format (2.5" or 3.5")?
Desktop or laptop?
OS drive or secondary drive?

Generally, a SSHD will be 'faster' at some things. In other uses, not a lot of difference.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, kingicev.

Basically the SSHDs (a.k.a. hybrid drives) stand somewhere in-between HDDs and SSDs in terms of performance. They are "faster" than hard drives, but can't compete with SSDs. What makes them "faster" than a regular hard drive is that SSHDs have an HDD part and a small SSD part. The flash memory of the SSD part is used for caching - it stores the most commonly accessed data there and you can get to it much faster than with an HDD. However if you constantly use different data on a regular basis, you might not benefit from it that much.
As for the exact numbers between the 2 drives, you should check the specific models you're referring to. Here's a website, which has data collected from users and you might be able to find what you need for those drives: http://www.userbenchmark.com/. Note that this is a 3rd party website with data gathered from different systems with different components, which means that the performance may vary.
For the best comparison between those drives, I'd recommend that you check their models' specifications.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[kingicev]

Hi Guys

Thank you for the info

Regards