SSD speed hype

[klrman]

I benchmarked my wife's 840 EVO 120GB against my 850 PRO 128GB with my pro in RAPID mode and hers not.

So, the AS SSD benchmark utility is showing my SSD reading 1,000% faster than hers as I have enabled RAPID and it is using my RAM.

Now, I don't notice any speed difference in the real world between the two. Both load applications instantly and both are blazingly fast. So the question is, are we getting all excited about these benchmarks for nothing if we can't really notice any difference where it counts? One thing I will say is that on cold boot in win-7, my i3-4360 from start button to desktop loads in 10 seconds on my ASUS H97i Plus vs 15.5 seconds with her i5-4690, MSI Z97 U3 Plus board.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yeah, benchmarks are nearly worthless on SSDs, unless you have extremely high I/O workloads (databases normally).

Linear reads are not a bottleneck.

 

[ThatAfricanDude]

Yes, Exactly, its the same with ram, you dont need to overclock it, because your brain cannot actually pick up that it is faster, it is just too fast, this is the same with ssds

 

[klrman]

I just had to get that 850 PRO though and test it out in my new mini itx build! Oh well, it only cost me $40 more than her EVO so didn't break the bank. Those marketing guys are doing a great job though of getting most of us excited about something we can not really perceive.