> > A simple read test with hdparm -t reveals: > 500 GB Crucial from 2016: Timing buffered disk reads: 1596 MB in 3.00 > seconds = 531.46 MB/sec > 128 GB Sandisk from 2014: Timing buffered disk reads: 1532 MB in 3.00 > seconds = 510.60 MB/sec > 120 GB Sandisk from 2017: Timing buffered disk reads: 968 MB in 3.00 > seconds = 322.42 MB/sec > > FYI some other hdparm results in case anyone's interested.
Host Disk Cached Reads Buffered Reads Phenom965 6T wd red WDC WD60EFRX-68L 3785 147 Phenom965 8T wd red WDC WD80EFAX-68K 3716 190 Phenom965 250G Samsung SSD 840 (sata) 3757 60 FX-8350 nvme 512G Samsung 950 (951?) 4793 1435 FX-8350 1T WDC WD10EARX-00N 3883 118 FX-8350 3T WDC WD30EFRX-68A 4422 111 3900X@2133 3T WDC WD30EFRX-68A 11623 143 3900X@3200 3T WDC WD30EFRX-68A 15225 139 3900X@2133 nvme 512G Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 11904 2858 3900X@3200 nvme 512G Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 15213 3032 i3-6100U INTEL SSDSCKJW12 128G M2 sata 3541 448
