Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo box

[Marc Joliet <marcec@gmx.de>]

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On Sunday 08 November 2015 10:55:19 J. Roeleveld wrote:
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>For real comparisons, you need to stick both in the same box.
>The low results for the SSD are because of the lower-spec hardware of the
>rest of the system.
>Speed is always determined by the slowest part. In this case, the difference
>is very noticable.
>
>Put the SSD into the AMD-box and you'll see the true performance of the SSD.
>
>--
>Joost

One thing I'd like to add that I didn't see mentioned: even if the sequential 
read performance were worse, the thing that really sets SSDs apart is their 
*random* read and write performance, since they don't have to seek.  This is 
what makes them "feel" fast in everyday use.

HTH
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Marc Joliet
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