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For gaming and general OS responsiveness, focus on RND4K Q1T1 . A fast NVMe drive might do 80+ MB/s here; a hard drive struggles at 0.5–1.5 MB/s. crystaldiskmark
| Drive Type | SEQ Read (Q8T1) | SEQ Write (Q8T1) | RND4K Q1T1 Read | |------------|----------------|------------------|------------------| | SATA HDD (7200 RPM) | 150–200 MB/s | 150–200 MB/s | 0.5–1.5 MB/s | | SATA SSD | 500–560 MB/s | 450–530 MB/s | 20–40 MB/s | | PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD | 3,000–3,500 MB/s | 2,500–3,000 MB/s | 40–60 MB/s | | PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD | 5,000–7,500 MB/s | 4,000–7,000 MB/s | 60–90 MB/s | | PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD | 10,000–14,000 MB/s | 9,000–12,000 MB/s | 80–110 MB/s | Have a question about your own CrystalDiskMark results