Does this make a difference in time to do a single plot etc? Can anyone who compared the write speeds let me know? Thanks!
You should not look at max write speed but at sustained write throughput
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So true.
Also, differences between SATA and NVME are within 1hr, so…
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This links to a chart with sustained writing throughput for many NVME SSD
Some are REALLY CRAP (like 111MB/s), some are great (2091 MB/sec)
I can testify to the fact that some REALLY CHEAP SATA SSD i have are WORSE than HDD for chia plot generation - they are not intended for this type of workload even if they are far better at general workloads than a HDD
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Excellent point, and correct, here’s the sustained write data from that article:
Hmm one odd thing though, I noticed that the Adata XS8200 pro does a lot better in this test than the one on tomshardware where it only get’s around 1000 MB/s. Wonder if there is any difference in test setup. I do think THW also uses 1MB writes for 15mins
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Suppliers also change the hardware as well sometimes - so the above ratings are not gospel