Upgraded my SATA SSD to NVMe SSD - Benchmarks

[LS1Goat]

Upgraded the Crucial SATA SSD to a WD Blue M.2 NVMe SSD in my "budget" Acer Aspire Notebook. Also, swapped out the mediocre OEM single stick Ram to a G.Skill Dual Channel (2x8GB) Kit. Picked up a few additional FPS on video applications as well as smoother performance.

The disk upgrade was worth the money IMO. Not just because of the 2.5-3x increase in Seq. read/write performance, but primarily 4K read performance. This is where it becomes truly noticeable in opening files and launching programs on the desktop. This Acer Ironman mobo only supports 2 lanes PCIe, so it's limited.

1. Crucial SATA SSD Bench



2. WD NVMe SSD Bench

[Tx Redneck]

Sata to nvme is like goin from spinner to ssd. I was reading that the new gen4 pcie ssd's will be hitting 5gb reads. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gi...5gb,39433.html

[LS1Goat]

Sata to nvme is like goin from spinner to ssd. I was reading that the new gen4 pcie ssd's will be hitting 5gb reads. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gi...5gb,39433.html

That's awesome from a technical standpoint. One of those things where it would cool just to have it. However, it sounds expensive and not practical for Laptops. I imagine the at idle and at load wattage consumption would destroy battery life estimates, which is an important marketing metric for Laptop sales. They would have to add more and probably larger battery cells, which adds weight. Nobody wants a 8 lb. 15.6" laptop. For desktop use only, I'm interested to see what the cost to be. And like stated in the article, the important 4K performance data that isn't available yet.

[Tx Redneck]

The laptop I bought around Christmas time has an nvme ssd and I'm constantly surprised be the battery life of it, even when I'm spinning up a vm, killing it and restoring the snapshot. I regularly get 7+hrs on it in that scenario.

https://www.costco.com/Lenovo-Flex-5-Series-2-in-1-Touchscreen-Laptop---Intel-Core-i7---GeForce-MX130---1080p---Active-Stylus.product.100402546.html

[LS1Goat]

I'm averaging just shy of 6 hours with this current set up. Modified Balance Power Plan biased for Performance.

[Tx Redneck]

Very nice.