Thought this was a pretty interesting test done by TestingGames on Youtube.
Definitely seems like everyone should be installing their games on a SATA SSD by now.
Text summary of video below :
HDD was a Western Digital Blue 1Tb 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64Mb cache
SATA SSD was a Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb
NVME was a Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1Tb PCIE 3.0
Cyberpunk 2077
HDD - 29.400 seconds
SATA SSD - 9.700 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 8.801 seconds
Assassins Creed Valhalla
HDD - 40.851 seconds
SATA SSD - 12.900 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 11.850 seconds
Horizon Zero Dawn
HDD - 22.500 seconds
SATA SSD - 8.551 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 8.551 seconds
Microsoft Flight Simulator
HDD - 1m15.601
SATA SSD - 34.251 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 30.650 seconds
Watch Dogs Legion
HDD - 48.800 seconds
SATA SSD - 12.650 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 12.050 seconds
Definitely seems like everyone should be installing their games on a SATA SSD by now.
Text summary of video below :
HDD was a Western Digital Blue 1Tb 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64Mb cache
SATA SSD was a Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb
NVME was a Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1Tb PCIE 3.0
Cyberpunk 2077
HDD - 29.400 seconds
SATA SSD - 9.700 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 8.801 seconds
Assassins Creed Valhalla
HDD - 40.851 seconds
SATA SSD - 12.900 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 11.850 seconds
Horizon Zero Dawn
HDD - 22.500 seconds
SATA SSD - 8.551 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 8.551 seconds
Microsoft Flight Simulator
HDD - 1m15.601
SATA SSD - 34.251 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 30.650 seconds
Watch Dogs Legion
HDD - 48.800 seconds
SATA SSD - 12.650 seconds
PCI 3.0 NVME - 12.050 seconds