Boot times
The drives are then imaged with an exact replica of the Seagate boot drive, and we time how long it takes to load Windows 7 and our graphics-card benchmark level from Far Cry 2.| Windows 7 RTM OS loading time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial CT64M225 SSD 64GB | Samsung HD103UJ 1TB | Corsair X128 SSD 128GB | Kingston SSDNow V+ 64GB |
| 24 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Far Cry 2 loading time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial CT64M225 SSD 64GB | Samsung HD103UJ 1TB | Corsair X128 SSD 128GB | Kingston SSDNow V+ 64GB |
| 35 | 39 | 35 | 36 |
In both cases, loading up from SSDs is quicker than from a mechanical drive, although there's very little difference between the solid-state disks.
