It's possible that WIMBoot would be faster — the eMMC drive can read the smaller compressed data and the CPU can decompress it faster than
the slow eMMC drive could read a larger amount of uncompressed data.
Picture a very
slow eMMC drive that reads files slowly in combination with a fast CPU that can decompress files quickly.
A few noteworthy take - aways from the review include the relatively
slow eMMC disk speeds.
hoping this time that high - speed memory (ufs 2.1) is not yet reserved only for their smartphones galaxy S. Only
the slow eMMC storage is not a good fit for a premium tablet and heavy applications.
Tasks execute quickly, with the exception of things like installing programs or unzipping files since that is still dependent on relatively
slow eMMC storage but once programs are installed working with them and navigating round the OS feels responsive and fast in such a way that you do not feel you are using a budget system.
That's faster than the VivoTab Smart's 18 MBps, as well as the Envy x2's 22 MBps, though both of those systems use
slower eMMC memory.
When it comes to speed, the new internal flash memory is Samsung's new UFS 2.0 variety, not the older and much
slower eMMC 5.1 used in other smartphones.
Not exact matches
There's 16 GB of
eMMC storage, which is a
slower Flash - based storage than solid state drives that are usually found in smartphones and other consumer electronics.
The slate's 32 GB of
eMMC storage booted Windows 8.1 in 16 seconds, which is
slower than Venue 8 Pro (10 seconds), Miix 2 (12 seconds) and Iconia W3 - 810 (14 seconds), but is on a par with the 16 - second category average.
The 64 GB of
eMMC Flash memory booted Windows 8 in a reasonable 16 seconds, which is better than the 20 seconds it took the Acer Iconia W510, but a bit
slower than Envy x2's 14 seconds.
The HP Stream 14 and its
eMMC storage drive (24.7 Mbps) were noticeably
slower.
Even though it has no moving parts,
eMMC memory is often
slower than a hard drive.
Some cheap laptops have
eMMC storage, which is kind of like an SSD in that it's solid - state storage — but, unlike an SSD, is very, very
slow.