In contrast,
traditional hard drives read and write data by moving a mechanical arm to the appropriate region on a spinning platter (SN: 10/19/13, p. 28).
Not exact matches
Think of accessing a USB memory disc versus a CD, which is roughly what a
traditional hard drive is; no spinning = faster
reading.
Even the most standard SSDs are light years ahead of
traditional hard drives when it comes to
read / write performance.
I used CrystalDiskMark 5 to verify the actual speed for
reading and writing: is not extremely high - performance, but definitely faster compared to a
traditional mechanical
hard drive.