Speed: This is where SSD shines. A PC equipped with an SSD will boot up in a few seconds, of course within a minute. Hard drives need time to speed up operating specifications and will continue to be slower than SSDs in normal operation. PC or MAC and SSD boots are faster, start applications faster, and have higher overall performance. Using SSD drives on laptops and desktops, you can see higher PCMAMS scores, plus the much higher scores and transfer times of external SSDs and HDDs. Whether it's entertainment, school or business, the extra speed may be the difference between completing on time or failing. Fragmentation: Due to their rotating recording surface, HDD surfaces work best with larger files placed in adjacent blocks. In this way, the drive head can start and end its reading in one continuous movement. When the hard disk starts to fill up, large files will be scattered around the disk, which is called fragmentation.
