PS4 HDD gets tested against SSD and hybrid SSD, interesting results

The internal HDD on the PS4 gets compared to an SSD and a hybrid SSD with some great results.

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Published Nov 20, 2013 1:32 AM CST
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:20 PM CST

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Tested has some interesting results for the world, where it has tested the PS4s internal HDD against a Samsung-built SSD, and a hybrid 1TB drive. Check out the video below.

As you can see, the SSD isn't that much faster than the hybrid drive - which is much cheaper, and much bigger - but the stock drive is slow as hell. Something I noticed is that loading games on the PS4 seems to take forever, but I'm comparing this to my all-SSD PC. Maybe it's the PS4 OS that needs some work.

PS4 HDD gets tested against SSD and hybrid SSD, interesting results | TweakTown.com

So, as you can see, it looks like a hybrid HDD is the way to go.

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Anthony Garreffa

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.