ps4 ssd differences

question for the ssd gurus. i've been running a ssd in my ps4 since launch. i've been using the Crucial m4 512gb and it has filled up pretty good. so i jumped on the mushkin reactor 1tb ssd deal.

anyway, installing both fallout 4 and battlefront today on the new 1tb drive was noticeably slower than on the m4 512gb. checking every review and benchmark i can find, the mushkin should be faster, even if just academically. real world performance i expected to remain about the same. anyone have any ideas why this might be?

Did you copy the contents of the Crucial over to the Mushkin or do a clean install?

clean install. it doesn't seem to be an issue at all... everything else seems exactly the same. just those two games installing... odd since i figured the disc would keep either from separating itself anyway.

on another note for those that play a ton, you may want to lean towards mlc drives over tlc for your ps4 depending on how much you play. i know the ps4 share option keeps recorded footage on hand and that may be a factor. after two years of using a m4 drive, it has just over 17tb written to it. i believe the tech report write test had the tlc drive failing at 100tb of writes. i have two small boys and dont' get to game near as often as i'd like. i could see someone with a 1tb day one evo drive having a failure four years in..... just a minor observation. for the vast majority, tlc is nbd.

wadec22 said:

on another note for those that play a ton, you may want to lean towards mlc drives over tlc for your ps4 depending on how much you play. i know the ps4 share option keeps recorded footage on hand and that may be a factor. after two years of using a m4 drive, it has just over 17tb written to it. i believe the tech report write test had the tlc drive failing at 100tb of writes. i have two small boys and dont' get to game near as often as i'd like. i could see someone with a 1tb day one evo drive having a failure four years in..... just a minor observation. for the vast majority, tlc is nbd.

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Read the article again. The Samsung 840 TLC SSD didn't fail until 900 TB of writes.

A Samsung 850 Pro has endured 7,000 TB of writes. While I can't find a similar test for the 850 EVO, it is very credible that the 40nm process 850 EVO should last much, much longer than the 21nm process 840.

evilsofa said:

Read the article again. The Samsung 840 TLC SSD didn't fail until 900 TB of writes.

A Samsung 850 Pro has endured 7,000 TB of writes. While I can't find a similar test for the 850 EVO, it is very credible that the 40nm process 850 EVO should last much, much longer than the 21nm process 840.

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you are right. it started reallocating sectors at 100tb, which is why i had the number in my head. that may not bother some, or even most, but it was their first sign of drives showing degradation. i still wouldn't use one in a ps4 console. like i said, i have two kids under two and still had over 17tb written to the drive. i can't imagine what a hardcore younger gamer (thinking me in high school) would be at.

like i said, probably not an issue for most, but worth mentioning.