Difference between an sshd and an SSD.

[Shivansh681]

So, I was looking at storage for my new build and found something confusing. In the below pictures, an sshd(being cheaper) is shown faster than an SSD which is supposed to be faster. Is there any difference?

Sshd.

Ssd.

[AresKrieger]

SSHDs are pieces of crap, they are a harddrive with an ssd as a cache don't bother with them

 

Also Gb =/= to GB its 1/8 that speed at best (and as I said it isn't really even that)

[TheKDub]

A SSHD is a hard drive with a low capacity SSD in it to act as a cache, whereas an SSD is just straight up SSD.

 

I wouldn't bother with SSHDs unless you need high capacity and speed for frequently used things, while only having one SATA port.

 

Go with the SSD, less points of failure, overall faster.

 

 

In that SSHD picture, the 6Gb/s is the transfer speed of SATA III, not the SSHD. They're just saying that it uses SATA III.

[Shivansh681]

Are they better than an hdd?

[minibois]

That 6Gbps is just what the Sata 3 port can handle, it in no way represents the SSHD's true to life performance. It would be closer to 80MBps with a small part (usually about 8GB) of flash memory (SSD memory) on which the HDD automatically puts stuff to speed it up.

I would suggest just sticking with an SSD + regular HDD.

[TheKDub]

Just now, Shivansh681 said:

Are they better than an hdd?

Yes and no.

 

SSHDs have more points of failure as they're including an SSD into the HDD, and they're also more expensive for the same capacity.

[Shivansh681]

Ok thanks

[AresKrieger]

Just now, Shivansh681 said:

Are they better than an hdd?

No, they fail too easily due to SSDs having a limited write number and it being used as cache

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

2 minutes ago, Shivansh681 said:

Are they better than an hdd?

an SSHD is a hybrid SSD/HDD version

 

its basicly in the middle of a hdd and a ssd in performance , cheaper to manufacturer then a SSD, quicker then a hdd, and the price in between

 

 

if u want high storage with high speeds id rather recommend RAID  though

 

 

[DocSwag]

The 6.0 gb/s is referring to the max speed of the sata connector, not the SSHD itself. The SSD's numbers on the other hand are those the drive is actually rated for. You're comparing two different metrics.

[seagate_surfer]

Basically for performance SSD>SSHD>HDD. As others have mentioned, an SSHD is a hybrid drive with an SSD cache and then a larger spinning storage capacity. How it works is that it intuitively places the data you access most frequently and puts it on the SSD portion for faster load-times, and then everything else goes on the spinning portion. For some users, this is a great best-of-both-worlds approach because you get some of the performance people love about SSD, but without making your wallet cry. There can also be longer warranty periods on SSHDs compared to standard HDDs, for example the standard BarraCuda comes with a 2 year warranty, whereas the FireCuda SSHD comes with a 5 year warranty.

Here are a couple of charts which show how they stack up comparatively:
 

The first one compares startup times across several popular games on a traditional spinning 7200 RPM HDD, our SSHD, and an M.2 SSD (128GB). The white is for SSD, the orange is for our SSHD, and the gray is for the 7200 spinning HDD.

Startup Times
 

The next one compares the first 3 days of gaming storage utilization across several popular titles, and SYSmark ratings from various drive types and combinations. First of the grays is 7200 RPM 1TB spinning HDD, second (lightest gray) is our SSHD, third (darkest gray) is an SSD + 7200 RPM HDD combo, purple is SSD + our SSHD combo, and lastly blue is SSD.
 

First 3 Days Gaming Storage Utilization

So what it boils down to is that it just matters what your priorities are. If you're looking strictly at performance, an SSD would be the best choice. Their storage capacity for the money can be quite small, so you may still want either a HDD or SSHD (either now or later) for additional storage space as well. If you're looking for a mix of some SSD performance, but still sufficient storage space in a single drive, an SSHD may be the best fit, especially if having a longer warranty is a priority. 

Thank you for considering Seagate, regardless of which drive(s) you decide are right for you in the end!