Yes, agreed!frankly, I would buy an SSD or NVME drive to use with a Pi 5.
I have a Pi 5 booting via USB from an SSD, I am constantly surprised how fast it boots and runs.
But, I think the NVMe Gen 3 interface its faster than USB 3 though.
My Samsung 990 Pro card reports:
Code:
$ sudo hdparm -t /dev/nvme0n1p2/dev/nvme0n1p2: Timing buffered disk reads: 2602 MB in 3.00 seconds = 866.80 MB/sec$ Statistics: Posted by jahboater — Wed Jan 08, 2025 8:45 pm