ssd_speed {openintro}

SSD read and write speeds

Description

User submitted data on 1TB solid state drives (SSD).

Usage

ssd_speed

Format

A data frame with 54 rows and 7 variables.

brand

Brand name of the drive.

model

Model name of the drive.

samples

Number of user submitted benchmarks.

form_factor

Physical form of the drive with levels 2.5, m.2, and mSATA.

nvme

If a drive uses the nvme protocol this value is 1, 0 if it does not.

read

Average read speed from user benchmarks in MB/s.

write

Average write speed from user benchmarks in MB/s.

Source

UserBenchmark, retrieved September 1, 2020.

Examples

library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)

ssd_speed |>
  count(form_factor)

ssd_speed |>
  filter(form_factor != "mSATA") |>
  ggplot(aes(x = read, y = write, color = form_factor)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(
    title = "Average read vs. write speed of SSDs",
    x = "Read speed (MB/s)",
    y = "Write speed (MB/s)"
  ) +
  facet_wrap(~form_factor, ncol = 1, scales = "free") +
  guides(color = FALSE)