Does Anandbench CPU account for HDD vs SSD?

[Arbie]

I want to compare Q9650 (Yorkfield) performance against i5-4670K (Haswell). The AnandBench tool presents this directly, which is great.

Except... I wonder if the Q9650 results might have been obtained with a mechanical drive, whereas the Haswell would certainly be with an SDD. Looking back at past AT reviews of the Q9650, I don't see where the Bench page numbers came from, to determine what the test platform was.

Does anybody know or have any ideas?

Thx
Arbie



WHOA...

I found the answer myself with some more searching. Both CPUs were tested with an SSD. Thanks to Anandtech for a great tool.

 

[KingFatty]

I wonder if it's irrelevant whether HDD or SSD, because wouldn't everything load from RAM anyway?

 

[pcunite]

As you've noted, both were tested with SSD.

 

[Smoblikat]

It wouldnt surprise me if AT went back and tested everything with an SSD. They do have one diesel benching chart.

 

[Udgnim]

I wonder if it's irrelevant whether HDD or SSD, because wouldn't everything load from RAM anyway?

there was a review a while ago with Crysis showing significant difference in minimum FPS between SSD and mechanical

 

[bononos]

there was a review a while ago with Crysis showing significant difference in minimum FPS between SSD and mechanical

Which might not mean much if the loading is done once a level or at the beginning of the benchmark or at mini level breaks.