NVMe doesn't have much of an advantage over SATA SSDs at QD=1 in the first place. It really shines when you have higher QD or on sequential transfers, which ar

NVMe doesn't have much of an advantage over SATA SSDs at QD=1 in the first place. It really shines when you have higher QD or on sequential transfers, which are not typical consumer desktop workloads. On the other hand, Optane does have a big advantage at QD=1, which is the point people are making here. Looking at NVMe as an indication of Optane performance is the wrong approach since it has very different performance characteristics. https://img.purch.com/r/711x457/aHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmJlc3RvZm1pY3JvLmNvbS9QL1YvNzIyODAzL29yaWdpbmFsL2ltYWdlMDA1LnBuZw== https://img.purch.com/r/711x457/aHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmJlc3RvZm1p... (of course you're not incorrect that games aren't really using access patterns that are optimal for superfast SSDs)