My wife's gaming laptop has an NVMe drive. My aging gaming PC with a SATA III SSD objectively boots slower than hers. Games start faster on her laptop too. But

My wife's gaming laptop has an NVMe drive. My aging gaming PC with a SATA III SSD objectively boots slower than hers. Games start faster on her laptop too. But I do see your point. Random file access speed isn't hugely different between a NVMe and SATA III drive.