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Most SSDs are SATA, which is just the connection technology.
Has Microsoft improved their boot times yet? MacOS boots up in 7 seconds or less on 8gb of RAM and an i5; Linux takes even less time, as little as 1-2 seconds depending on the distro.

Hence I mentioned:

SATA (mechanical) HDDs

Windows 10 Is a quicker boot time, but If you're running mediocre specs, you won't notice much difference. With my aforementioned current specs, they all work hand-In-hand and play a major role In overall performance and stability. No more lags, latency, response time Issues, nothing of the sort. I've yet to have the need to perform a reboot due to loss of functionality or a system freeze.