Kind of stupid to end with &quot;Since CPUs aren&#x27;t getting faster, making storage faster is a big help.&quot;<p>CPUs and storage exist for completely disjoint purposes, and the fastest CPU in the world can&#x27;t make up for a slow disk (or vice versa). Anyway, CPUs are still &quot;faster&quot; than SSDs, whatever that means, if you wish to somehow compare apples to oranges. That&#x27;s why even with NVMe if you are dealing with compressible data enabling block compression in your FS can speed up your IO workflow.