[SMG] Dolphin 5.0 Loading Time Test

This compares Dolphin's level loading time in Super Mario Galaxy to the loading time of a Wii NA disc using Neogamma.
Huge thanks to Yoshifan for letting me use his footage. You can see the original video here (and check out the description for his detailed loading time tests) • SMG1 - Load time testi...
The use of Neogamma is banned for speedruns because it gives an unfair advantage by reducing loading times. Dolphin quite clearly reduces the loading times even more so unfortunately the ban on emulators for SMG speedruns is here to stay - I really hoped that wouldn't be the case.
I only tested Dolphin 5.0, it's possible that later versions have more accurate load times but I'll leave those tests for someone else or a later date (maybe when 6.0 comes out)
Hardware: GTX 1060 (6GB), i7-7700hq, 16GB DDR4 RAM.
Dolphin: 5.0 (HLE audio engine)

[@JosJuice]

The loading times have gotten more accurate since Dolphin 5.0, but not by a huge amount. I'm surprised that 5.0 is this much faster than console, but maybe it's because I'm more used to comparisons done on GC games - maybe Dolphin is worse at accurate loading times for Wii games than for GC games?

[@EpicRandomGamingChannel]

It turns out that WiiU VC is ever so slightly faster than Dolphin, so it might not be inaccurate per se, but original Wiis are just slow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@JosJuice]

​@@EpicRandomGamingChannel Dolphin is intended to emulate the speed of an original Wii disc drive, so given what this video shows, I would say that it's inaccurate at what it sets out to do.

[@minor_change5116]

@@JosJuiceI know it’s been 4 years but I want a optional mode that allows the load times to actually be based off your cpu
Ik it’d probably breaks games when you somehow load an entire game of smash melee within .5 seconds but I’d like the option