Danlord
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SSD here. Battle transitions are instant (was there even a load time for them on PS3? I don't remember). For a save load, the load is instant, then the level load is ~6 seconds. Only tested the first area.
I report roughly the same loading times as you and I'm streaming from an External USB 3.0 HDD and the HDD inside is the PS4's stock 5400RPM drive. Loading is instant, and about 6 seconds to load to game, first level at the first save point.