3 SSDs vs 2 SSDs - Specifically, what kind of performance difference is there going to be?

Consider the following setups:
Setup Y
MSI X99S SLI Plus LGA 2011-3 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0 GHz LGA 2011-V3 Boxed Processor
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card
Crucial 32GB 4 x 8GB DDR4-2133 (PC4-17000) C15 Desktop Memory Module Kit
C: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB SATA III 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE256BW    (OS, Programs, Pagefile, Media Cache)http://www.microcenter.com/product/435472/850_Pro_Series_256GB_SATA_III_25_Internal_Solid_ State_Drive_(SSD)_MZ-7KE256BW
D: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB SATA III 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive - MZ-7KE1T0BW (Media, Projects, Previews, Exports)http://www.microcenter.com/product/435474/850_Pro_Series_1TB_SATA_III_25_Internal_Solid_St ate_Drive_-_MZ-7KE1T0BW
Windows 8.1
Thermaltake Toughpower 80 Plus 1000W Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Miscellaneous CD-RW or CD-RW/DVD-RW SATA Internal Optical Drive - Refurbished
Vs the following two setups:
All the same specs but for disk setup (Setup X):
C: 256GB 850 Pro  (OS, Programs, Pagefile)
D: 512GB 850 Pro  (Media, Projects)
E: 256GB 850 Pro  (Previews, Media Cache, Exports)
and Vs Setup Z:
C:256GB 850 Pro (OS, Programs, Pagefile, Media Cache)
D: 512 GB 850 Pro (Media, Projects, Previews, Exports)
So considering these disk configurations, which would be recommended?  Specifically, would Setup X be more effective than Setup Y, and if so, for what reason?  What performance differences could be expected?  I can assume that setup Z would be the least effective, but I'm not entirely sure if I understand the exact reasons why.  I would like this to be made clear, and if you have any of your own recommendations for the entire setup, I would love to hear them.
(This whole thing is merely hypothetical, I just want to learn)

I seriously doubt that you will find any difference.  Multiple hard drives were required to overcome the poor read/write speeds and access times of those mechancial devices.  With your great choice of very high performance SSD's it should be perfect for anything but uncompressed or other very disk intensive codecs.  One of your Samsung 850 Pro's has the same read/write performance as three hard drives and they are about >500 times faster access times.

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