1TB Drive is twice as as fast as 256GB Drive

[techno-Zen]

I decided to go 1TB, and was surprised to see write speeds 2x as fast nearly. Pretty interesting.

 

[techno-Zen]

256GB

 

[OldMike]

It is typically the case that you get better performance and endurance on the larger SSDs.

Thanks for posting your numbers.

 

[MacBird]

Would a 512 GB SSD be in the 1900 range?

 

[anonymous888]

I get 1850 Write and 2700 Read on my 256GB SSD M1 MBA.
It only has 70GB free now. When it was not full I was getting 2200-2300 Write.

 

[daverdfw]

my 512GB Mac Mini M1

 

[turbineseaplane]

M1 MBA 8/512 with 140GB free space

 

[techno-Zen]

This is a 16GB Mac mini btw

 

[Apple_Robert]

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M1 MBA 8/512 with 140GB free space

I thought you returned your M1 due to BT problem etc.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I thought you returned your M1 due to BT problem etc.

After trying the one I returned for just a few minutes...

 

[Apple_Robert]

My 256GB M1 MBA is fast enough for me at 2200 - 2300. I doubt I would be able to tell the different between the 256GB and the 1TB in normal conditions outside of BlackMagic.

 

[Apple_Robert]

After trying the one I returned for just a few minutes...
My wife wanted one - and she loves it!!

(she had a first generation butterfly disaster)

No clue if this one has BT issues as she uses it as a straight laptop, with no accessories, etc

May test this weekend if I can claw it away from her for a bit - lol

Very nice of you to get her one. Hopefully her blissful experience will have you reexamining your repurchase in short order.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Very nice of you to get her one. Hopefully he blissful experience will have you reexamining your repurchase in short order.

I started a thread looking for thoughts on doing a fully base MBA 7core/8gb/256gb for myself to see if folks have thoughts I have not considered.

I would like to have an ASi device to be in the system and using as things go, but not sure I want to plunk down major cash for something to replace my Hack.

My Hack has an 8700/32 Ram/2TB NVMe/RX 580 and thus it's not actually possible to buy Apple Silicon to beat it in terms of what the GPU/RAM can do for me -- not yet anyhow.

Geekbench shows M1 beating up my i7 8700 a bit, but on OpenCL and Metal, my RX580 **destroys** the M1 GPU still (by 3-4x)

 

[turbineseaplane]

Very nice of you to get her one.

That's because I'm a nice guy Robert!

lol - also, honestly, it was painful to watch her beach-balling on the 2016 MBP 2 port she had.

Her favorite feature?

Touch-ID ..haha

 

[rmgbenschop]

First run >2300MBps write, above results after the fifth run.

On my MBP 8GB/256GB.

 

[malcky77]

Here is my results on a base MBA:

 

[Supra Mac]

Here on a Mac mini 512. 2GB file yielded the best results.

 

[malcky77]

Please remember folks that all the screenshots and figures mentioned on this thread appear to be short bursts of speed tests.......anyone actually doing a task that the SSD is reading or writing for sustained periods then the figures will change to a lower figure......as to how much lower I have no clue. lol

 

[Quackers]

My 8GB/256GB M1 MBP - plenty for an old codger

 

[rui no onna]

Please remember folks that all the screenshots and figures mentioned on this thread appear to be short bursts of speed tests.......anyone actually doing a task that the SSD is reading or writing for sustained periods then the figures will change to a lower figure......as to how much lower I have no clue. lol

The results I've seen for 10 Bit YUV 4:2:2 2160 from the above screenshots don't look particularly promising.

 

[ArPe]

You have to make sure everyone is doing the 1GB test for the biggest result. Some are doing 5GB, some 1GB.