Struggling with SSD formatting

[Herb4372]

Came to the smartest place I know to find answers.. hope you can help.

Im struggling to get my external Ssd/enclosure formatted correctly. I've tried ExFAT and got 500MB/s and APFS a maximum of around 150MB/s. Any idea how I can squeeze better speeds out of this? I've used the included cable, TB3 Cable, TB4 Cable. Same results

MBA M2 16GB Ram, 1TB
SK Hynix Platinum 2TB NVMe M.2 - https://www.amazon.com/SK-hynix-Platinum-Internal-Compact/dp/B09QVD9V7R?th=1
Anker Enclosure - https://www.anker.com/products/a8314

 

[LuisN]

Came to the smartest place I know to find answers.. hope you can help.

Im struggling to get my external Ssd/enclosure formatted correctly. I've tried ExFAT and got 500MB/s and APFS a maximum of around 150MB/s. Any idea how I can squeeze better speeds out of this? I've used the included cable, TB3 Cable, TB4 Cable. Same results

MBA M2 16GB Ram, 1TB
SK Hynix Platinum 2TB NVMe M.2 - https://www.amazon.com/SK-hynix-Platinum-Internal-Compact/dp/B09QVD9V7R?th=1
Anker Enclosure - https://www.anker.com/products/a8314

You forgot to mention what case you have and what type. USB3, TB?
I have an OWC envoy TB3 with a 1TB WD green inside and it flies (MacBook Air M1).

 

[Herb4372]

You forgot to mention what case you have and what type. USB3, TB?
I have an OWC envoy TB3 with a 1TB WD green inside and it flies (MacBook Air M1).

sorry, I linked it but didn't describe.

Anker PowerExpand M.2 NVMe USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gbps

 

[Fishrrman]

What will it be used FOR? Backups, general data, an alternate boot drive?

Are you plugging the drive into a hub, or directly into the ports on the MBA?

For general data storage (NOT used as a bootable backup or a tm backup), I'd suggest HFS+ (Mac OS extended with journaling enabled, GUID partition format).

This is a USB drive enclosure, and because it is, I don't think specific "thunderbolt" cables will work with it. You want a "USB" cable.

I checked the link you provided for the enclosure, it's a USB3.1 gen2 enclosure, so the "real world" speeds that it can deliver are reads in the 800/850/900MBps range, depending on which Mac it's connected to.

But a common complaint about the m-series Macs seems to be that the USBc ports don't deliver speeds as fast as the Intel Macs that preceded them...