2017 15" macbook pro 3.1 disk speed test

[RyanFlynn]

Hey Friends,

Just picked up a 2017 MacBook Pro with just about every upgrade (expect I opted for the 1tb in 2tb) Anyway, I saw the quoted specs of 3000MBps read on the drive and I'm only getting around 2300. Anyone else experiencing this?

#firstworldproblems

Ryan

 

[ZapNZs]

I assume this is a system with High Sierra? If so, is encryption enabled?

 

[john991]

Hey Friends,

Just picked up a 2017 MacBook Pro with just about every upgrade (expect I opted for the 1tb in 2tb) Anyway, I saw the quoted specs of 3000MBps read on the drive and I'm only getting around 2300. Anyone else experiencing this?

#firstworldproblems

Ryan

I get 1980 and 2787 on a 2017 MBP 15" (no encryption)

 

[RyanFlynn]

Yeah its high Sierra with encryption enabled. Is the encryption the issue?

 

[john991]

Yeah its high Sierra with encryption enabled. Is the encryption the issue?

I have the 500gb drive with no encryption. So encryption might be the issue for you.

 

[ZapNZs]

Yeah its high Sierra with encryption enabled. Is the encryption the issue?

Some users are finding synthetic benchmarks with APFS + encryption show a slower speed than HFS + encryption (that said, this does not mean anything as far as real-world performance goes considering how poor of an approximation most synthetic benchmarks are to real-world usage.)

 

[Miltz]

Hey Friends,

Just picked up a 2017 MacBook Pro with just about every upgrade (expect I opted for the 1tb in 2tb) Anyway, I saw the quoted specs of 3000MBps read on the drive and I'm only getting around 2300. Anyone else experiencing this?

#firstworldproblems

Ryan

This is completely normal. You won't see 3000MBps in Black Magic.