Madinah66

Q: New 12" Retina MacBook SSD speeds too slow ?

Just got my new Retina MacBook last week ! Very nice machine however It seems that the Flash Hard Drive Read write speeds are on the slow side. Specially when compared to the latest MacBook Pro numbers. Given this new Flash is NVM Express and Apple's own controller it should be much faster. The numbers I am getting are :

around 450 Mbps for Write and 750 Mbps for Read (screen shot attached). The new retina Pros are clocking at around 1400 Mbps !! Do my numbers for the new MacBook match other peoples experience with it as well or did I get a lemon ??

 

Thanks you

 

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MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015), Windows 8

Posted on Apr 20, 2015 11:19 AM

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  • by Kappy,Helpful

    Kappy Kappy Apr 20, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Madinah66
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    Apr 20, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Madinah66

    You have a CPU that is running at 1.6 GHz and not at 2.6 GHz as in the MBPs. That's why they are slower.

  • by Madinah66,

    Madinah66 Madinah66 Apr 20, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Kappy
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    Apr 20, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Kappy

    Thanks for the reply. Yeah I was thinking that might be the reason but I am still curious to see if other peoples numbers on the new MacBook are the same or is there some optimization that could be done to improve these numbers ? Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining, For a notebook that weighs in at 2 pounds and offers everything that this does I am happy with those numbers. Just wanted to make sure that these are the average speeds for this machine.

     

    Thanks

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Apr 20, 2015 11:32 AM in response to Madinah66
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    Apr 20, 2015 11:32 AM in response to Madinah66

    OK, but these forums are not the proper venue to do that. You are in effect "polling", which is not allowed here. Go to Google and search for benchmarks on the new model. That's your best information.

  • by kipsy,

    kipsy kipsy Apr 20, 2015 1:57 PM in response to Kappy
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    Apr 20, 2015 1:57 PM in response to Kappy

    i don't see that trim is ON , is there any mention of it in system report ?

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Apr 20, 2015 2:09 PM in response to kipsy
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    Apr 20, 2015 2:09 PM in response to kipsy

    They don't use normal SSDs, so they do not need TRIM.

  • by Madinah66,

    Madinah66 Madinah66 Apr 20, 2015 3:00 PM in response to kipsy
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    Apr 20, 2015 3:00 PM in response to kipsy

    yes trim is on, picture attached

     

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  • by wheresaldo,

    wheresaldo wheresaldo May 19, 2015 10:48 AM in response to Madinah66
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    May 19, 2015 10:48 AM in response to Madinah66

    Hi,

     

    I'm having the same results with Macbook 12 (Early 2015) SSD benchmark.  This is something really concerning, as Apple has upgraded most of the line of laptops to higher speed, including Macbook Air 13" and Macbook Pro 13".  The Macbook 12 is a really expensive laptop and it was easy to assume that it would have the new speedy SSDs like the Macbook Air and Pro.  Can anyone confirm with another SSD benchmark tool? 

     

    Note: Kappy, the processor speed has nothing to do with the SSD benchmarking.

  • by MrAceXPS,

    MrAceXPS MrAceXPS May 22, 2015 1:14 AM in response to wheresaldo
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    May 22, 2015 1:14 AM in response to wheresaldo

    I looked at the benchmarks before I ordered mine.  I saw that for the money, the specs were far slower than my MB Pro or my Air, but I liked the size and weight.  Not sure the price point is right, but we are buying first generation basically so the specs aren't quite there yet.

     

    Still a great system.

     

    Are you disappointed with the feel of the system?  This isn't a laptop I would be benchmarking. 

     

    But, if there is a problem with the hardware, then that is a different issue...

     

    Are you happy with the system overall?

  • by Oscar Silva,

    Oscar Silva Oscar Silva Aug 9, 2015 10:42 PM in response to Kappy
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    Aug 9, 2015 10:42 PM in response to Kappy

    It has nothing to do with the processor speed. The hard drives in the MacBook Pros are pure SSD with the PCIe 3.0 connection where as the MacBook is a hard drive integrated onto the motherboard, similar to iPhones and iPads. Last years rMBP had PCIe 2.0, hence the increase in speed.

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Aug 11, 2015 9:35 AM in response to Madinah66
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    Aug 11, 2015 9:35 AM in response to Madinah66

    1.3 Ghz MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015) FileVault On.

     

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  • by Daginski ,

    Daginski Daginski Aug 12, 2016 12:17 PM in response to Oscar Silva
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    Aug 12, 2016 12:17 PM in response to Oscar Silva

    u r not right... Macbook Pro 2015 has PCI 2.0 x4 5GT/s the same has macbook retina 12" 2015.... so I think the problem here is motherboard or sth... I have both Pro and 12" and I noticed the same problem...

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Aug 12, 2016 1:27 PM in response to Daginski
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    Aug 12, 2016 1:27 PM in response to Daginski

    Don't know why you waited a year to contribute, but you are wrong. The 12" Retina MacBook Early 2015's hard drive interface is 5.0 GT/s PCIe x4 and the MacBook Pro 13" and 15" Early and Mid 2015's hard drive interface is 8.0 GT/s PCIe x4. So, they are not the same.

  • by Daginski ,

    Daginski Daginski Aug 12, 2016 1:40 PM in response to Lanny
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    Aug 12, 2016 1:40 PM in response to Lanny

    maybe 15" but for sure not mine Macbook Pro Retina 13" Early 2015 which is 5.0GT/s ...  (Don't know why you waited a year to contribute - what kind of question is that?)

     

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  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Aug 12, 2016 1:47 PM in response to Daginski
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    Aug 12, 2016 1:47 PM in response to Daginski

    (Don't know why you waited a year to contribute - what kind of question is that?)

    It's what happens when you post to a post that was last posted to over a year ago:

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    And as far as the connection:

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