What is a healthy read/write disk speed? I'm having issues with my Mac mini. I ran Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, and it was barely breaking 100 mb/sec. in either reading or writing. My MacBook SSD runs about 1300 mb/sec by comparison.
crweisz wrote:
My MacBook SSD runs about 1300 mb/sec by comparison.
Your MacBook's SSD is an NVMe SSD which is able to achieve must faster speeds than any SATA based drive. For example a SATA SSD will max out at between 400-500MB/s. As mentioned by others, a single SATA hard drive is doing well if it is giving you 100MB/s speeds.
crweisz wrote:
My MacBook SSD runs about 1300 mb/sec by comparison.
Your MacBook's SSD is an NVMe SSD which is able to achieve must faster speeds than any SATA based drive. For example a SATA SSD will max out at between 400-500MB/s. As mentioned by others, a single SATA hard drive is doing well if it is giving you 100MB/s speeds.
Run the free version of EtreCheck Pro and post with the report.
What year model Mac Mini and what type of drive does it have?
If it is a spinning 2.5" HDD, then 100MB/s is about as fast as they get.
Mid 2011. HDD 750 GB SATA Disk. Computer runs very slow, gives me a pinwheel for almost every operation. Replacing OS and resetting stuff makes no difference. Thanks.
yes around 100MB/sec is the general sustainble transfer speed of magnetic rotation disc harddisks
if you wish to know more
Healthy disk speed?
