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No you don’t, that speed is for an OS level copy not the advertised max seq write speed. I have the 960 pro in raid and I don’t get more than 2000-2200 MB/s wh

No you don’t, that speed is for an OS level copy not the advertised max seq write speed. I have the 960 pro in raid and I don’t get more than 2000-2200 MB/s when copying a files of that size on an actual file system. Based on the copy speed vs advertised speed I would put the max seq write speed of that drive at least in the 3000 MB/s range this is at least as fast as the 970 evo in its largest capacity if not faster since Apple tends to use Sammy SSDs I’m betting that this is a newer version of the PM981 which might some day be released as the 980 evo or even pro.

satysin 8y ago
My XPS 15 shipped with a PM981 (1TB) and while it is fast it isn't as fast as the speeds in the article. However I think this is more down to Apple "cheating" at the file system level with delayed write and snapshots or whatever other tricks they are using. Also the PM981 is the same tech as used in the 970 EVO. Samsung have also had the SM line previous which was the same tech as used in the PRO line but there doesn't seem to be an SM981 so maybe they are no longer doing OEM MLC?
- dogma1138 8y ago
  It’s not the PM981 but it quite possibly be a newer version of it, the WD Black reaches speeds of 2800 MB/s in its 1TB version so it’s not unreasonable that a Sammy refresh of the 981/970 will be at least as fast as the newer WDs. And while Apple can cheat at least on the mid 2015 15” MBP with a 1TB NVME I’m not getting any speeds that aren’t in line with my drive this is on a Mojave preview with APFS.
  - satysin 8y ago
    I will have to test on my 2018 MBP when it arrives in a couple of weeks. Will be interesting to see side-by-side against the PM981.
jjeaff 8y ago
You can't infer anything from the copy speed. The article mentions that it is using the new apple file system apfs. Which includes a clone feature that upon copying a file, a reference to that file is created. The file system then only actually stores changes made to individual copies. So I'm surprised it actually took 2 seconds.
- dogma1138 8y ago
  The disk benchmark shouldn’t copy just write and it had managed to get a bit higher speeds, I have and older version of these drives which isn’t that much slower and I can get simmilar speeds in Windows. Running Black Magic Disk Mark in my mid 2015 MBP with an NVME SSD with Mojave preview and APFS does produces valid results if this would be just a soft link copy I would get the same speeds even with a slower NVME.

satysin 8y ago

My XPS 15 shipped with a PM981 (1TB) and while it is fast it isn't as fast as the speeds in the article. However I think this is more down to Apple "cheating" at the file system level with delayed write and snapshots or whatever other tricks they are using. Also the PM981 is the same tech as used in the 970 EVO. Samsung have also had the SM line previous which was the same tech as used in the PRO line but there doesn't seem to be an SM981 so maybe they are no longer doing OEM MLC?

dogma1138 8y ago
It’s not the PM981 but it quite possibly be a newer version of it, the WD Black reaches speeds of 2800 MB/s in its 1TB version so it’s not unreasonable that a Sammy refresh of the 981/970 will be at least as fast as the newer WDs. And while Apple can cheat at least on the mid 2015 15” MBP with a 1TB NVME I’m not getting any speeds that aren’t in line with my drive this is on a Mojave preview with APFS.
- satysin 8y ago
  I will have to test on my 2018 MBP when it arrives in a couple of weeks. Will be interesting to see side-by-side against the PM981.

jjeaff 8y ago

You can't infer anything from the copy speed. The article mentions that it is using the new apple file system apfs. Which includes a clone feature that upon copying a file, a reference to that file is created. The file system then only actually stores changes made to individual copies. So I'm surprised it actually took 2 seconds.

dogma1138 8y ago
The disk benchmark shouldn’t copy just write and it had managed to get a bit higher speeds, I have and older version of these drives which isn’t that much slower and I can get simmilar speeds in Windows. Running Black Magic Disk Mark in my mid 2015 MBP with an NVME SSD with Mojave preview and APFS does produces valid results if this would be just a soft link copy I would get the same speeds even with a slower NVME.