MacBook Pro M2 Base Model: Slow SSD? NOT as slow as you think!

The new MacBook Pro M2 Pro Base model with 512GB may appear to have slow read and write speeds. But, it's not the case! I discovered a tool called fio (a command line tool) that the simulates semi real-word hard drive tests and the M2 Pro doesn't always have slow SSD read/write speeds.
00:00 Quick unboxing
00:33 Intro
01:04 Slow SSD Speeds?
01:24 Simulating Real World SSD speeds using FIO
03:01 FIO speed results
03:12 Slow SSD a big problem?
04:11 Worth the upgrade?
FIO tool:
github.com/axboe/fio
Can be installed via homebrew:
formulae.brew.sh/formula/fio
FIO manual:
fio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/...
In depth article from arstechnica
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/...
Some fio commands I ran:
fio --name=random-write-file-1MB --ioengine=posixaio --rw=randwrite --bs=1MB --numjobs=1 --filesize=5g --iodepth=1 --runtime=60 --time_based --end_fsync=1
fio --name=random-read-file-1MB --ioengine=posixaio --rw=randread --bs=1MB --numjobs=1 --filesize=5g --iodepth=1 --runtime=60 --time_based --end_fsync=1
NOTE: when running fio, make sure you delete the file afterwards!
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[@Ny1mr3]

This was a very insightful video on more of the real world use of the the 512GB model and has helped me dissuade the FOMO of upgrading to the 1 TB model. Keep it up!

[@ChuenL]

Thanks! Glad it helped!

[@jammies701]

Don’t think it’s due to supply chain issues because Apple did the same thing on a different line of laptops pretty sure (can’t remember which though… M1 release or some phone?). I could be wrong though, but I strongly remember seeing they’d done it before from the first release to the update
It’s a convenient excuse for them, but I feel like it’s just Apple being dickheads once again like not having SIM slots in US iPhones or HDMI 2.1 on the M1 Pro
This isn’t Steve Jobs’s Apple

[@javieroargubi]

dont think its supply issue as the most popular macbook (macbook air M1) is still using 2 SSD chip on its base model