Dell XPS 15” with SSD:

>Dell XPS 15” with SSD:
Read speed ~800 MB/s
Write speed ~500 MB/s

>2017 MBP 15”
Read speed: 3200 MB/s
Write speed: 2200 MB/s

Is dell cheaping out here on the SSD or is the MBP just abnormally fast?

Source:
anandtech.com/show/10116/the-dell-xps-15-9550-review/5

macperformanceguide.com/blog/2017/20170709_1632-2017MacBookPro-SSD.html

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MacBook pro SSDs use the PCIe slot and NVME technology. Fast as hell but the price per gigabyte skyrockets to the point where a 500gb NVME drive can be almost double what a non PCIe ssd costs.

Also, for anything other than transferring to a drive that also does read/write in GB/s, having that kind of speed is literally snake oil.

Not true at all. The storage is often the limiting factor in how fast a computer is. A faster SSD means everything is faster.

im not a tech expert but doesnt bus memory bottlecap the speed of storage. You can make an ssd as fast as you want, doesnt mean the computer can utilize all of it.

No one cares laptop are uncomfortable to use and you'll never be as productive as you could be on a desktop

Interesting

Why are you using the 2016 review when the 2017 is also available?

anandtech.com/show/11670/the-dell-xps-15-9560-review-infinity-edge-part-two/3

You're comparing 512GB TLC NvME to a 1-2TB MLC NvME SSD.

Of course the larger drive with the more expensive MLC flash is going to be faster.

There really isn't much tangible difference in everyday use between SATA SSD and NVMe.
It's nothing like switching a system drive from HDD to SSD.

>laptops are uncomfortable
*ahem*

That’s still slower than even 2015 MacBook Pro.

I have a desktop but I currently only have my MSI gaming laptop with me until my house shipment gets here and I haven't felt like it was uncomfortable. Been running my VMs for school and every game on ultra on it just fine.

Just because you haven't had a good experience on one does not mean someone else won't.

would be better off with a laptop that has a proper docking solution rather than plugging in 4+ things every time you decide to move it

No, storage used to be a big bottleneck, now not so much. If you're sitting around max Sata 3 speeds which is the case for most all modern SSDs, upgrading to PCIe will only have noticeable effect in special cases.

Not true at all. You'll only see improvements in niche uses that the MacBook already sucks at.

I'd take a laptop with sata 3 ssd any day of it made up for it in other ways simply because 99% of users wouldn't be able to feel the difference.

The huge jump in performance you get going from HDD to SSD isn't for sequential r/w, it's actually from eliminating seek time.

That's still not answering his question.

see

No lol. Deminishing returns my dude

That shits on my evo 850

sata bottlenecks flash storage

They're both M.2 PCIe interface. Though i imagine the dell is potentially only using an x1 or x2 bandwidth, not the full x4.

I can't notice a difference between my 960 pro in my workstation and a 850 evo in my laptop

I own both and the difference is negligible in daily usage.
The XPS is a bit of a lottery, they have drives from Samsung that are fast, but you may end up with a medium-performance Toshiba or a shitty Chinese SSD.
If you live in the US you can get them to give you the Samsung for free tho, it's just us yuros that are fucked

>hitachi based
Could be solved by swapping with a Samsung SSD.

>Dumbfoundead
My nigga

The state of mactoddler brainlets.

This.