disk-perf-git-and-pnpm

This repo aims to prove that something is wrong with APFS on macOS, but is also a good stress test in general when changing machine tooling that wants to oberve fs events (such as security tooling / EDR / virus scanners / etc).

The Test

Steps:

1. Setup
2. Gather Results
3. Report / PR with your Results ❤️

Setup

have node @ >= 22.11 have pnpm @ >= 10.2

(if you have proto (with auto-install) or volta installed, these versions will be selected for you)

git clone git@github.com:NullVoxPopuli/disk-perf-git-and-pnpm.git
cd disk-perf-git-and-pnpm

pnpm install # Fill the cache so we don't hit the network during testing

Gather Results

Since you've installed all the dependencies already, we can start with the clean test:

time ( git clean -Xfd; git clean -fd )

Windows Powershell:

(Measure-Command { git clean -Xfd; git clean -fd }).ToString()

And then once that finishes, we can run the install test:

time ( pnpm install )

Windows Powershell:

(Measure-Command { pnpm install }).ToString()

If using zsh

your time will be total.

0.01s user 0.00s system 94% cpu 0.007 total
#.                              ^ this number

and round to the tenths decimal place

if using bash

your time will be real.

real    2.02s # this number
user    0.00s
sys     0.01s

and round to the tenths decimal place

PR your Results back to this Repo:

CPU	RAM (GB)	Clean (s)	Install (s)	Date	FileSystem & Disk	OS
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 12 Core	92	6.8	5.9	2025-02-07	Ext4 : WD Black SN850 500GB	Ubuntu 24.04.1
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12/24 Core	64	6.0	4.3	2025-02-07	Ext4 : Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB	Ubuntu 24.04.1
Apple M1 Pro	16	42.2	44.0	2025-02-09	APFS (Encrypted) : APPLE SSD AP0512R 500GB	macOS 15.3
Apple M1 Max	64	31.5	44.2	2025-02-08	APFS (Encrypted) : APPLE SSD AP1024R 1TB	macOS 14.7.3
Apple M4	16	29.6	31.4	2025-02-08	APFS (Encrypted) : APPLE SSD AP1024Z 1TB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8 Core	32	17.1	16.1	2025-02-09	Ext4 : Corsair MP600 PRO LPX	Ubuntu 22.04.3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8 Core	32	65.5	42.3	2025-02-09	NTFS : Corsair MP600 PRO LPX	Windows 10 Pro 22H2
AMD Ryzen 5 7800X3D 8 Core	64	69.5	73.3	2025-02-09	NTFS : WD Black SN850x 2TB	Windows 11 Pro 23H2