Storage and USB Performance
CrystalDiskMark – Sequential Read
The system’s NVMe boot SSD is a modern marvel and makes traditional SATA devices seem ludicrously slow. Speaking of SATA devices, the Seagate SSHD reported a good read rate but it’s a little slower than I initially hoped for. Nevertheless, the performance is more than good enough to use as a mass storage drive. The USB 3.0 read speeds were another highlight and just fell short of 300MB/s.
CrystalDiskMark – Sequential Write
When it comes to sequential write performance, the SM951 SSD does remarkably well and sets a wonderful benchmark for other systems to try to emulate. The mechanical hard drive write rate was excellent and USB 3.0 numbers are within the top-end range.
Funny the price is 1967.99 when you select the correct memory on their site.
A lot of the prices on the website have shot up since the UK left the EU.
yeah not by that much though the dollar rate only dropped a couple of points. it’s been down at 1.41 ish since feb.
£130 price hike is just plain simple gauging or the reviewer has been mislead by being sent a better spec at a lower margin.