disk-perf-git-and-pnpm aims to prove that something is wrong with APFS on macOS

Summary

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: Setup Gather Results 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 https://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 How to find your disk info MacOS Apple Menu "About this Mac" (a window appears) "More Info..." (a window appears) scroll down and click "System Report..." (a window appears) in the left nav of this third window, click "NVMExpress" PR your Results back to this Repo and interact with the results here Date CPU RAM (GB) Clean (s) Install (s) OS FileSystem Disk Notable Software Changes 2025-02-07 AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 12 Core 92 6.8 5.9 Ubuntu 24.04.1 Ext4 WD Black SN850 500GB 2025-02-24 AMD Ryzen 5 7640U throttle to ~550Mhz 92 56 44 Ubuntu 24.10 Ext4 WD Black SN850 500GB 2025-02-07 AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12/24 Core 64 6.0 4.3 Ubuntu 24.04.1 Ext4 Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB 2025-02-07 AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12/24 Core 64 3.3 4.0 Ubuntu 24.04.1 tmpfs (ramdisk) G....