Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro10,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP101.00EE.B00
SMC Version (system): 2.3f32
The process of turning on FileVault2 took approximately 30 minutes. It might have been marginally faster if I wasn't listening to some totally awesome tunes while the encryption was taking place.
Before encryption I ran three separate tests using xbench.
Results 481.18
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.8 (12A269)
Physical RAM 16384 MB
Model MacBookPro10,1
Drive Type APPLE SSD SM256E
Disk Test 481.18
Sequential 308.32
Uncached Write 607.39 372.93 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 481.62 272.50 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 131.13 38.38 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 615.40 309.30 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 1095.31
Uncached Write 1287.58 136.31 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 729.81 233.64 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 2249.33 15.94 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 942.98 174.98 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 488.09
Disk Test 488.09
Sequential 313.13
Uncached Write 688.26 422.58 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 484.65 274.21 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 130.07 38.07 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 637.02 320.16 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 1106.13
Uncached Write 1343.20 142.19 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 721.33 230.93 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 2238.27 15.86 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 962.83 178.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 478.31
Disk Test 478.31
Sequential 312.93
Uncached Write 683.54 419.68 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 484.75 274.27 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 130.80 38.28 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 620.59 311.91 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 1014.41
Uncached Write 813.41 86.11 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 801.36 256.55 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 2238.36 15.86 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 981.22 182.07 MB/sec [256K blocks]
After encryption I ran three more tests using xbench.
Results 411.73
Disk Test 411.73
Sequential 255.66
Uncached Write 611.05 375.18 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 469.03 265.38 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 96.60 28.27 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 655.54 329.47 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 1057.07
Uncached Write 1223.89 129.56 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 704.87 225.65 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1779.88 12.61 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 1013.74 188.11 MB/sec [256K blocks]
After seeing this, I'm going to stick the encrypted drive and go down the paranoid route by switching on "Mac App Store and identified developers" combined with FileVault and an excluding, non-responding firewall. The only thing I need to do now is to tattoo the unlock key inside my eyelid.
Results 411.73
Disk Test 411.73
Sequential 255.66
Uncached Write 611.05 375.18 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 469.03 265.38 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 96.60 28.27 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 655.54 329.47 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 1057.07
Uncached Write 1223.89 129.56 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 704.87 225.65 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1779.88 12.61 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 1013.74 188.11 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 399.23
Disk Test 399.23
Sequential 249.39
Uncached Write 716.32 439.81 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 470.04 265.95 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 90.77 26.56 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 667.28 335.37 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 1000.13
Uncached Write 831.56 88.03 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 788.53 252.44 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1764.84 12.51 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 1039.38 192.86 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 399.02
Disk Test 399.02
Sequential 248.14
Uncached Write 723.38 444.14 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 477.81 270.34 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 89.98 26.33 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 653.42 328.41 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 1018.03
Uncached Write 853.36 90.34 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 796.68 255.05 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1819.49 12.89 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 1049.85 194.81 MB/sec [256K blocks]
After seeing this, I'm going to stick the encrypted drive and go down the paranoid route by switching on "Mac App Store and identified developers" combined with FileVault and an excluding, non-responding firewall. The only thing I need to do now is to tattoo the unlock key inside my eyelid.
