Based on time to transfer 4TB of 4K footage of 1 hour four seconds over 10GbE versus 10 hours forty four seconds over 1GbE.
Use of HDMI display via Thunderbolt port requires USB-C to HDMI adapter sold separately.
This configuration provides data transfer at up to 20Gb/s but does not support notebook charging.
Apple Mac models with Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt ports can be connected using an Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter and a Thunderbolt 2 cable (available separately).
So suggesting this again is out of the question. I've recently done a clean install, coming from the OSX catalina beta.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015).
Looking at the console, multiple log entries appear which seem to suggest that the HDMI port is being reconnected multiple times:.
SMC and PRAM resets have been done already.
Using another Macbook (a different model, more specifically a Macbook Air) works fine.
Disconnecting the HDMI cable from the dock and using the second thunderbolt port on the dock to connect a display via a mini-displayport adapter does not work.
Using the second thunderbolt port on the Macbook does not work.
Power cycling the dock (taking out the power adapter and putting it back in) does not work.
Reconnecting the display and thunderbolt cable does not fix the issue.
Connecting a display directly from the mini display-port/thunderbolt port of the Macbook works.
Some steps I've taken in an attempt to solve/isolate the issue:
Ethernet, USB ports and headphone/microphone ports of the dock work when this issue occurs.
To get the display to work again via the dock, the mac has to be restarted.
Upon waking from sleep, the display flashes (the flash that occurs when a display is connected or disconnected) and the monitor no longer works and displays a 'No Signal'.
The monitor is connected to the dock through the HDMI port of the dock.
I recently bought a used Elgato Thunderbolt 2 dock off ebay and everything seems to be working fine apart from this display issue.