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All size Aluminum PB XBench scores here

Gus

Gus

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Jan 1, 2002
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Just want to see what the numbers (unofficial, of course) look like. Here are mine with a 12.1" AlBook 1 Ghz, all stock (256 MB RAM, 40GB HDD, Combo Drive):

Results 85.49
System Info
Xbench Version 1.1.2
System Version 10.2.7 (6R55)
Physical RAM 256 MB
Model PowerBook6,2
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 1.00 GHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 512K @ 1.00 GHz
Bus Frequency 133 MHz
Video Card GeForce FX Go5200 32MB
Drive Type Hitachi IC25N040ATMR04-0
CPU Test 119.40
GCD Loop 115.03 4.49 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 121.91 440.87 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 121.93 3.54 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 126.95 1.97 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 112.36 4.50 Mops/sec
Thread Test 62.90
Computation 61.14 825.43 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 64.75 812.79 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 89.00
System 83.54
Allocate 126.25 82.35 Kalloc/sec
Fill 96.55 768.57 MB/sec
Copy 56.70 283.52 MB/sec
Stream 95.23
Copy 92.96 679.54 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 92.61 683.47 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 97.83 626.08 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 97.78 597.45 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 112.09
Line 105.67 2.69 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 109.94 7.73 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 114.70 2.64 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 105.15 1.14 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 127.90 2.08 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 99.01
Spinning Squares 99.01 69.29 frames/sec
User Interface Test 94.42
Elements 94.42 30.37 refresh/sec
Disk Test 59.66
Sequential 68.78
Uncached Write 62.01 25.85 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 56.12 22.98 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 133.71 21.17 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 59.78 24.15 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 52.68
Uncached Write 51.42 0.77 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 51.51 11.62 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 52.07 0.34 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 55.97 11.52 MB/sec [256K blocks]


Let's see your numbers for all sizes!

Regards,
Gus

P.S. Just because, I posted the lowest of my scores. The highest was in the mid-90 point range.
 
Here are the scores for my 15.2" 1.25 GHz w/ 512 megs RAM and 5400 RPM HD:

Results 108.75
System Info
Xbench Version 1.1.2
System Version 10.2.7 (6R55)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model PowerBook5,2
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 1.25 GHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 512K @ 1.25 GHz
Bus Frequency 167 MHz
Video Card ATY,RV350M10
Drive Type Hitachi HTS548080M9AT00
CPU Test 150.71
GCD Loop 145.11 5.67 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 151.16 546.65 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 153.27 4.45 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 154.64 2.40 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 149.72 5.99 Mops/sec
Thread Test 80.22
Computation 78.91 1.07 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 81.57 1.02 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 121.85
System 115.61
Allocate 157.91 103.01 Kalloc/sec
Fill 141.53 1126.60 MB/sec
Copy 79.67 398.33 MB/sec
Stream 128.80
Copy 131.06 958.03 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 131.59 971.11 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 129.07 826.02 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 123.79 756.37 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 138.05
Line 138.06 3.51 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 125.71 8.84 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 147.93 3.41 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 135.58 1.47 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 145.27 2.37 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 99.55
Spinning Squares 99.55 69.66 frames/sec
User Interface Test 126.90
Elements 126.90 40.82 refresh/sec
Disk Test 96.36
Sequential 92.95
Uncached Write 91.97 38.34 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 90.46 32.95 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 130.96 20.73 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 102.66 33.40 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 74.80
Uncached Write 64.00 0.81 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 67.12 15.14 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 76.35 0.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 75.52 15.54 MB/sec [256K blocks]
 
Nice! :)

Did you install the 5400RPM drive yourself, or did you buy it that way? Has it made things unbearably hot?

I definitely need to get some RAM.

Regards,
Gus
 
Originally posted by Gus
Nice! :)

Did you install the 5400RPM drive yourself, or did you buy it that way? Has it made things unbearably hot?

I definitely need to get some RAM.

Regards,
Gus
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I ordered it BTO from the Apple store the day it came out and doesn't seem to have any negatives that people worried about. The battery life is still in the 3 1/2 hour range and most of the time my PowerBook stays cold to the touch unless I am charging the battery or doing lots of heavy work, but it gets no hotter than my G3 ever did. As far as RAM, I hope to get a upgrade from Crucial once I get some Christmas money in a few months. :)
 
Powerbook G5's machine is well past that magic 100 level of Xbench. This is desktop-level performance. Very pleased to see these numbers!
 
If you compare the results so far, it's obvious that the 5400RPM is making a big difference. Those read-write times are MUCH higher than mine. Hmmm... maybe I should consider an upgrade?

Regards,
Gus
 
ah, very glad to see those scores on the new 12". I'm trading up from an ibook 900 to that model, and I was worried that the performance jump wouldn't be that big... but I get in the low 40s on my ibook, so 85 for the low score looks great to me!
 
Hard drive speed has always been the bottleneck with PowerBooks. Notebooks in general, it seems...
 
Yeah, the HD on my G3 PowerBook was a real snail, so when I saw the option to upgrade to the 5400 for only $112, I took it and it really is pretty nice. I know it isn't as fast as a 7200 rpm, but for a laptop, it really flies and it's virtually silent compared to my G3, too. I did a search and found that my xbench isn't that far off compared to a 1.6 GHz G5 or a dual G4, either, so all in all, I feel pretty good. I cannot wait to see what will be coming when the G5 PowerBooks make an appearance.
 
Originally posted by Powerbook G5
I did a search and found that my xbench isn't that far off compared to a 1.6 GHz G4 or a dual G4, either, so all in all, I feel pretty good. I cannot wait to see what will be coming when the G5 PowerBooks make an appearance.
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Hehe. Nice typo! 1.6Ghz G4. LOL. Like Motorola could even dream that high.

(I know you meant G5, but it struck me as funny.)

Regards,
Gus
 
Originally posted by Gus
Hehe. Nice typo! 1.6Ghz G4. LOL. Like Motorola could even dream that high.

(I know you meant G5, but it struck me as funny.)

Regards,
Gus
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Oops! I changed it...yeah, it won't be for another 2 years at least before Moto comes out with a 1.6 GHz chip! By then I am sure IBM will have G3 chips at 3 GHz!
 
Let's compare shall we?

Results 86.83
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0
System Version 10.2.6
Physical RAM 1024 MB
Model PowerBook3,5
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 1.00 GHz
Version 7455 (Apollo) v3.3
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 256K @ 667 MHz
L3 Cache 1024K @ 134 MHz
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
Video Card ATY,RV250M9
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK6021GAS
CPU Test 113.25
GCD Recursion 114.92 4.49 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 111.28 375.08 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 111.56 6.05 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 115.36 5.18 Mops/sec
Thread Test 63.71
Computation 62.54 503.81 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 64.93 815.07 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 102.84
System 110.33
Allocate 178.05 60.03 Kalloc/sec
Fill 186.32 1068.44 MB/sec
Copy 61.70 308.51 MB/sec
Stream 96.30
Copy 95.67 418.34 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 97.26 424.35 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 96.98 441.27 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 95.33 418.89 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 119.80
Line 127.72 3.25 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 119.51 8.41 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 134.21 3.09 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 119.15 1.29 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 103.14 1.68 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 101.55
Spinning Squares 101.55 71.07 frames/sec
User Interface Test 107.13
Elements 107.13 36.45 refresh/sec
Disk Test 53.09
Sequential 60.34
Uncached Write 50.00 21.82 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 52.37 21.31 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 135.95 21.41 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 50.40 21.74 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 47.39
Uncached Write 39.38 0.59 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 45.62 10.47 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 52.58 0.34 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 55.32 10.84 MB/sec [256K blocks]

I am so sad :(
 
Originally posted by Powerbook G5
Is that the previous TiBook?
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Has to be with that L3 Cache. Well, I don't feel so bad about my scores now. :)

Regards,
Gus
 
Originally posted by Gus
Has to be with that L3 Cache. Well, I don't feel so bad about my scores now. :)

Regards,
Gus
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Me neither, it looks like Apple wasn't lying when they said to expect a 30-40% jump in performance with the new G4 chips. All we need now is a score for a 17" to see how the whole line competes.
 
Originally posted by Gus
Has to be with that L3 Cache. Well, I don't feel so bad about my scores now. :)

Regards,
Gus
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why would you feel bad about your scores? You can hardly expect the same from the 12" as from the high end 15", especially considering the 5400 RPM HD that PowerbookG5 has. I think the new 12" did quite well!

I also noticed that the Ti 1Ghz has a gig of RAM while your 12" has only 256... that would make some difference as well, wouldn't it?
 
The 12" got 119 points in cpu, and the 1ghz Tibook got 111 points, so the new cpu is faster per mhz it seems.
That's really good.
 
My old VERSION 17"

RESULTS 93.59

CPU 115.21
THREAD 65.76
MEMORY 126.44
QUARTZ 123.12
OPENGL 130.64
DISK 54.5
 
Anybody have scores from the 15" with the regular 4200 RPM? Also, what about some 17"ers with different configs.

Regards,
Gus
 
My 12 incher...

Results 86.93
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0
System Version 10.2.7
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model PowerBook6,2
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 1.00 GHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 512K @ 1000 MHz
Bus Frequency 133 MHz
Video Card GeForce FX Go5200 32MB
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK4025GAS
CPU Test 112.27
GCD Recursion 114.95 4.49 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 112.91 380.61 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 105.79 5.74 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 116.00 5.21 Mops/sec
Thread Test 64.20
Computation 62.96 507.22 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 65.49 822.07 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 94.04
System 87.42
Allocate 120.17 40.52 Kalloc/sec
Fill 107.00 613.61 MB/sec
Copy 60.06 300.28 MB/sec
Stream 101.74
Copy 103.51 452.65 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 106.04 462.66 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 100.78 458.55 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 97.08 426.57 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 110.55
Line 106.65 2.71 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 112.16 7.89 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 117.50 2.71 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 109.84 1.19 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 107.30 1.75 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 103.54
Spinning Squares 103.54 72.46 frames/sec
User Interface Test 91.85
Elements 91.85 31.25 refresh/sec
Disk Test 63.21...

Not exactly like my DP 1.25 (135.49), but a huge improvement over the iBook 466 it replaced (30.25). I've noticed that the palmrest temperature is not very warm, but the underside does get hot.
It actually plays Ghost Recon well at roughly 30fps (1024x768x32 with Mipmap @ .08). This is good for such an intensive game. My DP 1.25 with alot more RAM and a Radeon 9000 (64MB) gets abut 60fps (1600x1200x32 with Mipmap @.09).
Virtual PC runs great too! Something the iBook just couldn't do very well at all.
In any case, I love this great little machine!
 
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