Geekbench 4 scores

[Koh Phi Phi]

My girlfriend's brand new MBA (late 2018 model) feels slow. Performance in Photoshop or any other fairly advanced software takes a HUGE hit.

It's the base model: 1.6 Ghz, 128gb SSD, 8gb Ram.

I ran a Geekbench 4 CPU test and I got 3,470 Single Core and 6,154 Multi Core scores, which is rather low even for an Intel-Y processor.

In fact, her old Macbook 12" 2016 gets higher scores (WTF!!!!!).

Would you guys mind posting your scores? I want to confirm whether it's my unit, or the performance of the 2018 MBA is just lackluster.

 

[Ghost31]

2018 MacBook Air

 

[imrazor]

2017 Macbook Air w/ i7.


The mostly likely reasons that come to mind for your low scores are:
1) Thermals. If your Macbook gets hot, it slows down so that it doesn't get too hot and damage itself.
2) Background programs. Having a lot of programs running in the background can steal resources your MBA needs to perform well. You can check on this with Activity Monitor.
3) Running on battery. A lot of laptops will run slower if they're not connected to wall power to conserve battery.

 

[Smeaton1724]

Depends on background processes. Reboot and check activity monitor, Mac OS could be indexing Spotlight or some other process.

 

[Wingzfan61]