Low Octane Score on Macbook Pro 2016

[vaheelius]

Hi All,

First post here. I just purchased a second Macbook (2016 Macbook Pro i5 8gb 256gb) used off Amazon and recently ran an Octane V2 test on it. I'm getting a super low score of 6800 compared to my regular Macbook 2017 with a M3 processor which gets around 23000. I know not to rely on benchmarks too much but why would my less powerful M3 Macbook score 3 times higher on this test. Both tests were run on the same network / wifi connection. Thanks in advance for any insight into this.

 

[jerryk]

Dumb question, same browsers, all the way to versions, plug ins, etc. Also, same systems settings. Also, what does Activity Monitor show is using the CPU? A new system will spend the first few days indexing for Spotlight.

 

[vaheelius]

Dumb question, same browsers, all the way to versions, plug ins, etc. Also, same systems settings. Also, what does Activity Monitor show is using the CPU? A new system will spend the first few days indexing for Spotlight.

Thanks for your response. More dumb questions to follow!