Mac Pro 2009 4,1 > 5,1 140.0.0.0 - Build + Benchmarks

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Hey guys,
just wanted to get a post going with some benchmarks and stats for this *updated* build that many of you are probably running now.

Here's mine:

Mac Pro 2009 4,1 > 5,1
XEON x5680 x2
FW: 140.0.0.0
Mojave on OCZ Vertex4 SSD 256GB
Win10 on WD Black NVMe 500GB [Lycom DT-120]
Ubuntu 18.04.1 on WD Black 640GB HDD
WD Black 1TB & 4TB
32GB ECC RAM
SAPPHIRE Pulse RX580
ORICO PCI-E USB 3.1 Gen 2 Card
2 Port Internal SATA to eSATA Bracket > 1TB Cal Digit RAID 0+1
Superdrive
GT120 for boot screen

500GB WD Black NVMe

ran this under win10
i'm happy with the sequential, but i'm wondering what kind of randoms you guys are getting. especially vs the samsung drives?

GEEKBENCH 4
CPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10973380
COMPUTE: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/3279053
under win10
multi score is pretty decent i think, but i heard some guys were getting better results with similar systems. still, this beat the 8600k , threadripper 1900x, and pretty close to the 8700 in multi. single scores look kind of trash though :\

compute is as expected, sitting between 1060 and 1070 in general, but half or less than that of 1080tis & 2080s

i may add more to this. i'm not sure how to run this post? perhaps we limit it to posts like mine [include some notes/thoughts] and save the discussion for another thread [with links back to here]? that way we can have some fresh benchmarks in one place for people trying to tune their system or make purchasing decisions. if you just start posting relevant information or other utility results, i'm sure others will follow. PM me for suggestions or questions.

cheers

 

[JAJE]

Finally, now works NVMe Boot in my Mac Pro 2009


I have upgraded my Mac Pro 2009 4.1 to 5.1

Upgrade it with Mojave 14.1

SMC-Version (System) 1.39f5

SMC-Version (CPU Board) 1.39f5

Boot ROM-Version is 140.0.0.0

CPU 3.33 GHZ 6- Core Intel Xeon

Memory 32 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC

Graphics Card 1

EVGA GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti Gaming - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 - 4 GB GDDR5 - PCIe 3.0 x16 - DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort

Graphics Card 2
GT 120 Graphics Card to Boot Screen

1. My Boot HD 1 With MacOX High Sierra 13.6

• StarTech.com 3PT M.2 SSD Adapter Card - 1x PCIe (NVMe) 2x SATA M.2 PCIe 3.0
  
  
• Samsung 970 EVO MZ-V7E1T0BW - Solid state drive - 1 TB - intern - M.2 2280 - PCI Express 3.0 x4 (NVMe) - 256-bit AES - TCG Opal Encryption 2.0
  
  
• Black Magic Speed is 1450/1550

1. MY Boot HD 2 is with MacOX Mojave 14.1

• DeLOCK PCI Express x4 Card > 1 x internal M.2 Key B + 1 x internal NVMe M.2 Key M
  
  
• Samsung 960 PRO MZ-V6P512BW - Solid state drive - 512 GB - intern - M.2 2280 - PCI Express 3.0 x4 (NVMe) - 256-bit AES - TCG Opal Encryption
  
  
• Black Magic Speed is 1450/1550

1. MY Boot HD 3 is with MacOX High Sierra 13.6

• OWC 240GB Mercury Accelsior E2 PCI Express Solid State Drive
  
  
• This AHCI SATA Controller that is the Reason Why it works with Boot in Mac Pro
  
  
• This is not NVME Controller
  
  
• Black Magic Speed is 230/655

1. MY Boot HD 4 is with MacOX Mojave 14.1

• OWC Accelsior S, PCIe, SATA Blue
  
  
• Samsung 960 EVO 512 GB SSD
  
  
• Black Magic Speed is 500/550

It is a waste of money to buy the Samsung Pro version NVMe or SSD for Mac Pro as you can not take advantage of the better speed so buy the standard Samsung 950/96/970 to use with Mac Pro 4.1 and 5.1

look at my Attach PDF file with Picture

 

[uimike]

Mine:

Mac Pro 2009 4,1 > 5,1
3.2GHz 6-Core Xeon
32GB 1066 DDR3 RAM
FW: 140.0.0.0
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 1024 MB from macvid (waiting for Cuda update
booting High Sierra 10.13.6 off a Samsung 951 AHCI on an Angelbird Wing XP1

Boot Drive: Seq Read 1310 Write 1087 Random Read 106 Write 99 (DiskMark 2.1)

other drives are a mix of 4TB HDD, a 2GB Micron, a 500 GB Samsung EVO, a 240 GB OWC Electra 3G
The HDD of course doing seq. read/write in the low 1-hundred, the SSD around the mid 2-hundreds.

But shuffling things around, I did not notice that much of a difference for regular stuff, and Lightroom, Photoshop. I am not a gamer, so...

But very happy with my cMP, which is quieter than anything else, including a mid 2014 MBPR that I am selling.

Mike