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Maxing out my 2012 13"?

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logicpro7

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Ok,
I have added a few mods already, but as i work with audio/video and need to be mobile i want to max out my current mbp even more.

Im not interested in buying a bigger/retina mbp before someone suggests it ;)

I currently have the following...


Mid 2012 13" i5 mbp
16gb crucial 1600mhz ram
Samsung 830 256gb ssd
Momentus xt 500gb hybrid hd

Is there anything else i could do to max it even further?

I have done a few online geekbench tests and it averages about 6914

Thanks.
 
I get 7546

Mid 2012 MBP I5 2.5
16gb 1600 DDR3 ram Corsair Vengence
120gb Force Corsair GT SSD
 
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Aside from replacing your HDD with a second SSD, I don't think there is a whole lot left to upgrade.
 
djfmf said:
I get 7546

Mid 2012 MBP I5 2.5
16gb 1600 DDR3 ram Corsair Vengence
120gb Force Corsair GT SSD
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Thats a great score. Would that be due to the different ram? Or both? Is the GT SSD a quicker drive than the samsung?

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Is the bottleneck the i5 processor?
 
logicpro7 said:
Is the bottleneck the i5 processor?
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Probably more based on the fact that its a dual core CPU, not quad. I don't know if geekbench measures GPU performance but that could affect the score as well.

Did you run the 32 or 64 bit geekbench test? If I recall correctly, the 64 bit test gives a slightly higher score.
 
logicpro7 said:
Thats a great score. Would that be due to the different ram? Or both? Is the GT SSD a quicker drive than the samsung?

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Is the bottleneck the i5 processor?
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Geekbench is mostly cpu bound. I haven't looked at the individual i5 vs i7 notebook scores. If the i5 really isn't suitable, you'd be better off with a 15" for the quad cpu. The difference is a little more inflated on the desktop end where only the i7 quads have hyperthreading. Even there hyperthreading won't always help you in spite of the pretty GB scores.
 
T5BRICK said:
Probably more based on the fact that its a dual core CPU, not quad. I don't know if geekbench measures GPU performance but that could affect the score as well.

Did you run the 32 or 64 bit geekbench test? If I recall correctly, the 64 bit test gives a slightly higher score.
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I can only run a 32bit score with the free version. This was the highest score i could see.
 

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I have a full version of geek bench.;)

I used 64 bit on the test, also I head that our MBP can support the 16gb DDR3 1866, but I haven't tested it yet. I got the Force GT because it looks cool and of course lots of high reviews on a lot of computer sites. Boot time is pretty much 10 seconds from turn on to login.
 
i wouldnt worry too much about the score, i just got 6800 with a 2012 i5 with standard 4gb and 128gb samsung 830
 
Cool.

I think i will replace the ram with 16gb 1866mhz and another 256gb 830 ssd.

What 1866mhz would you recommend?
 
just ran a geekbench on my girlfriends samsung laptop, has a 2.5 i5 ivy bridge, hd400 and 6gb ram but a 500gb mechanical drive and it came in at 6353 compared to mine so my ssd more than makes up for the extra ram she's got. id say get another ssd in a raid setup
 
just ran geekbench within windows on my macbook, 6374 so only marginally better than my girlfriends and not as good as the same machine running osx.
 
13" MBP (non-retina)
2012 i7 2.9GHz
Running Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate Edition via Bootcamp
16GB Kingston 1600MHz ram
1TB 5400rpm HDD

32 bit Geekbench hits around 7780-7950.

64 bit I get 9000-10050.

I figured there would be room for improvment as SSD's get bigger and cheaper and RAM increases in capacity to push the theoretical Ivy Bridge 32GB max.

One question... Geekbench suggests my RAM is 2 8GB cards at 799MHz... is my RAM 1/2 the advertized output... or does 2x799MHz=1598MHz (or close enough to the advertised 1600)? Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility shows both slots at their default 1600MHz.
 
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LeeM said:
just ran geekbench within windows on my macbook, 6374 so only marginally better than my girlfriends and not as good as the same machine running osx.
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Bootcamp drivers aren't that well optimized. Is your girlfriend's computer specced similar to your own?
 
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