Post Your SSD/CF SATA/PATA PowerPC Benchmark Results

[TzunamiOSX]

G5 with my "NEW" Areca PCI-X RAID-Controller

I only have 1 SSD (from my 9600) to test. I wish I could make a RAID with 3 or more SSDs. 🤪

 

[Amethyst1]

Those read speeds are too high, so I strongly suspect it's reading from the Areca's cache.

 

[Jack Neill]

Anyone know where to get the tools to test disk speed on PPC? I have xBench but would like to try the others that get screenshot and posted.

 

[Amethyst1]

QuickBench 4.0:

http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/quickbench

AJA System Test 6.0.1:

Wayback Machine

 

[Jack Neill]

QuickBench 4.0:

http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/quickbench

AJA System Test 6.0.1:

Wayback Machine

Thanks!

 

[Amethyst1]

@AphoticD - What do you think about adding those links (and one to Xbench) to the first post?

 

[Jack Neill]

PB 12" 1.5/1.25/256

Cablecc Low Profile Half-Heigh mSATA SSD to 2.5
Zheino mSATA SSD 256GB M3 Internal Mini SATA SSD Drive 3D

 

[Amethyst1]

@Jack Neill - Cool. Can you add Info on which SSD and adapter (if any) you use, so that this thread also lists known-working configs?

 

[Jack Neill]

@Jack Neill - Cool. Can you add Info on which SSD and adapter (if any) you use, so that this thread also lists known-working configs?

Updated post. I got both for 53$ and Prime shipping from Amazon.

 

[TzunamiOSX]

Those read speeds are too high, so I strongly suspect it's reading from the Areca's cache.

Yes, it is the 1GB cache, but it looks so nice^^

I get arround 240 MB/s with 1 SSD, but the cache show me whats possible 🤪

 

[AphoticD]

@AphoticD - What do you think about adding those links (and one to Xbench) to the first post?

The thread is now a wiki. Please feel free to add/edit/reformat the 1st post as needed!

 

[Jack Neill]

PB 15" 1.25/2/256
CY mSATA Mini PCI-E SATA SSD to 2.5 inch IDE 44pin Hard Disk Case Enclosure
Zheino mSATA SSD 256GB M3 Internal Mini SATA SSD Drive 3D

 

[Amethyst1]

One of these days I'm going to add a table to the first post that neatly lists all these working configs - system, OS, SSD, adapter

 

[TzunamiOSX]

Power Macintosh G3 Beige (G4 Upgrade)

Tempo Trio ATA 133/FireWire 400/USB 2.0 PCI​

 

[TzunamiOSX]

Up to 6 SSDs or 7mm HDDs in a Powermac G5 (pics below)

2 SSDs (1x840 Pro 120GB 1x850 Pro 240GB) connected to my Areca PCI-X RAID. In a weak, or so, i can test the with 3x SSDs and 2x more modern SSDs with the same size and specifications.

 

[B S Magnet]

Up to 6 SSD or 7mm HDDs in a Powermac G5 (pics below)

2 SSDs (1x840 Pro 120GB 1x850 Pro 240GB) connected to my Areca PCI-X RAID. In a weak, or so, i can test the with 3x SSDs and 2x more modern SSDs with the same size and specifications.

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That 2.5" dock! Where did you find it?! That’s incredible!

 

[TzunamiOSX]

That 2.5" dock! Where did you find it?! That’s incredible!

Icy dock from Amazon Germany

Search for Icy Dock MB610SP and you will find it also on Amazon.com

 

[TzunamiOSX]

Up to 6 SSD or 7mm HDDs in a Powermac G5 (pics below)

2 SSDs (1x840 Pro 120GB 1x850 Pro 240GB) connected to my Areca PCI-X RAID. In a weak, or so, i can test the with 3x SSDs and 2x more modern SSDs with the same size and specifications.

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Today i have tested 3 SSDs connected to my Areca 1160 with sobering results.

It looks like the speed of the controller is limited to around 400 MB/s. You can boost the read or write speed by "write through" or "write back"

Is anyone out there wo get the full speed (~700 MB/s) out of the PCI-X 133 MHz slot?

3x SSD in RAID 0 (Cache Mode: Write Back)

3x SSD in RAID 0 (Cache Mode: Write Through)

3x SSD in RAID 5 (Cache Mode: Write Back)

3x SSD in RAID 5 (Cache Mode: Write Through)

 

[ervus]

Those are some impressive speeds; thanks for sharing your results! I wonder if there is a similar card for PCI/G4 computers.

 

[Project Alice]

15" 1.5GHz PBG4.
250GB msata SSD, I don't remember which model and adapter I used I did this upgrade over a year ago.

 

[bergert]

Late 2013 MacPro (trashcan) connected to ARECA ARC8050T3U-8 using Apple's USB-C to TB2 adapter (MP has TB2 only), using a single PM1643 SAS-SSD (1.8TB). This is basically my FCPX working disk. On the same enclosure, a RAID-6 to store my data.

Have the ARECA since 2019, rock solid (before I had PROMISE R6, after 5 years backplane unstable).

Now the bottleneck with FCPX is the heat INTEL Xeon generates.

Edit: apologies, missed where it says "PPC"

 

[TzunamiOSX]

Late 2013 MacPro (trashcan) connected to ARECA ARC8050T3U-8 using Apple's USB-C to TB2 adapter (MP has TB2 only), using a single PM1643 SAS-SSD (1.8TB). This is basically my FCPX working disk. On the same enclosure, a RAID-6 to store my data.

Have the ARECA since 2019, rock solid (before I had PROMISE R6, after 5 years backplane unstable).

Now the bottleneck with FCPX is the heat INTEL Xeon generates.

Not really a PowerPC Mac and not really impressive (My MacPro 2010 is faster)

 

[Amethyst1]

My MacPro 2010 is faster)

It doesn’t have six Thunderbolt ports though I mean, six!!!

 

[mizu_bai]

My PowerBook G4 15-inch Double-Layer SD (PowerBook 5,8). SSD: WD Green SSD 120G, m.2 -> ATA interface.

It seems the max speed is about 85 MB/s.

 

[LightBulbFun]

It doesn’t have six Thunderbolt ports though I mean, six!!!

no with 2 higher end MPX cards the Mac Pro 7,1 has 12 Thunderbolt ports

(2 on the top, 2 on the IO card and 4 on each MPX card)

and to think you could hang an eGPU off each of those ports LOL