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xBench 1.0 final released!
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PMac 933
98.35 is my score. 1 GIG RAM
Now we can all compare the machines with a standard test. Hopefully the 1.42DP will kick some serious butt
98.35 is my score. 1 GIG RAM
Now we can all compare the machines with a standard test. Hopefully the 1.42DP will kick some serious butt
DP a raw deal?
These scores are interesting in comparing these machines:
700 iMac score= 61
233 MHZ and 37pts difference
933 1GIG RAM score = 98
1,077 MHZ and 21pts difference
DP 1GIG 1GIG RAM score = 119
Seems to me that second processor is a totaly waste of money, and I would rather get 233 MHZ increase on a single proc, then get another proc.
233/37= 6.26MHZ per Point
1077/21 = 51.28MHZ per Point
You do the math...
These scores are interesting in comparing these machines:
700 iMac score= 61
233 MHZ and 37pts difference
933 1GIG RAM score = 98
1,077 MHZ and 21pts difference
DP 1GIG 1GIG RAM score = 119
Seems to me that second processor is a totaly waste of money, and I would rather get 233 MHZ increase on a single proc, then get another proc.
233/37= 6.26MHZ per Point
1077/21 = 51.28MHZ per Point
You do the math...
PB 667 (non-DVI) 512 megs of ram
55.78
Sombody should try this after defraging a hardrive. See if they get a better score. I would but i just did mine.
55.78
Sombody should try this after defraging a hardrive. See if they get a better score. I would but i just did mine.Dual 867 768mb
110.8
The scores for DP's should be much higher if both processors were utilised efficiently. If you have CPU monitor opened while running xbench you'll see that neither CPU is being used more than 50% of its capacity. If it does than the other processor suffers.
Even if you combine both processors they are never being used more than 50-55%, this is true for all the apps that I use. This even seems to be true for apps that push the fact that they utilise MP's.
110.8
The scores for DP's should be much higher if both processors were utilised efficiently. If you have CPU monitor opened while running xbench you'll see that neither CPU is being used more than 50% of its capacity. If it does than the other processor suffers.
Even if you combine both processors they are never being used more than 50-55%, this is true for all the apps that I use. This even seems to be true for apps that push the fact that they utilise MP's.
New 12" PowerBook!
New 12" PowerBook arrived! This is my 1st post with it! 1st thing I did? Download Safari! 2nd? Download Xbench, here it is;
Results 74.20
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 256 MB
Model PowerBook6,1
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 867 MHz
Version 7455 (Apollo) v3.3
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 256K @ 534 MHz
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
Video Card GeForce4 MX
Drive Type FUJITSU MHS2040AT D
CPU Test 93.09
GCD Recursion 91.85 3.59 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 93.69 315.80 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 87.99 4.77 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 99.57 4.47 Mops/sec
Thread Test 55.37
Computation 53.74 432.97 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 57.10 716.69 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 80.82
System 71.03
Allocate 104.50 35.23 Kalloc/sec
Fill 68.18 390.96 MB/sec
Copy 55.56 277.82 MB/sec
Stream 93.75
Copy 96.50 422.00 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 96.95 422.98 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 94.25 428.83 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 87.87 386.10 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 87.71
Line 94.06 2.39 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 97.01 6.82 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 103.21 2.38 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 87.05 945.82 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 67.17 1.09 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 105.06
Spinning Squares 105.06 73.52 frames/sec
User Interface Test 66.54
Elements 66.54 22.64 refresh/sec
Disk Test 58.09
Sequential 58.06
Uncached Write 52.80 23.03 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 51.33 20.88 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 96.64 15.22 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 49.69 21.44 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 58.13
Uncached Write 68.44 1.03 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 51.53 11.82 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 57.15 0.37 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 57.82 11.33 MB/sec [256K blocks]
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I've only run it once, 256 MB (stock) I'll have 640 in it this weekend.
moby1
New 12" PowerBook arrived! This is my 1st post with it! 1st thing I did? Download Safari! 2nd? Download Xbench, here it is;
Results 74.20
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0
System Version 10.2.3
Physical RAM 256 MB
Model PowerBook6,1
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 867 MHz
Version 7455 (Apollo) v3.3
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 256K @ 534 MHz
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
Video Card GeForce4 MX
Drive Type FUJITSU MHS2040AT D
CPU Test 93.09
GCD Recursion 91.85 3.59 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 93.69 315.80 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 87.99 4.77 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 99.57 4.47 Mops/sec
Thread Test 55.37
Computation 53.74 432.97 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 57.10 716.69 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 80.82
System 71.03
Allocate 104.50 35.23 Kalloc/sec
Fill 68.18 390.96 MB/sec
Copy 55.56 277.82 MB/sec
Stream 93.75
Copy 96.50 422.00 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 96.95 422.98 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 94.25 428.83 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 87.87 386.10 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 87.71
Line 94.06 2.39 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 97.01 6.82 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 103.21 2.38 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 87.05 945.82 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 67.17 1.09 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 105.06
Spinning Squares 105.06 73.52 frames/sec
User Interface Test 66.54
Elements 66.54 22.64 refresh/sec
Disk Test 58.09
Sequential 58.06
Uncached Write 52.80 23.03 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 51.33 20.88 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 96.64 15.22 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 49.69 21.44 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 58.13
Uncached Write 68.44 1.03 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 51.53 11.82 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 57.15 0.37 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 57.82 11.33 MB/sec [256K blocks]
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I've only run it once, 256 MB (stock) I'll have 640 in it this weekend.
moby1
New Powerbook 867/768 MB/40GB HD...
XBENCH score 79.94
CPU TEST 98.19
Thread Test 56.49
Memory Test 91.98
Quartz Graphics Test 88.05
Disk Test 54.64
Quiet an impressive score... indeed
XBENCH score 79.94
CPU TEST 98.19
Thread Test 56.49
Memory Test 91.98
Quartz Graphics Test 88.05
Disk Test 54.64
Quiet an impressive score... indeed
Use of second proc
XBench hasn't and doesn't support Dual Processor reporting. So what you see in the tests is the result of one processor.
How does a DP score 119 and a 933 score 100 if its only showing 1 processor. I think want you tried to say is it doesnt effectively use the second proc, or it doesnt use the 2nd proc to its maximum.
XBench hasn't and doesn't support Dual Processor reporting. So what you see in the tests is the result of one processor.
How does a DP score 119 and a 933 score 100 if its only showing 1 processor. I think want you tried to say is it doesnt effectively use the second proc, or it doesnt use the 2nd proc to its maximum.
Re: Use of second proc
No not at all. It doesn't use the second processor. Plain and simply the score you are referring to is the system score. The system score is influenced by all factors of the system (i.e. disc drive, vCard, system bus, etc.).
No not at all. It doesn't use the second processor. Plain and simply the score you are referring to is the system score. The system score is influenced by all factors of the system (i.e. disc drive, vCard, system bus, etc.).
RE: BareFeats
I guess it means that you can't take just one review or benchmark (or opinion) as a complete evaluation of a product.
I do like to visit barefeats.com on a regular basis and I'm glad to see the site's back up.
I guess it means that you can't take just one review or benchmark (or opinion) as a complete evaluation of a product.
I do like to visit barefeats.com on a regular basis and I'm glad to see the site's back up.
http://ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/merge.xhtml?doc1=9145&doc2=6663
Take a look. It says they're running 10.2.5
Also:
1) The 1.25GHz G4s are revision 3.2, my dual 867 is 2.1, as are the 1GHz machines. They're NOT overclocked 867s!
2) the 12" Powerbook is rev 3.3
3) The 12" Powerbook has an underclocked L2 cache
Take a look. It says they're running 10.2.5
Also:
1) The 1.25GHz G4s are revision 3.2, my dual 867 is 2.1, as are the 1GHz machines. They're NOT overclocked 867s!
2) the 12" Powerbook is rev 3.3
3) The 12" Powerbook has an underclocked L2 cache