[JHromadka]

Just got my 1.5 GHz 15" AlBook with the 5400 RPM HD and 128 MB VRAM options. Here are my XBench results:

Results 106.52
System Info
Xbench Version 1.1.3
System Version 10.3.3 (7G43)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model PowerBook5,4
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 1.50 GHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 512K @ 1.50 GHz
Bus Frequency 167 MHz
Video Card ATY,RV360M11
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK8026GAX
CPU Test 93.78
GCD Loop 88.78 3.47 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 89.27 322.83 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 92.30 2.68 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 92.89 1.44 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 108.11 4.33 Mops/sec
Thread Test 81.73
Computation 64.82 875.07 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 110.59 1.39 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 119.41
System 126.25
Allocate 774.11 504.95 Kalloc/sec
Fill 109.01 867.73 MB/sec
Copy 75.21 376.03 MB/sec
Stream 113.27
Copy 121.44 887.75 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 121.08 893.58 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 109.90 703.39 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 102.88 628.57 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 145.60
Line 136.03 3.46 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 121.51 8.55 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 119.23 2.75 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 161.64 1.76 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 238.96 3.90 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 108.60
Spinning Squares 108.60 76.00 frames/sec
User Interface Test 205.35
Elements 205.35 66.05 refresh/sec
Disk Test 74.10
Sequential 88.46
Uncached Write 90.17 37.59 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 69.87 28.61 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 128.78 20.39 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 83.00 33.53 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 63.75
Uncached Write 53.24 0.80 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 63.53 14.33 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 65.67 0.43 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 76.94 15.83 MB/sec [256K blocks]

[jewing80]

Under your power management options set performance to highest, judging by your numbers it is set to "automatic" read, reduced. This should make a dramatic difference in your overal score...

[K107]

Soon to be first time mac owner here. What does all that mean? Good? Bad? what should I be looking for?

[StiZeven]

Please don't tell me Apple is using a Toshiba for their 80GB 5400rpm HD option? They are the loudest, most annoying HDs on the market! WHY aren't they using the super quiet, fast and smooth Hitachi 5K80?! I know they use them at random, so I hope that the Hitachi's are somewhere in the mix.

I am sorry - please don't take offense to this as it's a good HD. Most aren't as picky about HD noise as I am. Anyone else care to share which OEM 80GB 5400rpm HD is in their new PowerBook?

[mrmister]

Dude, my Titanium with an 80gig Hitachi 4200rpm drive gets a 107 in XBench after a fresh install--you *must* have something unoptimized.

[JHromadka]

Sorry, here it is with energy prefs set to highest performance:

Results 151.58
System Info
Xbench Version 1.1.3
System Version 10.3.3 (7G43)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model PowerBook5,4
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 1.50 GHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 512K @ 1.50 GHz
Bus Frequency 167 MHz
Video Card ATY,RV360M11
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK8026GAX
CPU Test 182.46
GCD Loop 174.58 6.82 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 186.68 675.09 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 183.87 5.34 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 186.92 2.90 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 180.86 7.24 Mops/sec
Thread Test 134.48
Computation 95.72 1.29 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 225.97 2.84 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 125.31
System 145.47
Allocate 973.28 634.87 Kalloc/sec
Fill 158.47 1261.41 MB/sec
Copy 75.27 376.36 MB/sec
Stream 110.06
Copy 110.40 807.02 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 121.13 893.90 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 110.24 705.52 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 100.42 613.59 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 180.14
Line 141.12 3.59 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 160.44 11.29 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 171.89 3.96 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 184.75 2.01 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 311.90 5.08 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 117.02
Spinning Squares 117.02 81.89 frames/sec
User Interface Test 230.42
Elements 230.42 74.12 refresh/sec
Disk Test 76.98
Sequential 97.63
Uncached Write 89.93 37.49 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 76.86 31.48 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 206.85 32.74 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 83.28 33.65 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 63.54
Uncached Write 51.94 0.78 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 60.73 13.70 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 68.41 0.45 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 79.31 16.32 MB/sec [256K blocks]

[jewing80]

That's more like it!

[iREZ]

Stop posting stuff like this, everytime I see people with awesome computers it makes me want to cough up my saved car money for a new powerbook. I hate college sometimes.

[RooneyX]

The CPU and disc marks are impressive but the Open GL results are about the same as a Rev A. 17( 2fps faster only!). What's up with that? The new model has a much better graphics chip and twice the memory. Quartz marks have improved in line though.

[tkmd]

How about some other benchmarks? iTunes encoding? Does the fan come on? does the bottoms get hot?

[JHromadka]

Right now I'm trying to copy over my files from my TiBook over Airport. 16000 files from my Pictures folder was estimated at 3 hours. During that activity, iTunes gets 46-48 FPS for full screen visualization with OpenGL.

[waxcrash]

Originally posted by JHromadka:
Right now I'm trying to copy over my files from my TiBook over Airport. 16000 files from my Pictures folder was estimated at 3 hours. During that activity, iTunes gets 46-48 FPS for full screen visualization with OpenGL.

You do know you can copy your files via FireWire?

[t.hill]

Originally posted by K107:
Soon to be first time mac owner here. What does all that mean? Good? Bad? what should I be looking for?

Same here. I'm supposed to get my 12" revC PB any day now, and I'd like to know what these xbench scores mean.

Thanks.

[JHromadka]

Originally posted by waxcrash:
You do know you can copy your files via FireWire?

Yeah, but don't have a cable handy here at work. I'll do that when I get home for the remaining files.