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claughery
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Nov 20, 2002, 09:47 AM
 
Hey... I wanted to see if some of you would xbench your ibooks...
You can get the xbench program at versiontracker.com
Dual 1.8 G5, 23" cinema oldschool, PB 1.5 ghz 12" SD, iBook 1.07 Ghz, mac mini 1.42, iPod mini, iPod photo 40gb, SE K700i
     
ThisGuy
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Nov 20, 2002, 10:21 AM
 
Results 64.97
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b2
System Version 10.2.2
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC,750@0 [800 MHz]
CPU Test 88.49
GCD Recursion 58.92 2.30 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 87.46 75.69 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 119.08 5.35 Mops/sec
Thread Test 51.67
Computation 50.94 410.39 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Memory Contention 26.74 84.58 MB/sec, 2 threads
Lock Contention 77.34 970.93 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 48.46
System 59.60
Allocate 144.16 75.83 Kalloc/sec
Fill 23.42 134.28 MB/sec
Copy 11.22 67.34 MB/sec
Stream 37.32
Copy 37.30 149.21 MB/sec
Scale 36.99 147.94 MB/sec
Add 37.14 148.57 MB/sec
Triad 37.86 151.43 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 59.74
Line 71.26 1.81 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 57.43 4.04 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 47.39 1.09 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 56.00 608.46 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 66.62 1.12 Kchars/sec
User Interface Test 52.60
Elements 52.60 16.83 refresh/sec
Disk Test 45.20
Sequential 43.60
Uncached Sequential Write 42.82 18.97 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Sequential Read 44.38 19.17 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 46.81
Uncached Random Write 42.97 10.10 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Random Read 50.65 10.18 MB/sec [256K blocks]
     
kjb
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Nov 20, 2002, 11:15 AM
 
Results 39.78
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b2
System Version 10.2.2
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC,750@0 [500 MHz]
CPU Test 58.48
GCD Recursion 45.28 1.77 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 58.46 50.59 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 71.71 3.22 Mops/sec
Thread Test 32.55
Computation 31.35 252.56 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Memory Contention 19.61 62.04 MB/sec, 2 threads
Lock Contention 46.69 586.11 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 32.00
System 38.00
Allocate 89.98 47.33 Kalloc/sec
Fill 15.75 90.34 MB/sec
Copy 8.26 49.56 MB/sec
Stream 25.99
Copy 25.85 103.39 MB/sec
Scale 25.91 103.66 MB/sec
Add 26.01 104.02 MB/sec
Triad 26.21 104.82 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 40.68
Line 36.08 918.39 lines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 52.12 3.67 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 49.51 1.14 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 35.45 385.23 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 30.26 509.61 chars/sec
User Interface Test 38.39
Elements 38.39 12.29 refresh/sec
Disk Test 38.75
Sequential 37.17
Uncached Sequential Write 34.49 15.28 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Sequential Read 39.85 17.22 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 40.33
Uncached Random Write 32.59 7.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Random Read 48.08 9.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
     
rafaelperini
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Nov 20, 2002, 11:29 AM
 
I assume that the 800MHz is better, but looking at the numbers, I cant tell how big is the difference....

What are the numbers that are really important?

cheers!

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Nov 20, 2002, 06:41 PM
 
Some numbers for comparison: Xbench on PowerBooks

And my iBook 600 with 8 MB Rage, 640 MB, and 20 GB Toshiba MK2016 GAP hard drive:
Code:
Results 47.18 System Info Xbench Version 1.0b2 System Version 10.2.2 Physical RAM 640 MB Processor PowerPC,750@0 [600 MHz] CPU Test 70.74 GCD Recursion 52.50 2.05 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic 71.81 62.14 Mflop/sec Floating Point Library 87.92 3.95 Mops/sec Thread Test 42.98 Computation 37.17 299.44 Kops/sec, 4 threads Memory Contention 33.42 105.70 MB/sec, 2 threads Lock Contention 58.35 732.45 Klocks/sec, 4 threads Memory Test 42.14 System 45.83 Allocate 101.91 53.61 Kalloc/sec Fill 23.35 133.92 MB/sec Copy 12.22 73.30 MB/sec Stream 38.46 Copy 38.29 153.16 MB/sec Scale 38.22 152.87 MB/sec Add 38.79 155.17 MB/sec Triad 38.54 154.17 MB/sec Quartz Graphics Test 51.74 Line 50.78 1.29 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 58.44 4.11 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 59.51 1.37 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 58.05 630.75 beziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 31.95 538.02 chars/sec User Interface Test 43.25 Elements 43.25 13.84 refresh/sec Disk Test 32.21 Sequential 28.33 Uncached Sequential Write 27.94 12.38 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Sequential Read 28.72 12.40 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 36.09 Uncached Random Write 33.17 7.80 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Random Read 39.01 7.84 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 39.78
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b2
System Version 10.2.2
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC,750@0 [500 MHz]
Hmmmm... kjb, do you just have a 500 MHz iBook, or have you set your Energy Saver Preferences wrong for this test?
     
Lateralus
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Nov 20, 2002, 06:56 PM
 
Results 57.69
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b2
System Version 10.2.2
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC,750@0 [700 MHz]
CPU Test 85.12
GCD Recursion 68.62 2.68 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 81.62 70.63 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 105.12 4.72 Mops/sec
Thread Test 47.61
Computation 45.53 366.83 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Memory Contention 28.23 89.28 MB/sec, 2 threads
Lock Contention 69.06 866.89 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 46.90
System 56.33
Allocate 131.20 69.02 Kalloc/sec
Fill 25.86 148.31 MB/sec
Copy 11.93 71.58 MB/sec
Stream 37.47
Copy 37.29 149.18 MB/sec
Scale 37.21 148.85 MB/sec
Add 37.64 150.56 MB/sec
Triad 37.73 150.90 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 69.60
Line 66.58 1.69 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 69.61 4.90 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 67.54 1.56 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 78.34 851.20 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 65.91 1.11 Kchars/sec
User Interface Test 63.63
Elements 63.63 20.36 refresh/sec
Disk Test 33.29
Sequential 29.52
Uncached Sequential Write 28.93 12.82 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Sequential Read 30.12 13.01 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 37.06
Uncached Random Write 33.13 7.79 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Random Read 40.99 8.24 MB/sec [256K blocks]
     
appledude83
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Nov 20, 2002, 07:13 PM
 
Well it seems like the new 800mhz iBooks with maxed out RAM are doing pretty well in the benchmarks, that's good to see as mine will be on the way shortly.

iBook 800/640MB/30GB
     
kjb
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Nov 21, 2002, 01:56 AM
 
Originally posted by Eug:

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Hmmmm... kjb, do you just have a 500 MHz iBook, or have you set your Energy Saver Preferences wrong for this test?
...just a 500 MHz

Kevin
     
claughery  (op)
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Nov 21, 2002, 10:21 AM
 
Wow... I would definately get a new ibook 800 over a pre dvi powerbook! Don't look any further!
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marusin
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Nov 21, 2002, 10:57 PM
 
Here's my results...

Results 58.40
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b2
System Version 10.2.2
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC,750@0 [800 MHz]
CPU Test 93.25
GCD Recursion 70.78 2.76 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 87.24 75.50 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 121.73 5.47 Mops/sec
Thread Test 51.16
Computation 50.77 409.01 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Memory Contention 27.71 87.65 MB/sec, 2 threads
Lock Contention 74.99 941.36 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 50.38
System 63.07
Allocate 151.54 79.71 Kalloc/sec
Fill 25.53 146.42 MB/sec
Copy 12.14 72.86 MB/sec
Stream 37.69
Copy 37.43 149.71 MB/sec
Scale 37.40 149.62 MB/sec
Add 38.02 152.08 MB/sec
Triad 37.90 151.59 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 58.26
Line 68.57 1.75 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 58.83 4.14 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 49.00 1.13 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 56.30 611.74 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 58.61 987.07 chars/sec
User Interface Test 55.15
Elements 55.15 17.65 refresh/sec
Disk Test 42.18
Sequential 39.66
Uncached Sequential Write 39.86 17.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Sequential Read 39.47 17.05 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 44.69
Uncached Random Write 41.10 9.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Random Read 48.28 9.70 MB/sec [256K blocks]
     
Voch
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Nov 21, 2002, 11:25 PM
 
I always thought X felt "sluggish" on my iBook/500/384MB/Rage128-8MB when compared to on my beige G3/466@1MB/256MB/RagePro-6MB and now I have numbers to back that feeling up.

All tests ran at 1024x768 millions.

Results Score:
iBook/500: 38.24
beige G3/466: 45.89

User Interface Test (Elements)
iBook/500: 33.19
beige G3/466: 45.49

CPU Test
iBook/500: 53.73
beige G3/466: 59.61

Quarts Graphics Test (Text)
iBook/500: 25.86
beige G3/466: 43.72

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Nov 22, 2002, 01:39 AM
 
Hmm i just noticed that the 800 w/32 vmem gets a lower "Quartz test result" than the 700 w/ 16vmem . Is this normal? If so pardon me, im not familiar with mac, just yet :]
     
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Nov 22, 2002, 10:04 AM
 
Hey, my 600 MHz iBook didn't do too bad after all:

Results 52.47
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b2
System Version 10.2.2
Physical RAM 640 MB
Processor PowerPC,750@0 [600 MHz]
CPU Test 72.37
GCD Recursion 54.08 2.11 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 73.97 64.01 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 89.07 4.00 Mops/sec
Thread Test 41.61
Computation 38.79 312.47 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Memory Contention 28.14 89.02 MB/sec, 2 threads
Lock Contention 57.91 726.99 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 44.28
System 50.17
Allocate 115.29 60.65 Kalloc/sec
Fill 23.42 134.28 MB/sec
Copy 11.81 70.87 MB/sec
Stream 38.39
Copy 38.27 153.06 MB/sec
Scale 38.28 153.11 MB/sec
Add 38.56 154.23 MB/sec
Triad 38.46 153.85 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 53.62
Line 51.62 1.31 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 57.38 4.04 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 59.46 1.37 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 58.37 634.28 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 41.28 695.15 chars/sec
User Interface Test 48.10
Elements 48.10 15.39 refresh/sec
Disk Test 37.49
Sequential 33.47
Uncached Sequential Write 32.94 14.60 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Sequential Read 33.99 14.68 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 41.51
Uncached Random Write 38.36 9.02 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Random Read 44.66 8.97 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Although I did quit all other running applications......is that cheating?

biscuit
     
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Nov 22, 2002, 04:01 PM
 
Haha! I've got you all whooped!

Results 31.74
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b2
System Version 10.2.2
Physical RAM 288 MB
Processor PowerPC,750@0 [300 MHz]
CPU Test 38.69
GCD Recursion 28.25 1.10 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 42.09 36.42 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 45.73 2.05 Mops/sec
Thread Test 22.10
Computation 18.79 151.40 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Memory Contention 17.93 56.72 MB/sec, 2 threads
Lock Contention 29.58 371.32 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 26.24
System 26.66
Allocate 55.44 29.16 Kalloc/sec
Fill 16.72 95.89 MB/sec
Copy 7.81 46.86 MB/sec
Stream 25.82
Copy 25.69 102.77 MB/sec
Scale 25.77 103.08 MB/sec
Add 25.89 103.55 MB/sec
Triad 25.92 103.67 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 34.26
Line 31.50 801.76 lines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 40.52 2.85 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 39.59 912.65 circles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 36.11 392.39 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 23.56 396.71 chars/sec
User Interface Test 32.33
Elements 32.33 10.35 refresh/sec
Disk Test 36.84
Sequential 34.00
Uncached Sequential Write 29.56 13.10 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Sequential Read 38.43 16.60 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 39.68
Uncached Random Write 32.29 7.59 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Random Read 47.07 9.46 MB/sec [256K blocks]
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Nov 22, 2002, 05:35 PM
 
Results 40.28
System Info
Xbench Version 1.0b2
System Version 10.2.2
Physical RAM 320 MB
Processor PowerPC,750@0 [500 MHz]
CPU Test 59.92
GCD Recursion 43.54 1.70 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 59.88 51.82 Mflop/sec
Floating Point Library 76.35 3.43 Mops/sec
Thread Test 32.42
Computation 31.92 257.18 Kops/sec, 4 threads
Memory Contention 17.08 54.02 MB/sec, 2 threads
Lock Contention 48.25 605.71 Klocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 31.93
System 39.20
Allocate 93.43 49.15 Kalloc/sec
Fill 16.33 93.67 MB/sec
Copy 7.84 47.04 MB/sec
Stream 24.66
Copy 24.24 96.94 MB/sec
Scale 24.20 96.81 MB/sec
Add 25.11 100.43 MB/sec
Triad 25.08 100.31 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 41.60
Line 36.85 938.05 lines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 53.40 3.76 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 51.39 1.18 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 36.70 398.75 beziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 29.67 499.74 chars/sec
User Interface Test 39.12
Elements 39.12 12.52 refresh/sec
Disk Test 15.35
Sequential 10.19
Uncached Sequential Write 10.11 4.48 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Sequential Read 10.27 4.44 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 20.52
Uncached Random Write 19.36 4.55 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Random Read 21.68 4.36 MB/sec [256K blocks]

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