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<blockquote data-quote="XJ-linux" data-source="post: 882017" data-attributes="member: 33722"><p>An SSD made my Late 2008 MBP <u>very</u> quick. As you can see, the 4k read/writes of the SSD kick the heck out of the HDD.</p><p></p><p>7200 rpm HDD</p><p></p><p>Results 144.53 </p><p> System Info </p><p> Xbench Version 1.3</p><p> System Version 10.5.7 (9J61)</p><p> Physical RAM 4096 MB</p><p> Model MacBookPro5,1</p><p> Drive Type ST9320421AS</p><p> CPU Test 168.87 </p><p> GCD Loop 288.49 15.21 Mops/sec</p><p> Floating Point Basic 143.04 3.40 Gflop/sec</p><p> vecLib FFT 117.66 3.88 Gflop/sec</p><p> Floating Point Library 211.40 36.81 Mops/sec</p><p> Thread Test 316.92 </p><p> Computation 466.74 9.46 Mops/sec, 4 threads</p><p> Lock Contention 239.91 10.32 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads</p><p> Memory Test 186.83 </p><p> System 220.06 </p><p> Allocate 281.26 1.03 Malloc/sec</p><p> Fill 183.22 8908.51 MB/sec</p><p> Copy 216.49 4471.52 MB/sec</p><p> Stream 162.31 </p><p> Copy 152.91 3158.36 MB/sec</p><p> Scale 158.10 3266.27 MB/sec</p><p> Add 169.75 3616.10 MB/sec</p><p> Triad 169.84 3633.33 MB/sec</p><p> Quartz Graphics Test 207.66 </p><p> Line 191.95 12.78 Klines/sec [50% alpha]</p><p> Rectangle 252.21 75.30 Krects/sec [50% alpha]</p><p> Circle 205.62 16.76 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]</p><p> Bezier 200.78 5.06 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]</p><p> Text 197.64 12.36 Kchars/sec</p><p> OpenGL Graphics Test 149.25 </p><p> Spinning Squares 149.25 189.34 frames/sec</p><p> User Interface Test 333.48 </p><p> Elements 333.48 1.53 Krefresh/sec</p><p> Disk Test 51.31 </p><p> Sequential 102.23 </p><p> <span style="color: blue">Uncached Write 97.94 60.14 MB/sec [4K blocks]</span></p><p> Uncached Write 120.83 68.36 MB/sec [256K blocks]</p><p> <span style="color: blue">Uncached Read 73.84 21.61 MB/sec [4K blocks]</span></p><p> Uncached Read 140.85 70.79 MB/sec [256K blocks]</p><p> Random 34.25 </p><p> <span style="color: blue">Uncached Write 10.95 1.16 MB/sec [4K blocks]</span></p><p> Uncached Write 149.64 47.91 MB/sec [256K blocks]</p><p> <span style="color: Blue">Uncached Read 84.57 0.60 MB/sec [4K blocks]</span></p><p> Uncached Read 143.17 26.57 MB/sec [256K blocks]</p><p></p><p>128GB SSD</p><p></p><p>Results 201.60 </p><p> System Info </p><p> Xbench Version 1.3</p><p> System Version 10.5.7 (9J61)</p><p> Physical RAM 4096 MB</p><p> Model MacBookPro5,1</p><p> Drive Type SAMSUNG MMCRE28G5MXP-MVB</p><p> CPU Test 170.44 </p><p> GCD Loop 295.02 15.55 Mops/sec</p><p> Floating Point Basic 143.36 3.41 Gflop/sec</p><p> vecLib FFT 119.33 3.94 Gflop/sec</p><p> Floating Point Library 211.75 36.87 Mops/sec</p><p> Thread Test 318.00 </p><p> Computation 380.01 7.70 Mops/sec, 4 threads</p><p> Lock Contention 273.39 11.76 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads</p><p> Memory Test 188.24 </p><p> System 222.80 </p><p> Allocate 291.29 1.07 Malloc/sec</p><p> Fill 184.51 8971.17 MB/sec</p><p> Copy 216.81 4478.17 MB/sec</p><p> Stream 162.97 </p><p> Copy 153.47 3169.85 MB/sec</p><p> Scale 153.92 3179.91 MB/sec</p><p> Add 175.19 3731.93 MB/sec</p><p> Triad 171.70 3673.11 MB/sec</p><p> Quartz Graphics Test 210.09 </p><p> Line 195.21 13.00 Klines/sec [50% alpha]</p><p> Rectangle 253.63 75.72 Krects/sec [50% alpha]</p><p> Circle 207.41 16.91 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]</p><p> Bezier 202.20 5.10 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]</p><p> Text 201.33 12.59 Kchars/sec</p><p> OpenGL Graphics Test 154.03 </p><p> Spinning Squares 154.03 195.39 frames/sec</p><p> User Interface Test 312.93 </p><p> Elements 312.93 1.44 Krefresh/sec</p><p> Disk Test 168.07 </p><p> Sequential 134.50 </p><p> <span style="color: red">Uncached Write 106.10 65.14 MB/sec [4K blocks]</span></p><p> Uncached Write 139.42 78.88 MB/sec [256K blocks]</p><p> <span style="color: red">Uncached Read 96.44 28.22 MB/sec [4K blocks]</span></p><p> Uncached Read 360.57 181.22 MB/sec [256K blocks]</p><p> Random 223.99 </p><p> <span style="color: Red">Uncached Write 122.76 13.00 MB/sec [4K blocks]</span></p><p> Uncached Write 136.48 43.69 MB/sec [256K blocks]</p><p> <span style="color: red">Uncached Read 1657.11 11.74 MB/sec [4K blocks]</span></p><p> Uncached Read 561.42 104.18 MB/sec [256K blocks]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XJ-linux, post: 882017, member: 33722"] An SSD made my Late 2008 MBP [U]very[/U] quick. As you can see, the 4k read/writes of the SSD kick the heck out of the HDD. 7200 rpm HDD Results 144.53 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.7 (9J61) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model MacBookPro5,1 Drive Type ST9320421AS CPU Test 168.87 GCD Loop 288.49 15.21 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic 143.04 3.40 Gflop/sec vecLib FFT 117.66 3.88 Gflop/sec Floating Point Library 211.40 36.81 Mops/sec Thread Test 316.92 Computation 466.74 9.46 Mops/sec, 4 threads Lock Contention 239.91 10.32 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads Memory Test 186.83 System 220.06 Allocate 281.26 1.03 Malloc/sec Fill 183.22 8908.51 MB/sec Copy 216.49 4471.52 MB/sec Stream 162.31 Copy 152.91 3158.36 MB/sec Scale 158.10 3266.27 MB/sec Add 169.75 3616.10 MB/sec Triad 169.84 3633.33 MB/sec Quartz Graphics Test 207.66 Line 191.95 12.78 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 252.21 75.30 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 205.62 16.76 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 200.78 5.06 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 197.64 12.36 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 149.25 Spinning Squares 149.25 189.34 frames/sec User Interface Test 333.48 Elements 333.48 1.53 Krefresh/sec Disk Test 51.31 Sequential 102.23 [COLOR="blue"]Uncached Write 97.94 60.14 MB/sec [4K blocks][/COLOR] Uncached Write 120.83 68.36 MB/sec [256K blocks] [COLOR="blue"]Uncached Read 73.84 21.61 MB/sec [4K blocks][/COLOR] Uncached Read 140.85 70.79 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 34.25 [COLOR="blue"]Uncached Write 10.95 1.16 MB/sec [4K blocks][/COLOR] Uncached Write 149.64 47.91 MB/sec [256K blocks] [COLOR="Blue"]Uncached Read 84.57 0.60 MB/sec [4K blocks][/COLOR] Uncached Read 143.17 26.57 MB/sec [256K blocks] 128GB SSD Results 201.60 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.7 (9J61) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model MacBookPro5,1 Drive Type SAMSUNG MMCRE28G5MXP-MVB CPU Test 170.44 GCD Loop 295.02 15.55 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic 143.36 3.41 Gflop/sec vecLib FFT 119.33 3.94 Gflop/sec Floating Point Library 211.75 36.87 Mops/sec Thread Test 318.00 Computation 380.01 7.70 Mops/sec, 4 threads Lock Contention 273.39 11.76 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads Memory Test 188.24 System 222.80 Allocate 291.29 1.07 Malloc/sec Fill 184.51 8971.17 MB/sec Copy 216.81 4478.17 MB/sec Stream 162.97 Copy 153.47 3169.85 MB/sec Scale 153.92 3179.91 MB/sec Add 175.19 3731.93 MB/sec Triad 171.70 3673.11 MB/sec Quartz Graphics Test 210.09 Line 195.21 13.00 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 253.63 75.72 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 207.41 16.91 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 202.20 5.10 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 201.33 12.59 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 154.03 Spinning Squares 154.03 195.39 frames/sec User Interface Test 312.93 Elements 312.93 1.44 Krefresh/sec Disk Test 168.07 Sequential 134.50 [COLOR="red"]Uncached Write 106.10 65.14 MB/sec [4K blocks][/COLOR] Uncached Write 139.42 78.88 MB/sec [256K blocks] [COLOR="red"]Uncached Read 96.44 28.22 MB/sec [4K blocks][/COLOR] Uncached Read 360.57 181.22 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 223.99 [COLOR="Red"]Uncached Write 122.76 13.00 MB/sec [4K blocks][/COLOR] Uncached Write 136.48 43.69 MB/sec [256K blocks] [COLOR="red"]Uncached Read 1657.11 11.74 MB/sec [4K blocks][/COLOR] Uncached Read 561.42 104.18 MB/sec [256K blocks] [/QUOTE]
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