How does your Mac stack up? - Xbench

[robduckyworth]

I was torn between Mac Desktops & Laptops, so sorry if this is the wrong thread.
I also searched for similar, and nothing came up.

So, how about a comparison of everyone's Macs?

Download Xbench for Mac - Benchmarking tool for OS X. MacUpdate.com
use this neat benchmarking utility, and turn off all unnecessary background processes, and make sure it is the only app running.

then take a screenshot (cmd + shift + 4) of your overall result, and post it here! heres mine:

a respectable 127.

look forward to seeing your scores!

(i would have chosen Geekbench, but the 64 bit version is not free.)

Leaderboard:

1. KrzyKat - 247.5 - iMac 11,2

2. BoostedBrian - 225.63 - MBP i7 15" 2011 8GB RAM

3. BrianLachoreVPI - 220.41 - MBP i7 15" 2011 8GB RAM

4. Harryb2448 - 218.93 - Mac Pro 1.1 - Quad X5355

5. Printerman - 190.98 - iMac 10,1 - C2D

6. Stretch - 170.25 - MBP 15" i7 4GB RAM

7. dtravis7 - 160.28 - 2008 20" iMac C2D

8. Spang - 157.2 - MBP 15" i5 8GB RAM

9. bobtomay - 148.26 - '06 MBP 2,2 C2D 4GB RAM

10. Kevriano - 127.5 - iMac 20", 3GB RAM C2D

11. robduckyworth - 127.35 - 2010 MBP C2D 8GB RAM

12. triptolemus - 61.61 - Mac Mini 8GB RAM

13. Kevriano - 47.81 - Powerbook G4

 

[BrianLachoreVPI]

I'll play Here are two sequential runs. Will post the new iMac when it gets here - hopefully tomorrow, but probably not until Monday. Does FEDEX deliver on Saturdays?

 

[triptolemus]

wow...second run wasn't any better...56.71

 

[robduckyworth]

lol, Ill start a little leaderboard!

EDIT: Brian, it will be interesting to see your new iMac's scores!

 

[Spang]

I'll take the silver for now:

 

[dtravis7]

I left it expended. Interesting reading the results of all the tests. 2008 iMac 20".

 

[robduckyworth]

interesting that your Mac from 2008 beats Spang's (2010?) laptop!

 

[Printerman]

I’m proud of my bare minimum iMac!

 

[Stretch]

Complete test 170.25
Click for large view - Uploaded with Skitch

But seeing how it's score dropped when I got to the drive test, I decided to try again without testing the HDD, I got 325.32.
Click for large view - Uploaded with Skitch

I think once I get the SSD, I'll do much better than the original 170, but not quite 325.

This is with a 2.0Ghz i7 Quad-core 15in MacBook Pro, 7200RPM HD.

 

[Spang]

interesting that your Mac from 2008 beats Spang's (2010?) laptop!

I had to redeem myself.

 

[harryb2448]

On an upgraded Mac Pro 1.1 with Quad Core X5355 processors:- (don't ask why the little box never came up!)

Results 218.93
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.7 (10J869)
Physical RAM 8192 MB
Model MacPro1,1R
Drive Type OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD
CPU Test 188.54
GCD Loop 313.21 16.51 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 158.18 3.76 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 121.31 4.00 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 289.21 50.36 Mops/sec
Thread Test 532.59
Computation 491.69 9.96 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 580.92 24.99 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 147.88
System 174.76
Allocate 407.92 1.50 Malloc/sec
Fill 140.16 6815.00 MB/sec
Copy 131.91 2724.62 MB/sec
Stream 128.16
Copy 126.11 2604.80 MB/sec
Scale 125.36 2589.83 MB/sec
Add 131.26 2796.05 MB/sec
Triad 130.13 2783.71 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 230.91
Line 174.26 11.60 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 232.37 69.38 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 196.65 16.03 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 206.04 5.20 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 597.86 37.40 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 136.76
Spinning Squares 136.76 173.49 frames/sec
User Interface Test 338.26
Elements 338.26 1.55 Krefresh/sec
Disk Test 291.43
Sequential 180.43
Uncached Write 209.73 128.77 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 219.32 124.09 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 97.21 28.45 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 391.46 196.75 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 757.41
Uncached Write 792.83 83.93 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 367.14 117.54 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 3147.95 22.31 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 1022.00 189.64 MB/sec [256K blocks]

 

[Kevriano]

Interesting. I'll be back later!

 

[Krzykat]

Feel so stupid since I can't figure out how to paste the screen shot I made in. Maybe this worked... I hope. Course I've only had my iMac for just over 3 weeks.

 

[Krzykat]

Results 247.50
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.7 (10J869)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model iMac11,2
Drive Type SAMSUNG HD502HJ
CPU Test 209.04
GCD Loop 321.26 16.93 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 185.71 4.41 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 123.35 4.07 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 395.23 68.82 Mops/sec
Thread Test 517.62
Computation 547.59 11.09 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 490.77 21.11 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 368.40
System 381.74
Allocate 554.95 2.04 Malloc/sec
Fill 241.22 11728.53 MB/sec
Copy 523.24 10807.34 MB/sec
Stream 355.97
Copy 355.52 7343.13 MB/sec
Scale 350.11 7233.12 MB/sec
Add 364.26 7759.45 MB/sec
Triad 354.29 7579.21 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 266.38
Line 236.30 15.73 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 302.61 90.34 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 256.05 20.87 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 258.81 6.53 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 288.66 18.06 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 273.69
Spinning Squares 273.69 347.19 frames/sec
User Interface Test 372.53
Elements 372.53 1.71 Krefresh/sec
Disk Test 114.14
Sequential 213.42
Uncached Write 271.74 166.84 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 268.90 152.15 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 130.20 38.11 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 272.95 137.18 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 77.91
Uncached Write 32.33 3.42 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 230.98 73.94 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 97.74 0.69 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 170.89 31.71 MB/sec [256K blocks]


Ok that is better. Course my little iMac has very little extra stuff on it, figured I'd play for a while before getting too much for it.

 

[Boosted_Brian]

This was run during normal usage, (Safari three tabs, and flash) I just ran the benchmark before closing any programs.

This was run on a fresh restart. Only program running.

Looks like Brian and I have the exact same computer, I wonder what the difference can be?

 

[robduckyworth]

updated!

Stretch, I used you initial score with disk test, to keep continuity.

Spang, youve gained a place.

krzykat, could you post detailed mac specs? your score is really good.

 

[bobtomay]

rob - which machine is yours run on of the 2 you have listed?

krzykat's is the new iMac

You're fixing to see why I haven't been all that interested in puttin' out the cash to upgrade my '06 model until these new Sandy Bridge chips. It's taken 4 years to get better than a 10-15% increase even in test scores and less than that in most real usage tasks.

(Someone asked in another thread today why you spend money on the best processsor first instead of RAM - this is why.)

Look at those Disk test scores - still something to be said for the WD 320 & 500.
Am amazed at that Samsung Spinpoint score though.

That first gen MacPro is still pretty much keeping up harry.

 

[dtravis7]

Ran it again on the 2008 iMac C2d 2.4Ghz. This time closed Safari and Mail. A bit faster. Will try it on the C2D mini later.

 

[Kevriano]

Lets see if I can get a prize for last place

iMac result:

Out of interest, Powerbook G4 Result:

Lol!

 

[robduckyworth]

rob - which machine is yours run on of the 2 you have listed?

My benchmark is my MBP, but both are pretty much the same in everyway, the iMac would have a slightly better CPU score but not by much.

updated leaderboard for system specs.