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BTO iMac delivered today- All set up and ready to answer questions!

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JHorstmann

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Jul 26, 2010
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It came today! Here are the specs!

i5 3.6ghz processor
8g RAM
Radeon 5670 GPU
1TB HD

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To answer the obvious ones first: There is NO yellowing on the screen whatsoever. Also no dead or stuck pixels as far as I've been able to tell (and I've spent about 20 minutes looking with all sorts of different screen scenarios.

So far no HD noise out of the ordinary- virtually silent.

Graphics: So far it's great. Will be running it on WoW here hopefully in the next hour. So... If you've got any questions feel free to post em up!
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Geekbench Score: 7008

32-bit.
Platform: Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Compiler: GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Build 10F2056)
Model: iMac11,2
Motherboard: Apple Inc. Mac-F2238AC8
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 680 @ 3.60GHz
Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 5
Logical Processors: 4
Physical Processors: 1
Processor Frequency: 3.60 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache: 32.0 KB
L1 Data Cache: 32.0 KB
L2 Cache: 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4.00 MB
Bus Frequency: 6.40 GHz
Memory: 8.00 GB
Memory Type: 1333 MHz DDR3
SIMD: 1
BIOS: Apple Inc. IM112.88Z.0057.B00.1005031455
Processor Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 680 @ 3.60GHz
Processor Cores: 2

Integer (Score: 5475)
Blowfish single-threaded scalar -- 2357, , 103.5 MB/sec
Blowfish multi-threaded scalar -- 7744, , 317.3 MB/sec
Text Compress single-threaded scalar -- 3009, , 9.63 MB/sec
Text Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 7663, , 25.1 MB/sec
Text Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 3092, , 12.7 MB/sec
Text Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 8082, , 32.2 MB/sec
Image Compress single-threaded scalar -- 2662, , 22.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 7087, , 59.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 2404, , 40.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 5346, , 87.2 Mpixels/sec
Lua single-threaded scalar -- 4999, , 1.92 Mnodes/sec
Lua multi-threaded scalar -- 11258, , 4.33 Mnodes/sec

Floating Point (Score: 10603)
Mandelbrot single-threaded scalar -- 3231, , 2.15 Gflops
Mandelbrot multi-threaded scalar -- 11562, , 7.57 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded scalar -- 5252, , 2.54 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded scalar -- 10951, , 4.99 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded vector -- 6253, , 7.49 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded vector -- 14097, , 14.7 Gflops
LU Decomposition single-threaded scalar -- 1092, , 972.2 Mflops
LU Decomposition multi-threaded scalar -- 2375, , 2.08 Gflops
Primality Test single-threaded scalar -- 6906, , 1.03 Gflops
Primality Test multi-threaded scalar -- 12716, , 2.36 Gflops
Sharpen Image single-threaded scalar -- 7861, , 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sharpen Image multi-threaded scalar -- 24061, , 55.4 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image single-threaded scalar -- 10053, , 7.96 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image multi-threaded scalar -- 32034, , 25.2 Mpixels/sec

Memory (Score: 4950)
Read Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 5188, , 6.35 GB/sec
Write Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 8411, , 5.75 GB/sec
Stdlib Allocate single-threaded scalar -- 4363, , 16.3 Mallocs/sec
Stdlib Write single-threaded scalar -- 2996, , 6.20 GB/sec
Stdlib Copy single-threaded scalar -- 3795, , 3.91 GB/sec

Stream (Score: 3910)
Stream Copy single-threaded scalar -- 4086, , 5.59 GB/sec
Stream Copy single-threaded vector -- 4648, , 6.03 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded scalar -- 4245, , 5.51 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded vector -- 4362, , 5.89 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded scalar -- 2671, , 4.03 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded vector -- 4842, , 6.73 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded scalar -- 2916, , 4.03 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded vector -- 3515, , 6.58 GB/sec
 
Great to hear about your new iMac! Could you do some benchmarks or maybe that Geekbench? Obviously the biggest question in this forum is that should we settle for the i3 550 or should we pay the extra for the i5 680.

There is only one i5 680 score at the moment (and only 32-bit, not 64-bit) and it was 6800. i3 550 people have got scores as low as 5800-5900 but as high as 6600-6700. This makes it tough to know to know whether the i5 is bang for the buck (especially since that one tester had 12 gigs of RAM which might give an advantage over those with only 4 gigs of RAM).
 
TheBritishBloke said:
If it is a 21.5" you needn't worry about screen issues. It's the 27" that are having issues
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I think that was true last time around. From what I've been reading on the forums the last week or so it's the smaller iMacs that seem to be having problems this time. I'm pleased this machine has a good screen though - no yellow stains or strange whistles. Makes me feel better about making a decision soon.
 
Benchmark's Score

Geekbench Score was a 7008. I can post the whole text report if you want? I'm not sure what all you guys want.
 
32-bit.

Platform: Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Compiler: GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Build 10F2056)
Model: iMac11,2
Motherboard: Apple Inc. Mac-F2238AC8
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 680 @ 3.60GHz
Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 5
Logical Processors: 4
Physical Processors: 1
Processor Frequency: 3.60 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache: 32.0 KB
L1 Data Cache: 32.0 KB
L2 Cache: 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4.00 MB
Bus Frequency: 6.40 GHz
Memory: 8.00 GB
Memory Type: 1333 MHz DDR3
SIMD: 1
BIOS: Apple Inc. IM112.88Z.0057.B00.1005031455
Processor Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 680 @ 3.60GHz
Processor Cores: 2

Integer (Score: 5475)
Blowfish single-threaded scalar -- 2357, , 103.5 MB/sec
Blowfish multi-threaded scalar -- 7744, , 317.3 MB/sec
Text Compress single-threaded scalar -- 3009, , 9.63 MB/sec
Text Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 7663, , 25.1 MB/sec
Text Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 3092, , 12.7 MB/sec
Text Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 8082, , 32.2 MB/sec
Image Compress single-threaded scalar -- 2662, , 22.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 7087, , 59.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 2404, , 40.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 5346, , 87.2 Mpixels/sec
Lua single-threaded scalar -- 4999, , 1.92 Mnodes/sec
Lua multi-threaded scalar -- 11258, , 4.33 Mnodes/sec

Floating Point (Score: 10603)
Mandelbrot single-threaded scalar -- 3231, , 2.15 Gflops
Mandelbrot multi-threaded scalar -- 11562, , 7.57 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded scalar -- 5252, , 2.54 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded scalar -- 10951, , 4.99 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded vector -- 6253, , 7.49 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded vector -- 14097, , 14.7 Gflops
LU Decomposition single-threaded scalar -- 1092, , 972.2 Mflops
LU Decomposition multi-threaded scalar -- 2375, , 2.08 Gflops
Primality Test single-threaded scalar -- 6906, , 1.03 Gflops
Primality Test multi-threaded scalar -- 12716, , 2.36 Gflops
Sharpen Image single-threaded scalar -- 7861, , 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sharpen Image multi-threaded scalar -- 24061, , 55.4 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image single-threaded scalar -- 10053, , 7.96 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image multi-threaded scalar -- 32034, , 25.2 Mpixels/sec

Memory (Score: 4950)
Read Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 5188, , 6.35 GB/sec
Write Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 8411, , 5.75 GB/sec
Stdlib Allocate single-threaded scalar -- 4363, , 16.3 Mallocs/sec
Stdlib Write single-threaded scalar -- 2996, , 6.20 GB/sec
Stdlib Copy single-threaded scalar -- 3795, , 3.91 GB/sec

Stream (Score: 3910)
Stream Copy single-threaded scalar -- 4086, , 5.59 GB/sec
Stream Copy single-threaded vector -- 4648, , 6.03 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded scalar -- 4245, , 5.51 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded vector -- 4362, , 5.89 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded scalar -- 2671, , 4.03 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded vector -- 4842, , 6.73 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded scalar -- 2916, , 4.03 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded vector -- 3515, , 6.58 GB/sec

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I'd love to get the 64-bit for you guys but I spent the 20 bucks on an Apple Remote (lol). So unless anyone has a serial, I'm afraid I can't do that- which makes me feel like a jerk.
 
GyroFX said:
Good to know, thanx. As far as the noise go, it doesn't bother me one bit coming from a wind tunnel testing facility that is the Quad G5, with fans on 3400+rpm even at idle.
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My G5 was the loudest machine I have ever owned. Running Safari solo was work for that machine.
 
SiMBa37 said:
Wow, nice score. Was that 32bit? Post the whole thing, we need the data. It'd be great if you can do the 64bit as well.
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This may be a rookie question, but I can't find specifics of what the geekbench score actually measures. Any chance you could help me out? I'm waiting for a new Core i3 3.2 iMac to be delivered, and currently have a Macbook 2.2 that scored 3098.
 
JHorstmann said:
Geekbench Score was a 7008.
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That's impressive. That's about a 16 percent increase over the 3.2 i3. Looks like a very fast machine.

Any heat issues you've noticed in the smaller case? I wondered if this might be a problem once they stuck a faster processor in the smaller iMac...
 
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