'Real World' Photoshop Benchmark - Speed Test

[fairnymph]

I run it with my 3GHz Quaqd 7Gig RAM x1900xt CS3

32 seconds.

My ex 2.66 6 GB Ram did it in 36 seconds.

Also, in the the Xbench test my 2.66 was faster than the new 3ghz with same X1900 but 3GHz I more gig of RAM.

So, my 3ghz is not slower (thanks god) , but I don't believe you can tell the difference with the 2.66 in real time working. I don't think its worth the extra $$

Huh. Did you have the cache and history settings as I did? Any other apps open?

 

[gerygg]

Wow, I ran this test 2 weeks ago in my Dual G5 and now with my MacPro and these are the results:

Dual G5 2.0 / 1 GB RAM / CS2 - 4.35 mins
MacPro Dual 2.66 / 3 GB RAM / CS3 - 0.31 mins

Really impressive!

 

[ThunderTD]

Win Server 2003 4GB RAM
2646MB (100%) allocated to CS3
Core 2 Duo E6300@2,8GHZ
Cache Levels 6
Scratch Disk: Raptor 74GB

History States 100: 1:40 min
History States 1: 0:34 min

 

[kellah]

48 seconds

SR MBP - 2.4 GHz C2D, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB 5400 rpm HDD
using CS3 Premium

 

[adream]

27 seconds

mac pro 8-core 5gb ram, stripped raid scratch/system disk

regards

adream

 

[FF_productions]

I just tested my Mac Pro with CS2, the results were terrible! I really need CS3

3 gigs of ram, Quad 2.66
2:30

 

[Sean Dempsey]

Results:

Mac Pro Quad Core 2.66ghz
5 gigs RAM total, CS3 set to 100% = 3072 megs
Scratch disk 1 = RaptorX 150gog 10,000rpm
Scratch disk 2 = Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm partition
Video = nvidia7300

Settings were set to test specs.

Completed time: 36 seconds

 

[FF_productions]

I just downloaded the CS3 trial, and got 38 seconds this time around on the Mac Pro.

Pretty nice. I know I can get a faster time then that too.

 

[Eric Lewis]

\ok

my old emac g4-256mb ram,1ghz powerpc,60gig hard drive with cs2 around

21MINUTES! wow slow!

 

[Sean Dempsey]

Check this out...

Macbook CoreDuo 2.0ghz
60 gig hard drive
No scratch disk

TEST ONE: 1.25 gigs ram: 7+ minutes

TEST TWO: 2 gigs ram: 1:25 minutes


so, going from 1.25 to 2 gigs of ram made a colossal difference.

 

[Quad 68030]

Powermac G5 Dual-Core 2GHz. 3GB DDR2 RAM. 500GB SATA 7200rpm & 160GB SATA 7200rpm scratch. Completed test in 1 min 6 sec.

Not too bad I guess. Almost double the time of some people's Mac Pro.

 

[Crawn2003]

Mac Pro Dual Quad Core @ 3 GHz
Photoshop CS3 w/ Performance @ 100%
9GB RAM
250 GB main drive w/ stripped RAID scratch disk
Radeon 1900XT

12 seconds

~Crawn

 

[FF_productions]

Mac Pro Dual Quad Core @ 3 GHz
Photoshop CS3 w/ Performance @ 100%
9GB RAM
250 GB main drive w/ stripped RAID scratch disk
Radeon 1900XT

12 seconds

~Crawn

That's incredible.

 

[Sean Dempsey]

That's incredible.

yeah, but imagine how many seconds it would have been if he'd have waited for the next release of the Mac Pro. I mean, 12 seconds on TWO THOUSAND AND SIX hardware and prices?!!?!?!

Could have clocked it at 11.837 easily.

 

[FF_productions]

yeah, but imagine how many seconds it would have been if he'd have waited for the next release of the Mac Pro. I mean, 12 seconds on TWO THOUSAND AND SIX hardware and prices?!!?!?!

Could have clocked it at 11.837 easily.

LOL i know.

People think the next Mac Pro is going to blow away the current REV of the Mac Pro.

 

[iBookG4user]

yeah, but imagine how many seconds it would have been if he'd have waited for the next release of the Mac Pro. I mean, 12 seconds on TWO THOUSAND AND SIX hardware and prices?!!?!?!

Could have clocked it at 11.837 easily.

The eight core model came out in two thousand and seven, didn't it?

 

[mooncaine]

You're brave to install the trial -- I rely on Photoshop for my work and couldn't take the risk, since previous trial versions caused many probs once the purchased product was installed.

 

[flappo]

c. 32-3 secs

( is that any good ? )

 

[flappo]

LOL i know.

People think the next Mac Pro is going to blow away the current REV of the Mac Pro.

i don't see how much faster it can go , unless the rev b has a tardis built in and is capable of minus 30 seconds ?

 

[Crawn2003]

Something kind of off topic but I just used this program called Power Fractal from:

http://daugerresearch.com/fractals/powerfractal.shtml

Ran it a few times and found with the 8-Core Mac it's giving me readings from 72803.20 megaflops to 97623.05 megaflops.

Just to give a comparison, my dual 2.5 G5 is averaging 14235 - 17925 megaflops.

~Crawn

 

[Flyinace2000]

iMac 24" (Alum)
2.4 Ghz C2D
2Gb Ram
128mb vram

1:05

 

[Sean Dempsey]

Using the Retouch Artists "Bald Eagle" test...

iMac C2D 2.4 GHz
1.25 GB RAM
320 GB HDD
No scratch
CS3


2:40


Tomorrow I'll be able to try it with 3 GB of RAM... so we'll see.

 

[bocomo]

37 seconds! wheeeeeee

2.66ghz mac pro, 3gb ram, 250gb startup disk (around 60% full), 500gb scratch disk (around 50% full), 7300gt vid card

Mac Pro Dual Quad Core @ 3 GHz
Photoshop CS3 w/ Performance @ 100%
9GB RAM
250 GB main drive w/ stripped RAID scratch disk
Radeon 1900XT

12 seconds

~Crawn

ladies and gentlemen...we have a winner!

i bet that machine really cruises through solitaire

 

[leekohler]

1 minute, 1 second on dual core PM G5 2.0 w/ 5 gigs RAM using CS3.

 

[Sean Dempsey]

Using the Retouch Artists "Bald Eagle" test...

iMac C2D 2.4 GHz
1.25 GB RAM
320 GB HDD
No scratch
CS3


2:40


Tomorrow I'll be able to try it with 3 GB of RAM... so we'll see.

Same specs, but with 3 GB ram...

52 seconds. Pretty awesome leap. And zero page outs this time.