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'Real World' Photoshop Benchmark - Speed Test

Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro4,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per processor): 8 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 5.86 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MP41.0081.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.39f5
SMC Version (processor tray): 1.39f5

Photoshop CS5 2x2TB raid 0

19.6 seconds.
 
Swapping

Vista 64 i7 6G DDR3 RAM 2 x 1Tb CS4 17.1 secs
but
my machine has got so buggy and will not print to my Epson T50 that after 50 hours of searching every Microsoft post and Epson post and everywhere else I could find I have bought an iMac quad core i5 with 8G of ram. If it's 10% slower on this test but works.... it will save me hundreds of hours a year:confused:
 
stock 15" MBP @ 2.3 Ghz , 4GB ram, 750GB HDD

15 seconds (15.1 to be exact)

photoshop cs5 with all updates.
 
CS5
MP 5,1
3,33 hex core
32 GB RAM
Radeon 5770
OWC Mercury 120GB SSD boot
WD 2 TB Caviar Black scratch

12 seconds
 
Newbie here,great forum hoping to learn a lot here.
My machine
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 12 GB
Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP31.006C.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.25f4

On Photoshop CS5 Build 12.0.2 x64 my time was
20.1 secs
 
Machine is
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: IM112.0057.B00

Software version
PS CS5 12.0 x64

Time 21.3
 
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB

Photoshop CS5 - ~14.7 sec
I'm connected to a 24" NEC monitor if that makes a difference.
 
troutweed said:
MP 1.1 2x3.0GHz, 12GB RAM, 2x1TB drives (one OS and files, one scratch).

OS10.5 & CS2

History @1, Cache@3, Memory usage @ 100% (showing 3GB),

Result: 55sec.

After seeing other results from other 1.1 machines, I was expecting around 30-40 seconds. Must be CS2 slowing it down.
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Just tried CS5.5 (also now with SSD for OS and cache).

New time: 27.3 sec.

Much better! :D
 
Photoshop Lightroom 3

Will the benchmark work with Photoshop Lightroom 3? If so, is there any change in the steps one takes to conduct the test? I have LR3 on a 12-core MacPro and on an iMAc with Windows 7 Ultimate (bootcamp).
 
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz

1TB x 4 WD Caviar Black internals / OSX & app main drive

CS3: 36.68
CS4: 37.31
CS5: 29.81
 
Model Name: Mac Pro - 2011
Model Identifier: MacPro5,1
Processor Name: 6-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 12
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 16 GB

ATI Radeon HD 5770: x 2

PS CS5 12.1, 64 bit, OS X 10.6.8

= 16 Secs
 
The download link for the test gives me a 404 error. Where can the speed test be downloaded from?
 
2011 15" MacBook Pro
2.3GHz i7 Quad w/Hyper-threading
8GB OWC 1333Mhz RAM
240GB OWC SATA III SSD
Mac OS 10.6.8
Photoshop CS5.5

14.3 Seconds.

Looking at the results from the beginning of this thread, we've come a heck of a long way!

lbeck said:
The download link for the test gives me a 404 error. Where can the speed test be downloaded from?
Click to expand...

I had the same problem. Just go to the domain's homepage and you'll find the download link there for both Mac and Windows: http://www.retouchartists.com/
 
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jonno101 said:
Total Number Of Cores: 12
ATI Radeon HD 5770: x 2
= 16 Secs
Click to expand...

tanousjm said:
2011 15" MacBook Pro
2.3GHz i7 Quad w/Hyper-threading
240GB OWC SATA III SSD
14.3 Seconds.
Click to expand...

I find it best not to ponder the staggering difference in price of these two machines when I see results like these. I'm guessing the SSD has something to do with it though.

tanousjm said:
Looking at the results from the beginning of this thread, we've come a heck of a long way!
Click to expand...

Ohhhhh man, going from a delta of several minutes to a delta of split seconds between tests... This Photoshop action is going to have to be updated if we want to see greater differences between the results to level out the timing errors !
 
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B0E
SMC Version (system): 1.69f1

Running a new MacBook Pro Quad-Core, with PSCS 5, I timed 16.9 seconds twice but was a little slow hitting the stop button on my iPhone timer. I suspect a more accurate time would be 16.4 or 16.5 seconds. This is probably faster than my 2008 Mac Pro single Quad-Core can run!
 
Model Name: 27" iMac 2011
Model Identifier: iMac12,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 3.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Boot ROM Version: IM121.0047.B0A
SMC Version (system): 1.72f2
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB
APPLE SSD TS256C 256GB

12.7 seconds

Photoshop CS5.5
 
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