About 10-11 seconds. I can't say my counting was accurate so between there. I don't feel this is a good test of speed. Something more expansive that would last a minute on the fastest machines would be good.
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'Real World' Photoshop Benchmark - Speed Test
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The Z600
2.66 12core
12GB
GTX 750
5400 RPM Scratch
Ps CC 2014
10.8 seconds
Pretty standard
--14.3 with radial blur--
2.66 12core
12GB
GTX 750
5400 RPM Scratch
Ps CC 2014
10.8 seconds
Pretty standard
--14.3 with radial blur--
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Just upgraded my 5,1 to a 3.46 about an hour ago, easy in, temps look good.
And so do the speeds:
5,1 6x 3.46, 48 GB ram, GTX680, tested with 3 different scratch disks, SSD, SSD V2, 4 volume stripe raid. CS6, settings as per read me with test.
In 10 tests, the fastest was 8.9, average was 9.6, longest was 10.2.
This will definitely hold me over until version 3 of the nMP.
And so do the speeds:
5,1 6x 3.46, 48 GB ram, GTX680, tested with 3 different scratch disks, SSD, SSD V2, 4 volume stripe raid. CS6, settings as per read me with test.
In 10 tests, the fastest was 8.9, average was 9.6, longest was 10.2.
This will definitely hold me over until version 3 of the nMP.
Hey, me too!
Me too! I just installed a W3690 in my 2012 about an hour ago.
5,1 6x 3.46, 24 GB RAM, HD 5750, both boot and scratch Crucial M500s are on an Apricorn Duo.
The blur test on PS 6 took a little under 20sec. I am not sure where on this huge thread to find the other PS speed tests but I can tell you PS is way more responsive with the 3.46 than it was with the 3.2.
Me too! I just installed a W3690 in my 2012 about an hour ago.
5,1 6x 3.46, 24 GB RAM, HD 5750, both boot and scratch Crucial M500s are on an Apricorn Duo.
The blur test on PS 6 took a little under 20sec. I am not sure where on this huge thread to find the other PS speed tests but I can tell you PS is way more responsive with the 3.46 than it was with the 3.2.
Mac Pro 4,1 (early 2009)
OS version 10.10.1
2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
20 GB
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB
13.83 Seconds
OS version 10.10.1
2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
20 GB
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB
13.83 Seconds
Tests ran on Photoshop CS6 at recommended settings and a reboot. Hmmmm;
2012 Mac Pro 3.46 hexa-core, 24GB 1333MHz RAM, Crucial 960GB M500 SSD on an Apricorn Velo Duo x2 card in slot 3;
9.7s
Same Machine, Windows 8.1 on the second Crucial SSD, same model and capacity;
10.6s
2012 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz i7 quad, 16GB 1600MHz RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M activated, Crucial 960GB M500 SSD;
11.4s
Conclusion, needs more study.
2012 Mac Pro 3.46 hexa-core, 24GB 1333MHz RAM, Crucial 960GB M500 SSD on an Apricorn Velo Duo x2 card in slot 3;
9.7s
Same Machine, Windows 8.1 on the second Crucial SSD, same model and capacity;
10.6s
2012 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz i7 quad, 16GB 1600MHz RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M activated, Crucial 960GB M500 SSD;
11.4s
Conclusion, needs more study.
The Intel Core i7 (3615QM) @2.3 GHz of the Mac Book Pro 2012, or Mac Mini 2012, is more or less equal to the Xeon W3690 @ 3.46 GHz, when 4 cores used, or single core used.
Used the test from the first page.
Mac Pro 2,1
2 x 3.0 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
10Gb Ram
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
Kingston SSD V300 120Gb
Yosemite 10.10.3
Photoshop CC 2014 (latest update)
23,53 seconds
Mac Pro 2,1
2 x 3.0 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
10Gb Ram
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
Kingston SSD V300 120Gb
Yosemite 10.10.3
Photoshop CC 2014 (latest update)
23,53 seconds
MacPro5,1
ssd 850pro
2x6-Core Intel Xeon 3,46 GHz
64 GB
photoshop cc 2014
3,4 seconds
ssd 850pro
2x6-Core Intel Xeon 3,46 GHz
64 GB
photoshop cc 2014
3,4 seconds
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Are there any current "best practice" and widespread benchmarks which makes it easy to compare photoshop CC performance?
Surely someone in this thread still has the download files kicking around? If anyone has them I'd be willing to host them permanently, for the benefit of other MacRumours users.
Have just picked up a 2010 8 Core Mac Pro and wanted to give it a going over.
Have just picked up a 2010 8 Core Mac Pro and wanted to give it a going over.
You legend!
I've dusted off an old URL I had kicking around and hosted the files too, so between MacRumors and my server we should be able to keep this thread going.
http://scriptsandbits.com/speed-test/speed-test.zip
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
2,93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
16 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB
OS X 10.10.4 with Photoshop CC 2015
18.29 seconds
Had previously run this test back in 2009, when the same machine only had 6 GB of RAM, and it came it 41.3 seconds
2,93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
16 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB
OS X 10.10.4 with Photoshop CC 2015
18.29 seconds
Had previously run this test back in 2009, when the same machine only had 6 GB of RAM, and it came it 41.3 seconds
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Thanks for doing this. I have been wanting to test this for a while, but the link was broken....
I have tested both my Macs, and found them similar in performance.
I have recently just "upgraded" to an iMac 5K from my 2010 cMP dual 3.5 (did not need the performance, heat generated, and noise)
1. On OS 10.10.4 I averaged 9.85 to 10.9 seconds, with 10.11 Beta (15A243d) i averaged a little slower 10.66 to 11.1 seconds
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)
Processor:3.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 24 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M290X 2048 MB
2. On OS 10.10.4 I averaged 10.2 to 10.4 seconds
MacBook Pro (Retina,15-inch, Mid 2015)
Processor:2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2048 MB
now it bench around 38 but i have also iMac 27 i7 3.4ghz mid 2011 it did it for 12secs
Something really bad with mac pro.
Bought it week ago used (