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What is your XBench result?

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johnnybluejeans

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johnnybluejeans said:
Did you turn off Quartz BeamSync? I heard that makes all the difference in the UI test -- turning the Core Duo scores from a 30 like mine, to the 200-300 range like yours..

I'll post my results when I get back to my iMac..
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After disabling Quartz BeamSync, I scored a 113 total (I had some apps running and two users logged in).
 
powerbook911

powerbook911

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johnnybluejeans said:
After disabling Quartz BeamSync, I scored a 113 total (I had some apps running and two users logged in).
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Cool. Yes, I guess you do to disable the Quartz BeamSync too. I thought only the 17-inchers had to do that. Something the way xbench works with the OS, it doesn't know what to do with automatic, so turning off the beamsync makes it the near-ideal comparison between platforms.

I think it's pretty impressive what the intel macs are scoring on xbench. I know xbench isn't some commit to it benchmarking program, but it seems to give pretty decent comparisons, and I score consistently within the same 4 or so points. Surely the 2.0GHZ iMac like you have is probably one of the 4 fastest Macs ever, if you go only by xbench.
 
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Miguey

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Jan 5, 2006
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So Cal 909
EEEKK! i got scared when it did the graphics test.,...thought my ibooks screen was going skitzoid on me...

back to topic...i got a 28.59


WTF WTF WTF...14 inch ibook latest standard and i got a 28?!?!!?!?..i dont trust this...lol
 
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dr_lha

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Dr LHA’s Mac Mini 63.40 Mac Mini Intel Core Solo
Dr LHA’s Power Mac G5 77.28 PowerMac G5 (June 2004)
Dr LHA’s PowerBook G4 12"... 28.74 PowerBook G4 (Al)

Not that Xbench means all that much :)
 
eXan

eXan

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70.34 under 10.4.4(my last result), but that's low, cuz my HD was almost full at that time (it is now full, too :D )

I'll probably re-benchmark under .4.6 im using now
 
Lord Blackadder

Lord Blackadder

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May 7, 2004
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risc said:
-- Xbench the worlds worst benchmarking software: my OpenGL score went down when I replaced my 9800 XT with the nVidia --
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Ditto - I upgraded from a Radeon 9600 Pro (64MB) to a GeForce 6800GT (256MB) and dropped about 5 points. :confused: :mad: :rolleyes:

My PowerMac G4 tower (in sig) averages around 45.5 on a good day.
 
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0010101

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Sep 24, 2006
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I've seen a lot of talk about xbench on the net.. seems the people with scores in the tolit are the ones who think xbench blows and the folks with sky high scores think it works just fine.

I think perhaps one of the reasons people with fast computers get crap scores is because they've got a bunch of stuff running while they do the test.

The way to get the most accurate bench seems to be to do a restart, and run xbench when the system is ''fresh' without any programs like messenger, Safari, etc running at the time.

I've run xbench on several Macs and found the bench scores to be very consistent.
 
I'mAMac

I'mAMac

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Aug 28, 2006
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In a Mac box
risc said:
If you haven't done it already you can change the processor performance under System Preferences / Energy Saver / Options to Highest. Personally I don't worry about anything Xbench says it is a complete joke, every point release update to Tiger my score has gone down. Also see my comment above about changing video cards. :rolleyes:
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How does that increase processor performance?

115.52 on comp in my sig. :)
Second time, got a 124.93 :D
Third time, 125.97 :p
At least theyre in the same ballpark...
 
someguy

someguy

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Dec 4, 2005
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someguy said:
43.41 on my Rev. D 15" Powerbook - 1.5Ghz, 1.5GB RAM (w/ Adium running and connected, iTunes running but paused, and Firefox, Address Book, Dashboard, Preview and a couple other small apps open.

I'm going to try with nothing running but Xbench and see how much difference there is, then I'll post here.

EDIT: 44.46 with nothing but Finder and Dashboard running. btw, I am running OS 10.4.5 if it matters. :)
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Same machine, same specs, running 10.4.8.

Scored a 45.13 with Finder, Dashboard (14 widgets), Mail, Adium, Shiira, iTunes, Quicktime Pro, Poisoned, and Skype running.
 
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