Bench Your New Mac With Factorial Bench

I love it when you post these challenges.

Tomorrow, I will clock my 2.8 GHz C2E 24" iMac for ya. It is currently doing an initial SuperDuper backup. While doing that it got 6.6 seconds @ 200,000,000!

I will shutdown Security Spy and VMWare Fusion with Windows running in the background as well, and I know that will help a bunch. This thing is a screamer.

(null) ("iMac7,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.80 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 4.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 6.222422 seconds at 16,070,912 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 6.271790 seconds at 15,944,411 factorials per second.

Mac Pro ("MacPro1,1") with 4 cores, running at 3.00 gHz.
Frontside bus: 1.33 gHz
Installed memory: 3.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 4 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 4: 50,000,000 factorials calculated in 2.838536 seconds at 17,614,714 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 50,000,000 factorials calculated in 2.875286 seconds at 17,389,576 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 50,000,000 factorials calculated in 2.886274 seconds at 17,323,372 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 50,000,000 factorials calculated in 2.913413 seconds at 17,162,002 factorials per second.

(null) ("MacBookPro3,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.20 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.


Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.052964 seconds at 12,417,788 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.070865 seconds at 12,390,246 factorials per second.

IMO, not too bad when compared to those MPs

Here's mine:

Mac Pro ("MacPro1,1") with 4 cores, running at 2.66 gHz.
Frontside bus: 1.33 gHz
Installed memory: 5.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 4 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 4: 50,000,000 factorials calculated in 3.293294 seconds at 15,182,368 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 50,000,000 factorials calculated in 3.294029 seconds at 15,178,980 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 50,000,000 factorials calculated in 3.312694 seconds at 15,093,456 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 50,000,000 factorials calculated in 3.321661 seconds at 15,052,710 factorials per second.

My 24" iMac 2.8GHz will arrive on monday.
I'm curious how much faster it will be.

Hmm, does it require 10.4? Or perhaps my G4 is too weak to run it?

<-- Has weak UNIX-fu

(null) ("iMac7,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.40 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 9.380967 seconds at 10,659,882 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 10.524780 seconds at 9,501,386 factorials per second.

(edit see proper benchmark below)

You got OWNED buddy.

(null) ("MacBook2,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.00 gHz.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.812650 seconds at 11,347,325 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.831569 seconds at 11,323,016 factorials per second.
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8.8 seconds w000t

(null) ("MacPro2,1") with 8 cores, running at 3.00 gHz.
Frontside bus: 1.33 gHz
Installed memory: 4.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 8 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Thread # 5 created.
Thread # 6 created.
Thread # 7 created.
Thread # 8 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 8: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.410813 seconds at 17,720,280 factorials per second.
Thread # 5: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.426592 seconds at 17,524,280 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.432179 seconds at 17,455,918 factorials per second.
Thread # 6: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.437599 seconds at 17,390,104 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.448619 seconds at 17,257,818 factorials per second.
Thread # 7: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.451227 seconds at 17,226,802 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.453726 seconds at 17,197,190 factorials per second.
Thread # 4: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.487536 seconds at 16,806,314 factorials per second.
logout
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What do I win?

You win for having the most expensive system.

Ah, thanks. I've been debating wether to upgrade now, or wait for 10.5...

(null) ("MacBookPro3,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.20 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.114621 seconds at 12,323,434 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.141211 seconds at 12,283,185 factorials per second.
logout
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Power Macintosh G5 ("PowerMac7,3") with 2 cores, running at 2.50 gHz.
Frontside bus: 1.25 gHz
Installed memory: 6.50 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 10.620112 seconds at 9,416,096 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 10.691020 seconds at 9,353,644 factorials per second.
logout
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(null) ("MacBookPro2,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.33 gHz.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 3.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.577313 seconds at 13,197,290 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.669458 seconds at 13,038,731 factorials per second.

24" iMac 2.8GHz
as expected about the same score as aplnub.

Picked up a new 2.4 GHz MacBook yesterday.


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(null) ("MacBook4,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.40 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.337891 seconds at 13,627,894 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.400999 seconds at 13,511,690 factorials per second.
logout

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("MacBook2,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.00 gHz.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 4.00 GB [Only 3.3 GB used]

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.795267 seconds at 11,369,751 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.915853 seconds at 11,215,977 factorials per second. I still think I'll wait until Nehalam as this notebook is still more than I need for mobile use.

("MacPro3,1") with 8 cores, running at 2.80 gHz.
Frontside bus: 1.60 gHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 8 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Thread # 5 created.
Thread # 6 created.
Thread # 7 created.
Thread # 8 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 2: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.594032 seconds at 15,683,501 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.614698 seconds at 15,482,772 factorials per second.
Thread # 6: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.646314 seconds at 15,185,439 factorials per second.
Thread # 4: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.693074 seconds at 14,766,041 factorials per second.
Thread # 8: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.693699 seconds at 14,760,591 factorials per second.
Thread # 5: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.798509 seconds at 13,900,404 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.861043 seconds at 13,433,328 factorials per second.
Thread # 7: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.859716 seconds at 13,442,912 factorials per second. Need more RAM!!!

Really, these MB's are great little machines. I like my MB better than my MBP CD. Kinda annoying not having a USB port on the right side but I'll use the BT mouse.

Overall, they are missing a graphics card but Windows boots in VMWare as fast on my MB as my MBP. I have a 4 Gb ram kit on the way from Crucial. Should be in there like swimwear in a few days.

I like smaller notebooks though. I may line up my 15" MBP CD, 12" iBook 1.2 G4, and 13" MB for a nice photo. Definitely a pleased customer with my MB. Battery life is really good too. I was shocked. I bought an extra battery for an upcoming 9 hour flight and now I wonder if I will need since I don't work the entire flight. Should be nice though.

iMac (24-inch Core 2 Duo) ("iMac6,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.16 gHz.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 1.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.971797 seconds at 12,544,223 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 8.084916 seconds at 12,368,712 factorials per second.
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I feel so slow compared to some people

ou probably will. Chances are, you'll be using your computer in the terminal while waiting to board and perhaps even while sitting on the plane before take off. The former can easily be an hour worth or use and the former can can be even longer if you are delayed.

You can always search for an outlet in the terminal. They tend to be few and far between and already used up. If you don't want to wait in rotation for a space to open up then I suggest a travel sized power strip. Monster makes a very reasonably priced one. If others are alrady waiting you not only get in there right away but you instantly become everyone's favorite person as if you supplying the coke at a party in Hollywood in the 1980s.

I have 3 total batteries for my MacBook. It unfortunate that the MBA's battery life is so dismal otherwise it would be the perfect for me.

("MacBookPro3,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.40 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 4.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.327017 seconds at 13,648,119 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.366542 seconds at 13,574,890 factorials per second.

("MacBook1,1") with 2 cores, running at 1.83 gHz.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 10.957163 seconds at 9,126,450 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 10.997182 seconds at 9,093,239 factorials per second.

The newest macbook pro at 2.4Ghz.. Didnt see that much of a difference compared to Messiah's MBP.

(null) ("MacBookPro4,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.40 gHz.
Frontside bus: 800.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.373708 seconds at 13,561,698 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 7.663430 seconds at 13,048,987 factorials per second.
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("MacPro3,1") with 8 cores, running at 2.80 gHz.
Frontside bus: 1.60 gHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 8 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Thread # 5 created.
Thread # 6 created.
Thread # 7 created.
Thread # 8 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.523008 seconds at 16,414,883 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.528582 seconds at 16,355,026 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.566583 seconds at 15,958,297 factorials per second.
Thread # 4: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.572128 seconds at 15,902,012 factorials per second.
Thread # 5: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.594476 seconds at 15,679,132 factorials per second.
Thread # 6: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.608338 seconds at 15,543,995 factorials per second.
Thread # 7: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.665912 seconds at 15,006,794 factorials per second.
Thread # 8: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.718719 seconds at 14,545,717 factorials per second.

Anybody want to test a MacBook Air, just out of interest?

Power Macintosh G4 (AGP-Graphics) ("PowerMac3,1") with 1 cores, running at 400.00 mHz.
Frontside bus: 99.63 mHz
Installed memory: 416.00 MB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 1 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 200,000,000 factorials calculated in 157.891054 seconds at 1,266,696 factorials per second.
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So the mighty G4 does about 3 million factorials/s/GHz as compared to the Xeons 5 million /s/GHz

The dual core does a bit below 3...(at least with two foldings in the background)



Mac mini (Core Duo/Solo) ("Macmini1,1") with 2 cores, running at 1.66 gHz.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 1.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 20.952019 seconds at 4,772,810 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 21.021037 seconds at 4,757,139 factorials per second.

Or my MB.

Have it keep running until the batttery runs out and then tell me you don't see much of a difference.

I am getting over 5.5 horus of use. Sometimes over 6. So it will be later tonight before that happens.

("MacPro3,1") with 8 cores, running at 3.20 gHz.
Frontside bus: 1.60 gHz
Installed memory: 14.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 8 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Thread # 3 created.
Thread # 4 created.
Thread # 5 created.
Thread # 6 created.
Thread # 7 created.
Thread # 8 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 2: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.349372 seconds at 18,527,138 factorials per second.
Thread # 4: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.345968 seconds at 18,573,992 factorials per second.
Thread # 5: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.366682 seconds at 18,292,476 factorials per second.
Thread # 8: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.338154 seconds at 18,682,452 factorials per second.
Thread # 1: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.418851 seconds at 17,619,892 factorials per second.
Thread # 3: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.409163 seconds at 17,741,028 factorials per second.
Thread # 7: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.369447 seconds at 18,255,544 factorials per second.
Thread # 6: 25,000,000 factorials calculated in 1.412434 seconds at 17,699,940 factorials per second.
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("Macmini2,1") with 2 cores, running at 2.00 gHz.
Frontside bus: 664.00 mHz
Installed memory: 2.00 GB

200,000,000 factorials will be calculated by creating 2 threads.

Thread # 1 created.
Thread # 2 created.
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread # 1: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 9.143883 seconds at 10,936,273 factorials per second.
Thread # 2: 100,000,000 factorials calculated in 9.134340 seconds at 10,947,698 factorials per second.

messiah, how many macs do u own?