Benchmarking a G4, how?

g4dudeg4dude
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
How do I see how many gigaflops my G4 does? What is the software I need to do this? Any help will be much appreciated.
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  • Reply 1 of 26
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    I'd be interested in the gigafloppage of my imac 500 as well. Probably not as good.



    Run RC5! We spank Wintels.
  • Reply 2 of 26
    macaddictmacaddict Posts: 1,055member
    Gigafloppage?
  • Reply 3 of 26
    g4dudeg4dude Posts: 1,016member
    I'm dumb, what's RC5
  • Reply 4 of 26
    fluffyfluffy Posts: 361member
    Try <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=10540&db=mac"; target="_blank">Altivec Fractal Carbon</a>.
  • Reply 5 of 26
    g4dudeg4dude Posts: 1,016member
    woohoo! 1.25 gigaflops on a Yikes! G4 400. Not too shabby. thanks for the download link
  • Reply 6 of 26
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    arg.

    299 megaflops on my G3 500. .3 gigaflops.

    Sigh.
  • Reply 7 of 26
    g4dudeg4dude Posts: 1,016member
    [quote]Originally posted by cdhostage:

    <strong>arg.

    299 megaflops on my G3 500. .3 gigaflops.

    Sigh.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    That low huh? Wow that AltiVec stuff must really help!
  • Reply 8 of 26
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Wow, I didn't know that AltiVec helped that much.
  • Reply 9 of 26
    g4dudeg4dude Posts: 1,016member
    That's really impressive stuff. This just convinced me to go for the TiBook instead of the iBook when I get my laptop this spring
  • Reply 10 of 26
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    Gimme some other sorta benchmark. The last one WAS titled AltiVec Fractal Carbon after all. It was designed to mkae best use of Altivec.



    Like, comparing Norton Utilities' Benchmarking tool. That could be interesting. Anybody with a G4 wanna run it? Let's compare. I'll run it and return the stats tomorrow. I'm going to bed.
  • Reply 11 of 26
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    "There's lies, damned lies, and statistics."

    - Mark Twain



    benchmarks == statistics, IMO <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />



    That said, I usually get just between 3.5 and 3.6 GigaFlops on my dual 500 G4.

    My old 250MHz 604ev gets a killer 176 MegaFlops! :cool:



    But what's this NU benchmarker? I can't find it on Symantec's web site... is this free or a part of NU or NSW?
  • Reply 12 of 26
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    G4 450 1.2-1.4 gigafloppies on Altive Fractal



    On NU-



    1206-CFU

    1103-FPU
  • Reply 13 of 26
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by KidRed:

    <strong>On NU-</strong><hr></blockquote>

    :ahem: <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

    Must I repeat myself?

    Where can one go about getting this benchmarking tool? Is it included in NU 6.0 or what? I'll acquire a copy if it is... though, it would be rather pointless since since most of Symantec's apps are old OS9 crap.
  • Reply 14 of 26
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    [quote]Originally posted by starfleetX:

    <strong>

    :ahem: <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

    Must I repeat myself?

    Where can one go about getting this benchmarking tool? Is it included in NU 6.0 or what? I'll acquire a copy if it is... though, it would be rather pointless since since most of Symantec's apps are old OS9 crap.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    haha, didn't know I was the only one that could answer your question



    It is included with NU, called System Info. Yes, it is 9 crap - which I still run because X is too slow and classic sucks.
  • Reply 15 of 26
    macaddictmacaddict Posts: 1,055member
    1.1-1.3 Gigaflops on my G4 400 AGP.
  • Reply 16 of 26
    g4dudeg4dude Posts: 1,016member
    that's about what I'm getting on my Yikes! G4 400 too
  • Reply 17 of 26
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    Sorry soryy sorry.

    On the OS 9 version of Norton Utilities, there is a wonderful little benchmarking utility.



    I dunno whether there is one on Norton Utilities for X.
  • Reply 18 of 26
    norfanorfa Posts: 171member
    iMac 400 dvse 232 megaflops

    iBook 366 227 megaflops

    6100 w 225 G3 card 193 seconds 8.4 megaflpps



    it can't be using the G3 card
  • Reply 19 of 26
    norfanorfa Posts: 171member
    Updating the drivers has produced 112 megaflops on the 6100 with g3 upgrade card, still not spectacular but better,
  • Reply 20 of 26
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Heh, thanks guys, but I don't plan on rebooting into that monstrosity called "O S NINE" any time soon.



    Here's another benchmarking app (for 3D stuff) called Cinebench 2000:



    <a href="http://www.maxon.de/pub/benchmarks/cinebench_mac.sit"; target="_blank">http://www.maxon.de/pub/benchmarks/cinebench_mac.sit</a>;



    I just wish Maxon would carbonize Cinebench cince uses the exact same engine as Cinema 4D which has been carbonized for a long time (a GREAT app, by the way).
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